Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Mustapha]

"Then. 34 and 32 Front Street West, respectively. c1914. A wwwebster picture."
QUOTE Mustapha.

THE buildings which are pictured were/are the replacements for The E W Gillett Co plant

the remains of which were seen in my Galbraith photo. (1904 Great Toronto Fire.)


Regards,
J T

Thanks JT, I just remembered this after your reminder.

 

[Mustapha]

Jan 13 Then and Now.


32 Heath Street W. c1910.

Now. July 2011.

 

[Earlscourt_Lad]

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2011/12/buffalo-then-and-now-1902-2011/716/


Not for the faint of heart.

 

[Blovertis]

Not for the faint of heart.

You weren't kidding. Simply appalling.

My first impulse is to decry the mid-century urban planners who allowed/promoted paving over downtown Buffalo, but I suppose there were deeper economic reasons behind it.

 

[BeeRich]

32 Heath Street W. c1910.

I believe Kim Mitchell used to live around there, on the South Side. I used to walk past this house every day after school. Nice street.

 

[Goldie]

Something odd happened between the time of these two photos - 1934 and 2011
(thanks to Mustapha for the 2011 pic)

Sir Adam was replaced by this "living" memorial!

 

[junctionist]

What's happening in the last photo? It looks like workers are demolishing the base of the Adam Beck Memorial. That probably would have happened in the late 1940s when University Avenue was widened and the median shifted westward.

 

[Goldie]

What's happening in the last photo? It looks like workers are demolishing the base of the Adam Beck Memorial. That probably would have happened in the late 1940s when University Avenue was widened and the median shifted westward.

I took the photo but cannot recall the date - certainly not the 1940s - more likely the 1960-70 era.
Yes, the monument was being demolished.
Perhaps the a UT historian will give us the date and reason.

 

[Mustapha]

I took the photo but cannot recall the date - certainly not the 1940s - more likely the 1960-70 era.
Yes, the monument was being demolished.
Perhaps the a UT historian will give us the date and reason.

What's happening in the last photo? It looks like workers are demolishing the base of the Adam Beck Memorial. That probably would have happened in the late 1940s when University Avenue was widened and the median shifted westward.

That stone pediment Adam is standing on and leaning against.. I see cracks in it.. on the bottom right.. anyone else see this? Might be the reason for its demolition.

 

[Goldie]

That stone pediment Adam is standing on and leaning against.. I see cracks in it.. on the bottom right.. anyone else see this? Might be the reason for its demolition.

I seem to recall that the monument was removed for the subway construction and then later replaced.
Is that possible?

 

[adma]

Such was my supposition.

 

[Goldie]

Sir Adam was replaced by this "living" memorial!

Some other images of the mysterious demolition of Beck's pedestal:

 

[adma]

Which, of course, pinpoint its date as post-1958 or so (i.e. whenever the Bank of Canada was built.)

University Subway, probably. (And I'll assume with "artist's supervision".)

 

[Mustapha]

Some other images of the mysterious demolition of Beck's pedestal:

Thank you Goldie. There is you,.. and then the Toronto Archives.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for Jan 16.


Then. c1916. The Carty Building sits for its portrait. NW corner of Yonge and Albert. Another rare wwwebster sourced picture.

Now. August 2011.