The archival photo says Edward, not Elm.
And it definitely would be Edward, because that's where Macleans was housed...
Fixed; here we go.
Thank you guys.
Yonge and Mill looking ENE.
The swimming pool "drowned" in Hurricane Hazel for those whose memories don't stretch that far back.
Just think, you can ONLY know of stuff like this by reading Urban Toronto.
Well, that didn't work!
Here's the old thumbnail again -------
For UTers late coming to this thread, a reminder that there were extensive discussions awhile back about the Ford Hotel. There seems to be some sort of present day fascination with it.
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.
I wonder what ever became of the sign? I'm only reminded because my son wanted to rip down an old restaurant sign that appealed to him.
I received this email from UTer Pat (NomoreaTorontonian) about this previously posted then and now pair :
""A friend and I were talking about the old picture a few weeks ago. From what he said then I thought it was down a bit from the SW corner.
But if it was on the NW corner, was it one of the original Lawrence family houses? Or a replacement?
Are there exterior photos of the old Atkinson house at Bedford Park around? There is a well-known interior shot, I know.
/cheers
Pat (NomoreaTorontonian)""
NomoreaTorontonain... 3068 Yonge doesn't exist. On the SW corner there is a hydro substation and a Coffee Time, #s 3038 and 3050 respectively.
Then, you cross north over Lawrence ave. The subway entrance on the NW corner has no street number of course, and then the office building right next to it is #3080.
This of course doesn't prove that 3068 was on the NW corner beyond a doubt. More picture evidence is needed - ideally a wide angle street shot from that period in time - but I can't find anything like that in the archives.
As to the Atkinson House - I can't find
any online pictures.
Here is a wide angle pic of the SW and NW corners taken from the SE. Our subway entrance is on the far right of the picture.
July 28 addition.
Yonge at Lytton, NW corner, looking from the NE. The present structure is a ventilation building for the TTC subway line. A station here would be handy - it's quite the distance between Eglinton and Lawrence. Another one at Yonge Blvd would be nice too.