Lone Primate
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Hello
I grew up in North york and remeber many of the stores and buildings.
Give me a buzz
kenk1939
Lay it upon us, Kenk, we're all ears.
Hello
I grew up in North york and remeber many of the stores and buildings.
Give me a buzz
kenk1939
The TPL site has a couple of good photos of the bridge, hard right and hill (1954 and 1958)
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Ortho is still still there (owned by Johnson&Johnson now). Dominion rubber was replaced by the Morneu Shepell buildings.The ESSO station with the Imperial Oil complex behind is priceless!
Phlico, yes nice. Ortho was north of the tracks, North of Gestetner. Third photo down, original post.
And wow, Mony was before IOF!
Anyone remember the Latin Quarter!
I have a Navigon GPS unit that thinks there is no way to cross these tracks!Thanks, Lone. I had not seen those before - all in preparation for the widening of Don Mills Rd. I expect.
Here's another early (1953) scene of Don Mills Rd.
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Philco is now Swiss Chalet and several other restaurants and stores, including Tilly.
Photo by Ted Chirnside from over 50 years ago... (TPL digital archives)
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9 months later and am unsure if anyone else attempted, but I'll see what I can do
The building was once a synagogue.
The first sign says something along the lines of:
1st line
L'Zichron Olam (lit. To Remember/Commemorate the World), probably the name of the synagogue
The Second line is a name, Rabbi Moshe the son of Rabbi Elimelech
The third line is incomprehensible to me. A name? Yiddish?
The 4th line says "Heitzivu", which I don't understand, but then it and the 5th line go on to say "The cornerstone of this synagogue"
The second sign is similar, only it gives a different name and the third line (which I again don't understand) differs as well.
One hundred years on Donlands Ave.
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Then and Now for April 4, 2013.
Then. 'Vacant Building. NE corner Simcoe and King c1919.' Another slice of life from early Toronto.
Then and Now for April 4, 2013.
Then. 'Vacant Building. NE corner Simcoe and King c1919.' Another slice of life from early Toronto.
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