Mustapha
Senior Member
thedeepend, one of the details in those pics is the wallpapered ceilings. That was done to keep the plaster from falling. Kind of the Victorian home repair equivalent of muffler repair tape. Useless, but done anyways.
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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now
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Aaron
Active Member
This is not necessarily directly related to the photos above or the people who lived in those specific conditions, but I've always wondered what the smell was like in downtown Toronto back. I mean, the dirt roads, the horses, most people not having regular bathing or laundry access. I guess I'm speaking of a few decades before but do you think there was a general stink in the air?
Goldie
Senior Member
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Great retropective, deepend. Perhaps early Toronto was more like New York today: the rich were richer and the poor were poorer.
One of the poor (1915):
Eaton Dinner at King Edward Hotel:
Garden Party at Fort York:
And yet life went on for ordinary people:
Scarborough Beach Park:
Women walking on Eglinton near Bathurst (1912):
U of T Botany class, High Park 1910:
North Toronto CPR Station 1916 (currently the Summerhill LCBO):
One of the poor (1915):
Eaton Dinner at King Edward Hotel:
Garden Party at Fort York:
And yet life went on for ordinary people:
Scarborough Beach Park:
Women walking on Eglinton near Bathurst (1912):
U of T Botany class, High Park 1910:
North Toronto CPR Station 1916 (currently the Summerhill LCBO):
kettal
Banned
Dept. of health? Did they investigate the health hazards in these buildings?
Aaron
Active Member
Maybe that was the actual department of health.
kettal
Banned
The humble beginnings of eHealth Ontario.
Mustapha
Senior Member
July 24 addition.
Queen looking E towards Bay.
For those out-of-towners less familiar with Toronto; the Eaton's store is the main casualty...
Queen looking E towards Bay.
For those out-of-towners less familiar with Toronto; the Eaton's store is the main casualty...
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
They've added a few decorative doodads to the new roof at Old City Hall, too, and stuck those gargoyles on the campanile - apparently an educated guess at what the originals looked like. The trees have come along nicely, and shelter Revell's building from view quite effectively from certain angles.
thecharioteer
Senior Member
The trees in front of City Hall have certainly done well!
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Swamp Thing
Guest
The gargoyles weren't original?
Also: I like the green copper roofing better.
Also: I like the green copper roofing better.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
thecharioteer
Senior Member
A view dated August 30, 1920:
yyzhyd
Active Member
Actually the green you see is the result of years of oxidation... not the original colour of the roof.
adma
Superstar
And as you can tell from the photo in the previous post, the original roof wasn't even copper--it was slate. (Maybe they should have used slate in the restoration. Might have spared the building added tarnish and erosion.)