Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Mustapha]

The humble beginnings of eHealth Ontario.

And, the end hopefully.

July 25 addition.

Yonge and Mill looking ENE.

 

[GenerationW]

Re: York Mills Skating Rink

A functional skating rink in that building? Really??

 

[adma]

Or was there one in the back? Dunno.

That photo must have been very shortly before the old John Hogg store was torn down.

 

[Anna]

The rink was in the back and the Hogg store was the changeroom. The store burned down in 1978.
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bylaws/1998/law0811.pdf

 

[Mustapha]

Hope everyone is well this mid summer evening.


July 26 addition.

Yonge and Lawrence NW corner.

http://bedfordpark.wordpress.com/category/1846-atkinsons/

 

[thecharioteer]

The archival photo says Edward, not Elm.

 

[NomoreaTorontonian]

Yonge and Mill looking ENE.

Was the skating rink originally the Jolly Miller Swimming Pool? Or was that on the southeast corner?

The swimming pool "drowned" in Hurricane Hazel for those whose memories don't stretch that far back.

 

[Mustapha]

The archival photo says Edward, not Elm.

Shute. Thanks thecharioteer; I substituted another then and now pair.

 

[adma]

The archival photo says Edward, not Elm.

And it definitely would be Edward, because that's where Macleans was housed...

 

[Goldie]

another image

Just testing another way to attach an image.

Thanks for your patience.

 

[Goldie]

new image

Well, that didn't work!

Here's the old thumbnail again -------

 

[Anna]

I like this view of the Jolly Miller - it shows the sign that was painted by C.W. Jefferys with the likeness of the rotund miller who gave the inn its name.

Jefferys lived just up the street.
http://torontoist.com/2009/07/historicist_sketching_cultural_nationalism.php

 

[Urban Shocker]

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.)

Clay tile, according to that article ... and the photo.

 

[adma]

Clay, slate, whatever. Thanks, anyway, for clarifying.

 

[thecharioteer]

I like this view of the Jolly Miller - it shows the sign that was painted by C.W. Jefferys with the likeness of the rotund miller who gave the inn its name.

Jefferys lived just up the street.
http://torontoist.com/2009/07/historicist_sketching_cultural_nationalism.php

Amazing view of Yonge pre-Tridel!