Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Goldie]

Bloor at Lansdowne - it appears that 4 (maybe 5) buildings still remain.

See Google Street View at:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/L...2!3m1!1s0x882b3446a27d41e3:0xff964fd994b0e268

 

[Goldie]

Richmond St. W. 1939

Google Street View:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSmSF2-Dr1mWNeAUcvVTdfA!2e0

 

[Koolgreen]

wow! those simpsons trucks....were they black on top and maroon on the bottom???

 

[Goldie]

Dundas - Roncesvalles, 1913

Google Street View:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/D...2!3m1!1s0x882b367f95af39d1:0x902bc30b0edd78e5

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"Dundas - Roncesvalles, 1913 "
Prof Goldie.

Telegraph wires everywhere!


Regards,
J T

 

[adma]

Impressively scaled Burroughes Furniture billboard in the old photo--a reminder of the high profile its Bathurst + Queen premises merited...

 

[Anna]

wow! those simpsons trucks....were they black on top and maroon on the bottom???

 

[Koolgreen]

and of that same vintage, I recall dark blue Eaton's trucks with big red signage and white "EATON's "

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"You'll enjoy shopping at Simpson's."

Regards,
J T

 

[Goldie]

Unemployed at Silverthorn War Memorial Hall 1932

CHUA KIM QUANG, 351 Silverthorn Ave.

Google Street View:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/S...2!3m1!1s0x882b3147c46e2aa3:0x334c7c30e270b111

 

[Koolgreen]

i wonder if the war memorial out front was salvaged???

 

[Goldie]

This excellent image of the monument was found online:

 

[gimbal]

Simpsons van still going in 72'

 

[Anna]

i wonder if the war memorial out front was salvaged???

I think it was moved up the street (sort of).
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Si...1s0x882b3406da494689:0xf4cf18a30bc25c49?hl=en

 

[Goldie]

City Dairy, Spadina Crescent c.1940

U. of T. North Borden Building:

Google Street View:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/S...2!3m1!1s0x882b34c0657cd2d9:0xbf44b2f335c15aaa