Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[CanadianNational]

I'm not sure. But - it is for sale! I'd scoop it up but I'm maxed out!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bro...re-Observation-Gallery-/131106934603#viTabs_0

There's better resolution on the pictures on the link as well.

 

[thecharioteer]

Interesting thing I never grasped before: in the Thomson complex, 65 Queen preceded 390 Bay.

So, if the site was being redeveloped in the 80's instead of the 70's perhaps we would have got a project that was taller, better architecturally and (sigh) included the Temple Building.

 

[the lemur]

I don't know if anyone has seen this or if it's been posted, but I thought it might be interesting.
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So ... much ... parking!

 

[donoreo]

I just wanted to point out that using the forum defaults we have past 800 pages now. Well done everyone.

 

[CJW]

My father took these photos of a 'Drumhead Service' in Riverdale Park.
It was probably in the 1930s.

I have a similar photo indicating on the back that the date was July 31, 1938 - could have been the same event.

 

[Goldie]

I have a similar photo indicating on the back that the date was July 31, 1938 - could have been the same event.

Welcome to Urban Toronto, CJW.
I'm sure many would like to see your image of the 1938 event.
Are you able to scan and upload?

 

[Miscreant]

This is one of the best Then & Nows posted that illustrate that sometimes Toronto does get it right. Now if we could only get the Esplanade extended directly into the Distillery District......

(Does anyone know why The Esplanade doesn't link up with Mill Street?)

Sorry to resurrect this old post, but does anyone know what the (now demolished) Sieseta Nouveaux building was (used to be at 15 Lower Sherbourne)? It's basically just to the 'back left' of the each of these frames.

*Or can anyone find any historical photos of it?

 

[DSC]

Sorry to resurrect this old post, but does anyone know what the (now demolished) Sieseta Nouveaux building was (used to be at 15 Lower Sherbourne)? It's basically just to the 'back left' of the each of these frames.

*Or can anyone find any historical photos of it?

The City Archives have just loaded whole raft of photos of The Esplanade in the 1970s and early 1980s. The "Purple Building" is in several of them such as:

 

[Anna]

Sorry to resurrect this old post, but does anyone know what the (now demolished) Sieseta Nouveaux building was (used to be at 15 Lower Sherbourne)? It's basically just to the 'back left' of the each of these frames.

*Or can anyone find any historical photos of it?

The City Archives have just loaded whole raft of photos of The Esplanade in the 1970s and early 1980s. The "Purple Building" is in several of them...

Do the 1980s count as historical? Looks like it was a wholesale fruit and vegetable warehouse.

 

[junctionist]

I like the photos in the archives from the 1970s-1990s like the second photo above. Someone must have thought that the residential building was a good urban infill project and decided to document it. The building is modern but shows historical consciousness, as contemporary then. The photo is like photos of recently completed projects posted here on UT, but it predates the internet.

The photos of the warehouses might have been taken as examples of progressive adaptive reuse--like using old factories as a place to sell food. Both were seen by some keen thinkers as positive for the old parts of the city. It was the alternative to razing entire blocks of buildings for modern towers and parking lots, which was normal development practice back then for downtown. They contrast with the photos of historic buildings being demolished, since the alternative was only nascent.

 

[slicecom]

The City Archives have just loaded whole raft of photos of The Esplanade in the 1970s and early 1980s.

How does one access the archives? I'm very interested in early 80's photos of The Esplanade.

 

[adma]

I like the photos in the archives from the 1970s-1990s like the second photo above. Someone must have thought that the residential building was a good urban infill project and decided to document it. The building is modern but shows historical consciousness, as contemporary then. The photo is like photos of recently completed projects posted here on UT, but it predates the internet.

Well, it was part of the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood, so it wasn't just any old "good urban infill project"...

 

[Mustapha]

http://www.blogto.com/city/2014/01/vintage_colour_photographs_of_toronto_at_night/

 

[Miscreant]

Wow! Neat, thanks. I wonder what it was originally, before it was a vegetable market...

 

[Miscreant]

How does one access the archives? I'm very interested in early 80's photos of The Esplanade.

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