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Store Fronts!
- Thread starter EVCco
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EVCco
Senior Member
Another newly uncovered oldie...
Before:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=373+danforth+toronto&hl=en&ll=43.67751,-79.352102&spn=0.004477,0.009645&sll=43.677504,-79.352038&layer=c&cbp=13,163.53,,1,5.64&cbll=43.677508,-79.352102&hnear=373+Danforth+Ave,+Toronto,+Ontario+M4K+2Z1&t=h&z=17&panoid=3nHGxajL5Qt3kr-2Sm_Rlg
Much More Before:
^note the old "HO5" telephone number
Before:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=373+danforth+toronto&hl=en&ll=43.67751,-79.352102&spn=0.004477,0.009645&sll=43.677504,-79.352038&layer=c&cbp=13,163.53,,1,5.64&cbll=43.677508,-79.352102&hnear=373+Danforth+Ave,+Toronto,+Ontario+M4K+2Z1&t=h&z=17&panoid=3nHGxajL5Qt3kr-2Sm_Rlg
Much More Before:
^note the old "HO5" telephone number
vic
Senior Member
r937
Active Member
great minds think alike!
EVCco
Senior Member
heh! nope...
but here's another article on old phone numbers:
http://spacingtoronto.ca/2008/02/06/torontos-history-in-phone-numbers
but here's another article on old phone numbers:
http://spacingtoronto.ca/2008/02/06/torontos-history-in-phone-numbers
EVCco
Senior Member
A somewhat interesting find from yesterday - side-by-side offenders against the laws of possessive proper nouns:
Probably more common in Chinatown than here at Danforth & Dawes.
Probably more common in Chinatown than here at Danforth & Dawes.
Mustapha
Senior Member
Queen near Portland.
Baldwin Street.
Clinton Street.
Baldwin Street.
Clinton Street.
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EVCco
Senior Member
^ Great colours!
Here's a very Canadian corner store I came across yesterday:
Note the "2% Homo Milk" on the sign!
Here's a very Canadian corner store I came across yesterday:
Note the "2% Homo Milk" on the sign!
BUGEYEDBRIT
Active Member
Alexander Tailors on The Danforth....time warp retailing, is this even still open ?
EVCco
Senior Member
^ I can't speak for that place, but I can tell you old Universal Business Machine isn't doing too well:
I guess the typewriter and adding machine market just ain't what it used to be.
Speaking of which, another old proprietor down the street from me recently closed. All that's left now is this sign on the door - with the strange backdrop of this ancient Egyptian themed curtain that is being used to cover the abandoned windows:
I guess the typewriter and adding machine market just ain't what it used to be.
Speaking of which, another old proprietor down the street from me recently closed. All that's left now is this sign on the door - with the strange backdrop of this ancient Egyptian themed curtain that is being used to cover the abandoned windows:
EVCco
Senior Member
How about an office-front?
Chicago may have had the Playboy Building,
but Toronto still has the Harlequin Romance Building:
Chicago may have had the Playboy Building,
but Toronto still has the Harlequin Romance Building:
EVCco
Senior Member
A couple for colour..
Mustapha
Senior Member
Goldie
Senior Member
Cedar Heights Plaza (at sunset 2012)
Lawrence Ave. E. at Markham Rd.
Lawrence Ave. E. at Markham Rd.
EVCco
Senior Member
Great thread-reviver, Goldie!
You really managed to capture the colourful eclecticism that one finds in so many mid-century suburban shopping plazas...
You really managed to capture the colourful eclecticism that one finds in so many mid-century suburban shopping plazas...