Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[the lemur]

If I recall correctly from a book on Toronto I have, it's a captured WWI German U-boat.

Yes, it appears to have been surrendered to the US after the armistice (not having engaged in any patrols or sunk any ships) and was taken on a tour of the Great Lakes to sell Victory Bonds.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-01-28/features/9801280009_1_submarine-uc-great-war

 

[junctionist]

Another set of Toronto Harbour Commission Building 'Then & Now's
…. 1970 and 1989

The waterfront that most people would have liked to see is probably one in which everything in front of the Harbour Commissioners Building was parkland and low-rise amenities like museums. It was once possible. Even if its fate was private development, the bottom photo shows how inappropriate the Harbour Square complex is. It takes up most of the land and minimizes public access to the water's edge.

 

[FAW]

Thank you wwwebster and others for the information.

Paul

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_UC-97

 

[Goldie]

Toronto Fire Department Headquarters 1925 - 152 Adelaide St. W.

TFD Adelaide St. Station 1971 - same location?

 

[adma]

Not same location--152 Adelaide would be where the present-day Hilton complex is.

 

[Anna]

Toronto Fire Department Headquarters 1925 - 152 Adelaide St. W.

Not same location--152 Adelaide would be where the present-day Hilton complex is.

The Fire Department headquarters on Adelaide between University and York sometime between 1966 and 1972.

 

[Red October]

Ick, all the brick in the city looked so dirty back then, no wonder many people didn't care about taking them down.

 

[Anna]

Ick, all the brick in the city looked so dirty back then, no wonder many people didn't care about taking them down.

see Old City Hall

 

[Long Island Mike]

Anna: Old City Hall is a Toronto classic and thankfully it was preserved remembering
that at one point during the 1960s it was threatened to be demolished to make way
for a new building project that was proposed for that site - and learning of how the
Registry Building was torn down because of its being adjacent the current City hall site
it was a building that probably should have been saved but the mindset of the 50s and
60s was that "Newer is Always Better" and we now know better then that...These
are the types of things that I have learned about further due to my membership here
at UT...LI MIKE

 

[barit]

The ladies who gave part of it a good scrub so people could see the beauty underneath.

 

[Red October]

Good God...

http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/10/a_look_back_at_when_toronto_was_kind_of_filthy/

 

[Goldie]

Not same location--152 Adelaide would be where the present-day Hilton complex is.

Where is/was the location of this TFD building?

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[Anna]

The ladies who gave part of it a good scrub so people could see the beauty underneath.

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That might explain the clean(ish) spot in this photo at the Queen/Bay corner.

 

[Anna]

Where is/was the location of this TFD building?

On Adelaide between Duncan & John

 

[Goldie]

On Adelaide between Duncan & John

Thanks, Anna - I have now regained my bearings.