Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[thecharioteer]

And as a post-script, the middle building above, in 1878:

 

[Mustapha]

Thanks thecharioteer. Allow me to do a little segue here. Many of the readers here know of the Armstrong, Beere and Hime 1856 Panorama of Toronto taken from the roof of The Prince George.

I never stop loving looking at this picture.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ong_Beere_&_Hime_panorama_of_Toronto_1856.JPG

 

[Mustapha]

Thanks thecharioteer. Allow me to do a little segue here. Many of the readers here know of the Armstrong, Beere and Hime 1856 Panorama of Toronto taken from the roof of The Prince George.

I never stop loving looking at this picture.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ong_Beere_&_Hime_panorama_of_Toronto_1856.JPG

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for December 5, 2012.


Then. Gerhard Heintzman's House. Bloor St. E. Not sure of the date; 1910-ish?

Now. June 2012. There is a condo here now; at 300 Bloor St. E.

Bonus pictures: hey, I used to be in Biz development - an aerial. You can make out the house; it's the second to the left/west of the fresh cut for the Mt. Pleasant Rd. extension.

And finally, to clinch your customer loyalty, another picture of the House here:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Pleasant_bridge_at_Bloor.jpg

 

[thecharioteer]

And to go full circle, the Heintzman showroom was at 115-117 King Street West on the same block discussed yesterday (looks like it was just to the west of the Coleman Building and then became part of the Prince George Hotel)

 

[Goldie]

Boardwalk at the foot of Scarborough Beach Blvd. 1952 and 2012

 

[Mustapha]

Boardwalk at the foot of Scarborough Beach Blvd. 1952 and 2012

Those four-plexes have been such a mainstay of this neighbourhood. Many are somewhat rundown - rentals I suppose. Others are quite the opposite - lived in by owners I suppose.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for December 6, 2012.



Then. Agnes Street Church. Bay and Agnes [Agnes was the precursor to 'Dundas'..] NE corner, 1899. Before the Ford Hotel, itself long bitten-the-dust there was this handsome church. It's poignant to think that the history of older buildings can only be recalled as images, and yet compared to cities in the Old World (your choice of 'Old World', dear UT-ers), many of our buildings had the briefest of lives. In 1909, our church became the Lyric Theatre.

Now. Atrium Building. July 2012.

 

[Goldie]

It's absolutely amazing just how short-lived are buildings in Toronto.
Just like cel-phones, churches and hotels are disposable too!

 

[Mustapha]

And to go full circle, the Heintzman showroom was at 115-117 King Street West on the same block discussed yesterday (looks like it was just to the west of the Coleman Building and then became part of the Prince George Hotel)

Imagine my surprise to read here that Heintzman still lives on; although the owners are Beijing based.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heintzman_&_Co.

Heintzman blanketed the world with pianos the way Massey-Harris did with agricultural implements.

 

[Goldie]

Imagine my surprise to read here that Heintzman still lives on; although the owners are Beijing based.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heintzman_&_Co.

Heintzman blanketed the world with pianos the way Massey-Harris did with agricultural implements.

Wikipedia: "The current "Heintzman Piano Company" was established in August 1989, is a joint venture, is owned by "Chinese and Canadian shareholders", and it operates from Beijing, China."

Does this mean that some owners are in Canada?

 

[mattelderca]

Those four-plexes have been such a mainstay of this neighbourhood. Many are somewhat rundown - rentals I suppose. Others are quite the opposite - lived in by owners I suppose.

A lot of homes in this area are Toronto Community Housing corp owned. City houses bought up in advance of the Gardiner expressway build. When the easterly expansion was quashed, the city rented them out.

 

[AlbertHWagstaff]

Wikipedia: "The current "Heintzman Piano Company" was established in August 1989, is a joint venture, is owned by "Chinese and Canadian shareholders", and it operates from Beijing, China."

Does this mean that some owners are in Canada?

An enquiry a few years about Heintzman pianos yielded the response that the sound boards are manufactured in Quebec and shipped to China where they are incorporated into the overall structure of the piano, so there is still Canadian content.

 

[Goldie]

Bank robbery investigation at Kingston Rd. and Balsam 1971

 

[fiendishlibrarian]

Is that the original location of Lichtman's? Really miss that store.