Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[k10ery]

Oh, THAT kind of Ducoing.

Yay, they're opening a Denny's Restaurant on Dundas Street in the old Sai Woo building.

http://www.lennard.com/spaces/view/121-123-dundas-street-w-28

Yay for that, but potentially a big boo for

§ Landlord will be improving façade of the building, including changing the colour of existing green coloured glass panels and installing new coverings over the existing mullions

I love that building.

 

[Toronto Rocks]

The old Sai Woo was on the north side of the street. The Dennys will be located in the building next to the new condo on the south side of the street.

 

[Mustapha]

The old Sai Woo was on the north side of the street. The Dennys will be located in the building next to the new condo on the south side of the street.

Heya Toronto Rocks,

My bad. I was imprecise.

The building I speak of - 121/123 Dundas - soon to be a Dennys - was the first location of Sai Woo. About 1960 or so to 1975ish.

The second location on the north side across the street is the one most everyone, including you, are more familiar with.

 

[Mustapha]

"Hey! Stick to your area of expertise please: auto repainting."
QUOTE: Mustapha.

LOL (See below)

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/c/cunningham/cunningham.htm

The first motorized Funeral Coach within Canada was a Cunningham, it being owned by A W Miles.

You knew that I was somehow involved, didn't you!

This gets me thinking of Fran's at 21 St Clair again.

Then there was the du Pont connection . . .

MORE FOOD!



J T

Regards,

Aw, quit your bawling. You probably just miss the counter service at those old Frans locations.

 

[Mustapha]

No Then and Now for tomorrow. UT management gave me the day off. Not that I actually work for them - it's a labour of love here.

However, I can post my weekend nonsense, so here goes:




We've seen Fred Herzog's photos of 1950s Vancouver before but they've added more to the website. Incredible stuff. I wish he had lived in Toronto instead. It's the next best thing to Time Travel.

http://www.equinoxgallery.com/artists/portfolio/fred-herzog/1



A singular Then and Now of an odd sort but compelling nonetheless.

http://www.npr.org/2009/08/30/112389032/robert-franks-elevator-girl-sees-herself-years-later?ps=cprs




Migrant Daughter 1936. This picture really gets to me on so many levels, including the sheer luminosity of a great black and white photograph. Enjoy the Shorpy site while you are there.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/3000




Rediscovered pictures of the war in Vietnam. Very moving stuff.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/03/a_soldiers_eye_rediscovered_pi.html

 

[Mustapha]

"Aw, quit your bawling. You probably just miss the counter service at those old Fran's locations."
QUOTE: Mustapha.

I mostly had a window seat at either the main room (s/w corner) or another window seat in the Andrew Wyeth Room on the south.

Every once and a while at The St Lawrence Market, I meet - up with one of the 70's - 80's employees from 21; a fine Lady as always.

More FOOD eh!


Regards,
J T

Well, I miss the counter service. Gramps took me to the one on Yonge just north of Eglinton.

 

[thecharioteer]

College Street Fran's:

 

[thecharioteer]

Heya Toronto Rocks,

My bad. I was imprecise.

The building I speak of - 121/123 Dundas - soon to be a Dennys - was the first location of Sai Woo. About 1960 or so to 1975ish.

The second location on the north side across the street is the one most everyone, including you, are more familiar with.

The second location:

 

[r937]

... it's a labour of love here.

and very, very much appreciated

 

[Mustapha]

The second location:

Great postcard find, thecharioteer. It's nice to have ones memories jogged like this.

 

[Mustapha]

and very, very much appreciated

Oh, thanks r937, and I forgot to mention why I take 'holidays off' here.

My post here is cross posted over at the 'news' section and management likes to have them sync up.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for April 1, 2013. Obviously there was the option of possibility for mischief tonight but I creatively I came up nought so perhaps someone else can weigh in.

So, just a straightforward Then and Now.




Then. Easter window then. April 2, 1956 Hall's Florist 1278 Bloor St. W.

Now. March 30, 2013.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for April 1, 2013.




Then. 'Looking N from the top of the Eaton factory c1910.' Dundas crosses left to right/west to east across the middle of the picture. Bay street is the north south street. The church on the northeast corner of Dundas and Bay was a theatre (The Lyric) in its later years. It came down for the famous Ford Hotel which in turn gave way to the present Atrium office complex.

Now. Oct. 2012.

At the left edge of both pictures can be seen a walk up apartment building (with retail on the ground floor). It's a real survivor in this neighbourhood. It stretches from midblock on Dundas between Bay and Elizabeth all the way to Elizabeth.

 

[LowPolygon]

wow the only thing still standing are the apartments at 132-148 Dundas Street west. they would have been brand new then.

 

[Goldie]

Those on the rooftop - what are they doing - work or sport?