thecharioteer
Senior Member
I wish the Confederation Life Building would reclaim its original roofline.
I agree. The old pics show how truncated the central tower is today (and out of proportion). Another two views:
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I wish the Confederation Life Building would reclaim its original roofline.
I agree. The old pics show how truncated the central tower is today (and out of proportion). Another two views:
That central tower is a confection really and could only have been removed for structural/maintenance rather than aesthetic reasons imho.
Yonge north of Queen:
Victoria College 1895:
Normal School:
Bloor and Avenue Road:
fantastic ephemera!
also, thanks for posting those hand painted images--really extraordinary. are they printed on glass? they look kind of translucent...
Not sure. I got them all off of Wikimedia Commons and most of them are from the McCord Museum in Montreal (some are from the New Brunswick Museum). Here are a few more from the 1890's and 1900's:
The Harbour:
Is the Royal Bank building under construction in that picture? (And its presence at all would make the shot post-1910.)
Heintzman pianos - I'm thinking the pursuit of piano was more common per capita than it is now? I see piano advertisements in many old Toronto pictures.