Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Earlscourt_Lad]

That really should be a criminal offence.

 

[Red October]

"Improvements"

 

[thecharioteer]

"Hall's Garage. 877 College Street. c1915"
QUOTE Mustapha & Company


They took a silk purse and made it a sow's ear!


Regards,
J T

Don't know about "silk". Maybe "cotton"?

 

[thecharioteer]

Why don't we just think about these kind of buildings like those characters in classic noir films in which the heroine's face (it's usually a heroine) is covered in bandages, which are ultimately removed to reveal the beauty underneath? Unfortunately, we all know that life's not like that....

 

[Earlscourt_Lad]

It"s just really neat and c/w main floor parking!


Regards,
J T

I imagine that second floor porch would have been an excellent spot to be during the summer, before AC.

 

[Blovertis]

That siding is hideous, of course, but I'll take it over the EIFS that would no doubt cover the building if it was renoed today. At least there still exists the chance that the metal might come off some day and reveal something of the original.

 

[Mustapha]

Why don't we just think about these kind of buildings like those characters in classic noir films in which the heroine's face (it's usually a heroine) is covered in bandages, which are ultimately removed to reveal the beauty underneath? Unfortunately, we all know that life's not like that....

Hmm, without looking it up: this is either Barbara Stanwick or that actress that appeared with James Stewart in many of his movies. What did I win?

 

[Mustapha]

"Improvements"

What.. why there's an airconditioner in almost every window.

 

[Mustapha]

That siding is hideous, of course, but I'll take it over the EIFS that would no doubt cover the building if it was renoed today. At least there still exists the chance that the metal might come off some day and reveal something of the original.

I imagine that second floor porch would have been an excellent spot to be during the summer, before AC.

Walking along Grange avenue recently: it's a thrill to see one hundred and thirty plus year old porches and trim on many of the old houses. Cabbagetown is renewed almost totally everywhere, and just looks old, but the real McCoy is still readily available for the discerning eye in many of these old neighbourhoods.

 

[thecharioteer]

Hmm, without looking it up: this is either Barbara Stanwick or that actress that appeared with James Stewart in many of his movies. What did I win?

Nothing. It's Joan Crawford in "A Woman's Face" (1941).

 

[Mustapha]

"What did I win?"
QUOTE Mustapha

"Nothing. It's Joan Crawford in "A Woman's Face" (1941)."
QUOTE thecharioteer


Sorry Mustapha. Not only did you not win anything, you now owe the charioteer

a shrimp dish, c/w Heinz Chile Sauce!
(LOL)


Regards,
J T

Tough crowd here. Penalties for being wrong too.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for Oct 28.


Then. Yonge and Summerhill, NE corner. c1915. Complete with floor plan; thank you wwwebster.

Now. June 2011.

 

[donoreo]

Then and Now for Oct 28.


Then. Yonge and Summerhill, NE corner. c1915. Complete with floor plan; thank you wwwebster.

Now. June 2011.

No contest, the church was better looking!

 

[LordWanker]

Then and Now for Oct 28.


Then. Yonge and Summerhill, NE corner. c1915. Complete with floor plan; thank you wwwebster.

That would have been an interesting building for a condo conversion........

 

[Red October]

That would have been an interesting building for a condo conversion........

Aren't they doing that to a church in the west end of the city?