Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for January 10, 2013.





Then. King and Dowling, NE corner. c1891. "Residence of Mr. Geo. Faulkner". A wwwebster sourced picture.

I printed my hardcopy of this picture; and without looking at Google streetview before going out last summer to take the Now picture, as is my wont, I fully expected to see one of those typical 50s Parkdale apartment buildings. Imagine my surprise...

to find a wholly original untouched home.

















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Now. July 2012.

No one answered my knock, so I took a few more, I think, unobtrusive pictures:

 

[the lemur]

Thanks the_lemur; I had one of my moments, that's all; misreading a Goads like that.

I know the feeling. Look too long at one of those atlases and the old names will throw you off ...

 

[the lemur]

Yes, it was a wartime thing.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...lgDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jygDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5869,2358680

Interesting that Albertus was not changed.

Thanks - interesting to see any evidence of that kind of decision, even the ones that don't appear related to the German names issue.

 

[Goldie]

Then and Now for January 10, 2013.





Then. King and Dowling, NE corner. c1891. "Residence of Mr. Geo. Faulkner". A wwwebster sourced picture.

I printed my hardcopy of this picture; and without looking at Google streetview before going out last summer to take the Now picture, as is my wont, I fully expected to see one of those typical 50s Parkdale apartment buildings. Imagine my surprise...


to find a wholly original untouched home.


Now. July 2012.

It's always a wonderful feeling to find a 'jewel in the rough,' isn't it?

 

[thecharioteer]

It is on the City's Inventory of Heritage Properties and was listed in 1976 (built in 1889):

http://app.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2432252&propertyRsn=155696

And a little bit about Mr. Faulkner (the house is described as "somewhat in the Moorish style"):

http://books.google.ca/books?id=6Uo...Q#v=onepage&q=george faulkner toronto&f=false

 

[adma]

I seem to recall that the house was disused or in near-disuse for much of the 70s and 80s--but at least it survived...

 

[FAC33]

Yes, it was a wartime thing.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...lgDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jygDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5869,2358680

Interesting that Albertus was not changed.

Perhaps there were Dominicans somewhere about. (Albertus Magnus, or Albert the Great, was 13th century Dominican theologian).

I had to comment partially because the little dog that I use as my avatar accompanies a typeface called Albertus. The little dog is also a Dominican thing (their symbol being a black and white dog with a firebrand, a pun on their name--Domini Canes, or "hounds of the Lord.")

 

[mattelderca]

"CHAPTER XXI

REAL ESTATE, AND THOSE WHO TRAFFIC IN IT."


Regards,
J T

Trafficking in real estate eh? That is funny! and, at times, quite accurate.

"Psstt.... Hey, You, You want to buy a condo?"

 

[UserNameToronto]

For more on the Blitz and what it did on a neighbourhood scale, take a look at this episode of Time Team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buS8203B1Dg

Found this interesting comment on the page: "Something very cool: Go to Google Maps, type in 'Shoreditch Park London UK'. Zoom in to the north end of the park, south of Poole St. You can actually see in the park the crop marks (lines in the grass) of the former house foundations and the former Dorchester St running between Bridgeport Place and New North Rd."

Well, it turns out I can return the favour pretty easily on this one. Shoreditch Park is part of my everyday commute - I cross from the NW corner to the SW corner, crossing the former Dorchester St halfway.

A better picture of the foundations during a 2006 dig here: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/LAARC/Community-excavations/ShoreditchPark.htm

Google map: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=sh...ditch+park,&hnear=London,+United+Kingdom&z=18

Here is a picture standing at Bridgeport Place, looking NW:

You might recognize the Gainsborough building. Alfred Hichcocks' old studio, noe refurbished into yuppie flats. Just behind it, to the North, sits the Regent's Canal.

 

[mattelderca]

Well, it turns out I can return the favour pretty easily on this one. Shoreditch Park is part of my everyday commute - I cross from the NW corner to the SW corner, crossing the former Dorchester St halfway.

A better picture of the foundations during a 2006 dig here: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/LAARC/Community-excavations/ShoreditchPark.htm

Google map: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=sh...ditch+park,&hnear=London,+United+Kingdom&z=18

Here is a picture standing at Bridgeport Place, looking NW:View attachment 9957

You might recognize the Gainsborough building. Alfred Hichcocks' old studio, noe refurbished into yuppie flats. Just behind it, to the North, sits the Regent's Canal.

Nice!
The top of the Gainsborough building, could that have been from bomb damage (is the building old enough) or just part of the renos?

 

[nostalgic]

Trafficking in real estate eh? That is funny! and, at times, quite accurate.

"Psstt.... Hey, You, You want to buy a condo?"

A fascinating book (Toronto, Old and New). All those grand Victorian homes, standing in their brand-new gardens or surrounded by raw dirt. And, apparently you pretty well had to have facial hair to be a Person of Importance in 1891 Toronto.

 

[Mustapha]

It's always a wonderful feeling to find a 'jewel in the rough,' isn't it?

It is a wonderful feeling; and we could all see more of our jewel if those hedges were trimmed back a smidge.

 

[Mustapha]

Well, it turns out I can return the favour pretty easily on this one. Shoreditch Park is part of my everyday commute - I cross from the NW corner to the SW corner, crossing the former Dorchester St halfway.

A better picture of the foundations during a 2006 dig here: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/LAARC/Community-excavations/ShoreditchPark.htm

Google map: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=sh...ditch+park,&hnear=London,+United+Kingdom&z=18

Here is a picture standing at Bridgeport Place, looking NW:View attachment 9957

You might recognize the Gainsborough building. Alfred Hichcocks' old studio, noe refurbished into yuppie flats. Just behind it, to the North, sits the Regent's Canal.

Very neat!

This quote from your link: 'Some of the finds were more personal in nature, including children’s toys and the skeleton of a cat identified by a former resident as ‘Blackie, the lodger’s cat’., gave me a chuckle.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for January 11, 2013.











Then. King and Bright, northwest corner. This was known as 'Peoples Church,' originally, from it's construction in 1866; then King Street Methodist Church from 1903.






c188-.

c1899. Have the row of houses on Bright been rebuilt since the c188- picture?

c1903.

Now. July 2012. The sign at the top says 'Riverside Church.'

 

[chriskayTO]

This is very interesting - it appears that the rear part of the church is from the original building. You can definitely tell when walking around the building that it's older than the front portion.

Also I heard once that this building was a Synagogue at one point. Can anyone confirm this?