More Lost Toronto in colour

[thecharioteer]

Bay Street 1964:

 

[vking]

Man I haven't see a picture of the tube in years! Brings back some good memories!

 

[brewster]

Another view of the Tube and the huge mural. --

 

[Conrad Black]

Looks pretty grungy though the photo quality has a lot to do with that.

 

[thecharioteer]

Bloor Street looking towards Yonge, 1965:

 

[r937]

virna lisi and monica vitti in "le bambole" (the dolls)

in case you were curious

 

[mattelderca]

virna lisi and monica vitti in "le bambole" (the dolls)

in case you were curious

Hmm... Elke Sommer and Gina Lollobrigida as well, might be worth a watch.

 

[thecharioteer]

virna lisi and monica vitti in "le bambole" (the dolls)

in case you were curious

Grazie tanto, r937!

 

[Goldie]

Amazing! --- The Red Rocket takes us to Italy.

 

[adma]

And i presume that arising on the right is the "first" N-side-of-Bloor B-Y subway entrance (plowed under by HBC within a decade)

 

[thecharioteer]

King and George in the 1970's:

 

[enelemcee]

Wow...and just to think after the blue scaffolding comes down it becomes George Brown College! I remember when I studied Photoshop and Illustrator in 2009 I lounged around the top of the lower flat building in between breaks.

 

[DSC]

Wow...and just to think after the blue scaffolding comes down it becomes George Brown College! I remember when I studied Photoshop and Illustrator in 2009 I lounged around the top of the lower flat building in between breaks.

It is interesting that both buildings appear to have been coated with grey paint. (In real life both are red brick today.) Perhaps the current fad for grey buildings in Toronto is actually a return to our roots!

 

[thecharioteer]

O'Keefe Centre under construction, 1959 (Front & Yonge):

 

[thecharioteer]

The old north market and the St. Lawrence Hall, early 60's: