Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

[Davidackerman]

awesome pics The building with the gargoles. Was that ever built?

 

[thecharioteer]

awesome pics The building with the gargoles. Was that ever built?

 

[CityPlaceN1]

Cool shot.

 

[thecharioteer]

Cool shot.

Thanks! Taken with my IPhone from BCE Place a few months ago.

 

[jaborandi]

Orange Parade, ca 1867, King St. E., looking e. from w. of Yonge St.

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What is the tall structure hovering in the background?

 

[Ex-Montreal Girl]

Orange Parade, ca 1867, King St. E., looking e. from w. of Yonge St.

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What is the tall structure hovering in the background?

I'm gonna guess a partially finished steeple on St. James Cathedral.
http://www.stjamescathedral.on.ca/HistorybrArchitecture/tabid/63/Default.aspx

The bells were installed in 1865 and the spire completed in 1875. This pic fits between.

 

[thecharioteer]

St. James 1861:

1867:

1870's (according to Mike Filey; I suspect earlier):

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/21/tos-first-appearance-on-film-2

 

[jaborandi]

Thanks Ex-Montreal Girl & Charioteer!

 

[thecharioteer]

Morley Callaghan at Bloor and Yonge:

https://www.facebook.com/VintageTor...41132104.59461.256041347799190&type=3&theater

 

[CityPlaceN1]

^ Very cool!

 

[Edward]

Yes very neat.

 

[nostalgic]

I love the mini Loblaws! They should do something like that now; a Loblaws Express or something like Sobey's has done.

Three years late with a response but I only just discovered this thread... What a great photo: Women's Bakery and Loblaws as it used to be. Blade roasts for 49¢ a pound!

 

[Goldie]

I don't recall ever seeing these plaques commemorating Toronto's First Chinatown.
Perhaps they have been featured on UT previously?

See: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5M1K_FIRST_Torontos_First_Chinatown

 

[Davidackerman]

More footage from Ackerman grocery story Victoria Dat Weekend - Dundas and Elizabeth

1952

[video=youtube;BXZFx8NmoSA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXZFx8NmoSA[/video]

 

[Davidackerman]

TTC 70s

[video=youtube;WXx-cMr_8NU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXx-cMr_8NU[/video]Here's some footage of 70's TTC