Scarborough Photographs: Then and Now

Goldie · Sep 22, 2011

Great contributions to Scarborough's history, brewster.
You may want to change this caption to "north/west"

HamiltonTransitHistory · Sep 22, 2011

brewster said:
NorthWest-BirchmountandKR by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

That little wood structure in the foreground of the before photo is one of the old shelters for the electric radial that used to run on Kingston Rd

brewster · Sep 22, 2011

Goldie said:
Great contributions to Scarborough's history, brewster.
You may want to change this caption to "north/west"

You are correct Goldie. If you like put your Scarborough ones here , I'd like to see what you have.

brewster · Sep 22, 2011

HamiltonTransitHistory said:
That little wood structure in the foreground of the before photo is one of the old shelters for the electric radial that used to run on Kingston Rd

Yes it is H.T.H. On the south east section there used to be a loop to turn the electric's around. End of the line was Birchmount.

Goldie · Sep 22, 2011

brewster said:
If you like put your Scarborough ones here , I'd like to see what you have.

Most of my "Then & Nows" are on this page (Goldie's Oldies) --- http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/17742-Goldie-s-Oldies
They are a mixture of various places throughout Toronto - I'm trying to avoid duplicating them on too many different strings.
You'll notice that many are quite similar to your own.

brewster · Sep 22, 2011

Goldie said:
Most of my "Then & Nows" are on this page (Goldie's Oldies) --- http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/17742-Goldie-s-Oldies
They are a mixture of various places throughout Toronto - I'm trying to avoid duplicating them on too many different strings.
You'll notice that many are quite similar to your own.

I'll have a look Goldie. I can see how duplicating strings can happen that's why I am going to separate mine as I go along.

HamiltonTransitHistory · Sep 22, 2011

brewster said:
Yes it is H.T.H. On the south east section there used to be a loop to turn the electric's around. End of the line was Birchmount.

Yes, that's where the streetcar ended before being cut back to Victoria Park. But I was referring to the electric radial that ran all the way up to West Hill. There are traces of it along Kingston Rd even today.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=43.721157,-79.236885&spn=0.005482,0.009645&t=h&z=17&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=43.72122,-79.236812&panoid=IPu1qqpS5BR7aCE_UMWbMQ&cbp=12,78.35,,2,-1.26

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=43.726924,-79.230239&spn=0.00069,0.001206&t=h&z=20&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=43.726924,-79.230239&panoid=CXTFfSIlVN5oZFTe6DhzDQ&cbp=12,161.81,,2,-7.07

brewster · Sep 23, 2011

LOBLAWS--KINGSTONROADANDWARDEN by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

lilly2 by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

Parkway Plaza by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

The Malcolm family farmhouse, built c 1874--Demolished 2010.

Midland and Ellesmere by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

Birchmount north of St.Clair by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

K.R. west of Midland by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

leonard6 by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

Leonard5 by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

Leonard4 by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

Centennial-Rouge Church, built 1891
--located on Kingston Road @ 401
--originally Centennial Methodist Church, named to recognize the 100th anniversary (Centennial) of the death, in 1891, of John Wesley, founder of the Wesleyan Methodist Church organization.
--Centennial Road was named after this church, not Canada's Centennial in 1967 as some people believe.

KRAND401 by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

KingstonRoadnearMasonlookingeast by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

KingstonRoadlookingwestfromVictoriaPark by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

KingstonRoadlookingwestbeforeBrimley by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

KingstonRoadlookingeastatbrimley1 by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

kingston9 by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

kingston8 by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

The Toronto Hunt Club was established in by British Army officers of the Toronto garrison (Fort York) in 1843. It held gymkhana equestrian events at various sites around the city. In 1895 it acquired its first permanent home in a rural area east of the city between Kingston Road and the waterfront. In 1898 the streetcar was extended eastward to the site, and soon the area became a cottage district and then streetcar suburb of Toronto. This forced the equestrian activities to move further afield. In 1907 the horses were thus moved to a site in Thornhill (Steeles' Corner at Steeles Avenue and Yonge Street)
The original Hunt Club site in Scarborough was turned into a nine hole golf course in the 1930s, and it remains an exclusive private golfing club today. The current club champion is Chris Jones as was determined on the annual Champions Day, September 18, 2010.

kingston7 by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

Goldie · Sep 23, 2011

brewster said:
The Malcolm family farmhouse, built c 1874--Demolished 2010.
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Midland and Ellesmere by MISTER SCARBOROUGH, on Flickr

Thanks for the early history, brewster. Here's the latest view of that site.

brewster · Sep 23, 2011

Goldie said:
Thanks for the early history, brewster. Here's the latest view of that site.

That look's way better Goldie , finally a Canadian version of Stonehenge.

Anna · Sep 26, 2011

brewster said:
Thanks to Lone Primate for giving me the Then/Now bug.

ZIONWEXFORD2 by Mr T.O., on Flickr

Zion-Wexford_Church_Plaque by Mr T.O., on Flickr

Just found this one

Goldie · Sep 26, 2011

Anna said:
Just found this one

Do you have the date of this photo, Anna?
Let's see who gets the first "Now" photo of this view - brewster or I.

brewster · Sep 26, 2011

Goldie said:
Do you have the date of this photo, Anna?
Let's see who gets the first "Now" photo of this view - brewster or I.

Never knew that was a bank Anna. Its been a paint depot for years. I'll guess 1958. If you don't mind me asking , what keyword did you type in to get this to pop up from the archives? Challenge accepted Goldie. GL.