More Lost Toronto in colour

[thecharioteer]

Ah, Eaton's with flags! From 1953, celebrating the Coronation of Elizabeth II:

 

[Earlscourt_Lad]

Are those Dominion or Ontario flags mixed in with the Union Jacks?

 

[adma]

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Notice that (a) the Eaton's warehouse is gone, and (b) the corner block's upper floors are singed and boarded fron the 1977 fire...

 

[LowPolygon]

lets forward a few decades to the Toronto of--oh i don't know--2050?...

lets see...unfortunately it looks like a few survivors of a biological/nuclear war are having to do battle with giant plague-altered quasi-vampire bugs bent on erasing all vestiges of human civilization, as well as shopping. Some of them seem to be holed up in Massey Hall...

Apparently, these beasts have a real hate on for Dundas Square and the Eaton Centre—where a horrifically altered Seers store has consumed the body of the Sears store—a truly bone chilling prognostication!!!

 

[yonderbean]

What the...

 

[donoreo]

lets forward a few decades to the Toronto of--oh i don't know--2050?...

lets see...unfortunately it looks like a few survivors of a biological/nuclear war are having to do battle with giant plague-altered quasi-vampire bugs bent on erasing all vestiges of human civilization, as well as shopping. Some of them seem to be holed up in Massey Hall...

Apparently, these beasts have a real hate on for Dundas Square and the Eaton Centre—where a horrifically altered Seers store has consumed the body of the Sears store—a truly bone chilling prognostication!!!

What game are those screen shots from? Something from one of the Toronto based developers I guess.

 

[OttoSchloss]

It's from Half Life 2 but not the original.

 

[LowPolygon]

http://www.torontoconflict.com/

 

[DavidJamesTO]

Are those Dominion or Ontario flags mixed in with the Union Jacks?

Canadian Red Ensigns; the Ontario flag didn't come to be until after the Maple Leaf was adopted.

 

[thecharioteer]

1950's:

 

[thecharioteer]

Late 1970's views of the Royal Bank Plaza (photos by Derek Griffiths):

 

[chriskayTO]

Nice shots of the brand-spanking new Royal Bank Plaza.

What I'm more interested in is any interior shots of the main branch during that same era. It has been totally ruined since the mid 90's renovation added a roof to the branch and they turned it into a po-mo mess. I've been searching for years, to no avail.

 

[Urban Shocker]

Have we ever done a "Lost Toronto" item on China Court, that gaily-painted place that used to have pagodas and a garden - on the west side of Spadina, just south of Dundas? After I picked up my coat at Magder last week I had a huge $4 plate of Chinese food ( choose four items ) in the lower level of the mall that's there now. There used to be a fancy-shmancy Chinese restaurant, in the mid-80s to mid-90s, on the top floor of the other Chinese mall right at the south west corner of Spadina and Dundas, too. All, sadly, gone or in seriously tacky decline for more than a decade.

 

[reetdoontoon]

a pagoda/bridge in the courtyard. big and yellow and red as i recall.

 

[thecharioteer]

Where's the Gardiner?

Toronto in art: