Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

[thecharioteer]

Hogan Pontiac at 348 Danforth Avenue, March 26, 1956 (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=114323758615532):

Safety demonstration Queen's Park, same date:

 

[thecharioteer]

I love finding multiple shots of a location all taken on the same day. This set is from July 29, 1911, taken on Victoria Street just north of Shuter, the garage shown at #210 now occupied by the Pantages hotel:

Earlier, on July 26th, our photographer took a pic of some new track work, looking south on Victoria from Shuter (Massey Hall on the right):

And a couple of shots of the intersection:

Looking east:

Looking north:

 

[Goldie]

Earlier, on July 26th, our photographer took a pic of some new track work, looking south on Victoria from Shuter (Massey Hall on the right):

And a couple of shots of the intersection:

Looking east:

Looking north:

Those photos of the bricks immediately reminded me of this item in the Globe & Mail (June 2/11):

The yellow brick road

For close to a decade, John Curran, the city historian of Peekskill, N.Y., has been waging an uphill battle to preserve a collection of crumbling golden bricks tucked near a commuter railway station, The Wall Street Journal reports. He believes they inspired the yellow brick road in L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. “Mr. Baum was born in Chittenango, east of Syracuse, in 1856. At the age of 12, the frail child was sent to the now-defunct Peekskill Military Academy on a fall day in 1868. That’s all fact. The lore is what happened next. Mr. Curran believes the 12-year-old took a steamboat down the Hudson. When he got to the dock, he asked for directions to the military academy and was told, ‘Just follow the yellow brick road.’ ” For now, the part of the road that hasn’t been paved over is a downtown parking lot. Richard Cerreta, the lot’s owner, complains: “Every time a new person hears about the yellow brick road, I end up chasing people down the street who come to steal the bricks.”

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"Richard Cerreta, the lot’s owner, complains: “Every time a new person hears about the yellow brick road, I end up chasing people down the street who come to steal the bricks.”


Foolish man; should have removed the bricks, repaved, and sold the "lot of bricks".

Regards,
J T

 

[thecharioteer]

From the Telegram Archives at York University:

Melinda Street 1949:

Bay and King 1965:

Yonge Street 1965:

 

[Edward Skira]

Hotel Edison on the far left which is the building that burned recently. Le Coq d'Or Tavern next to it is HMV today.

 

[thecharioteer]

Spadina 1969:

Church Street 1965:

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"Spadina 1969:" QUOTE thecharioteer.


Reminds me of THE BAGEL RESTAURANT around the corner. (s/s College, west of Spadina)

There was "The Captain", aka Benny, his wife, and THE BIG GERMAN WAITRESS, aka "Honey"!

"Vat do YOU vant?" QUOTE Honey. (I immediately knew I was in the RIGHT PLACE!)


Regards,
J T

 

[thecharioteer]

Let's not forget Frances the waitress with the beehive and the buttons/medals/pins!

Queen Street 1962:

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"Let's not forget Frances the waitress with the beehive and the buttons/medals/pins!" QUOTE thecharioteer.


They were ALL characters in their own wonderful way.

But what was "The Captain's", wife's name; I don't remember.


Regards,
J T

 

[adma]

Right across from New City Hall, right?

Gypsy Rose must have been pushing 50 then. (Then again, so is Sasha today.)

 

[Mustapha]

 

[thecharioteer]

Right across from New City Hall, right?

Gypsy Rose must have been pushing 50 then. (Then again, so is Sasha today.)

Yes.

 

[hotaceline5]

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[thecharioteer]

Some pics from the Toronto Telegram Archives of the St. Lawrence neighbourhood in the 60's:

Mayor Nathan Phillips and officials touring the about-to-be renovated St. Lawrence Hall 1962:

The market:

Front Street:

King Street: