Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

[Goldie]

Playter estate in the Danforth-Broadview neighbourhood:

 

[Mustapha]

Playter estate in the Danforth-Broadview neighbourhood:

Goldie, that first - the oldest picture - is amazing.

 

[Mustapha]

Then. N.E. corner of Yonge and Gerrard. July 7, 1938.

Now. June 2014. I wouldn't call this corner of Gerrard just a few feet E of Yonge iconic; but the way gas was sold back in the day - sidewalk at roadside - is what attracted me to the Then picture.

 

[adma]

When did the last "sidewalk pump" in Toronto bite the dust, I wonder...

 

[Goldie]

Goldie, that first - the oldest picture - is amazing.

Yes, certainly when compared to that neighbourhood today.

Upon review of those pix, I realized that I placed them out of order.
The second photo is the oldest, 1880s.
The upper-floor windows do not appear until later - that first photo is dated c.1900

 

[the lemur]

Then. N.E. corner of Yonge and Gerrard. July 7, 1938.

'Confectionery - Lending Library - Soft Drinks' ... not a combination you see much anymore.

Avenue Road and Davenport, 1959:

Tamblyn is long gone, of course, but you can still see the name on the wall around the corner on Davenport:

http://goo.gl/maps/xK26z

 

[Riverman]

There are a few old photos of the Danforth neighbourhood in the Black Swan tavern, one looking east from Broadview pre-Viaduct.

 

[adma]

When did the last "sidewalk pump" in Toronto bite the dust, I wonder...

In that light, I remember that maybe even into the 80s, there was a "storefront" fuel retailer (and some name-brand as well) on Davenport near Symington--but I don't know whether sidewalk pumps were involved...

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"there was a "storefront" fuel retailer (and some name-brand as well) on Davenport near Symington"
adma.

MIGHT'S TORONTO CITY DIRECTORY - 1950:

Merle D Johnston Service Station.

1839 Davenport.
(S/E corner.)


Regards,
J T

 

[thecharioteer]

Let's not forget the corner's incarnation as the Savoy and later the Coronet Theatre, home of the double, triple and quadruple bill. Looks like that by 1952, the pumps are gone;



http://tayloronhistory.com/2013/09/...-housesthe-coronet-savoy-on-yonge-at-gerrard/

1956:

 

[thecharioteer]

BTW, one sees sidewalk pumps all over Paris. Urbanistically, they're a great idea.

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

The original Green & Ross tire store.
(Bob and Howard Ross's father.)


Regards,
J T

 

[thecharioteer]

Aerial 1935:

2000:

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/147352/

Today (thanks to Jasonzed and his drone):

One of the most interesting things in the 1935 pic (and there are many) is how even in the 1930's, Queen's Park and the U of T campus were fully integrated conceptually and urbanistically, as shown in the wonderful 1859 map below. The ring road "improvements" would come later.

View attachment 1859_UniversityofToronto_QueensPark.jpg

http://oldtorontomaps.blogspot.ca/2013/08/1859-university-of-toronto-campus.html

1910:



The pond from Taddle Creek beside University College, 1876 and today:

https://www.taddlecreekmag.com/the-forgotten-stream





It did look for a while that U of T's masterplan called for the removal of the bridge. All the recent road repairs seem to call that concept into question:

 

[Mustapha]

BTW, one sees sidewalk pumps all over Paris. Urbanistically, they're a great idea.

How neat is this?,,, very cool; thanks thecharioteer. Never been to Paris, hope to some day.

 

[Mustapha]

Then. April 4, 1977. This is the west side of Yonge just below Gerrard. We are looking NW.

Now. June 2014.

Forty Portraits in Forty Years :

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/magazine/01-brown-sisters-forty-years.html?_r=0