Wednesday, March 2, 2011

PHOTO - TORONTO - KING AND JOHN - FARB'S CAR WASH - WORLD'S FINEST - c1960

PHOTO - TORONTO - KING AND JOHN - CROWD WAITING FOR STREETCAR IN SNOW - NOTE STREETCAR STOP SIGN AT LEFT END OF LINE - c1960

PHOTO - TORONTO - GREAT WESTERN RAIL STATION - YONGE AND FRONT - RAILROAD BECAME PART OF GRAND TRUNK AND THEN CANADIAN NATIONAL - BUILDING BECAME WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET

PHOTO - TORONTO - 1224 ST CLAIR W - DANFORTH RADIO STORE - NOTE ALL THE TV AERIALS ON ROOF - c1960

POSTCARD - TORONTO - EXHIBITION GROUNDS - AERIAL - DOWNTOWN IN BACKGROUND - c1970

POSTCARD - TORONTO - BAY STREET WHARF - FERRY - STEAMER - SEPIA - EARLY

AD - TORONTO - SWISS CHALET BROILED CHICKEN - 234 BLOOR W - FIRST TORONTO STORE - 1950

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

POSTCARD - TORONTO - WELLINGTON - GOODERHAM BUILDING LOOKING DIRTY - NEW TORONTO-DOMINION IN BACKGROUND - c1970

POSTCARD - TORONTO - SUNNYSIDE - GRAND TRUCK RAILWAY STATION - EARLY

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - S FROM ELM - MANY STORE SIGNS - STEELES TAVERN -1950

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - LABOR DAY - EARLY 1900s

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - IMPERIAL THEATRE - SAXONY RESTAURANT - SUPERIOR RESTAURANT - OTHER STORES - 1972

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - ELGIN THEATRE UNDERGOING CHANGES - DIANA SWEETS RESTAURANT - THE LOCATION I KNEW - CROWDS - 1970s

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - CONSTRUCTION OF SUBWAY - NOTE HEINTZMAN PIANOS - LOEWS - EARLY 1950s

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE STREET - AERIAL - CONSTRUCTION OF SUBWAY - EARLY 1950s

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND SUMMERHILL - SUMMERHILL CPR STATION - 1916

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND QUEEN - BANK OF MONTREAL - NOTE SIGN FOR TURKISH CIGARETTES - 1913

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND ELM - ALLEN FAMILY CLOTHING STORE - 1950

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND EGLINTON - CAR ON MUDDY ROAD - 1912

PHOTO - TORONTO - YONGE AND DUNDAS - NW CORNER - 1950

PHOTO - TORONTO - WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET - SITE OF FUTURE O'KEEFE CENTRE - NOTE BANK OF MONTREAL IN BACKGROUND NOW HOCKEY HALL OF FAME - BUSY WITH TRUCKS - c1940

PHOTO - TORONTO - WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET - INTERIOR - EARLY

PHOTO - TORONTO - WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET - FRONT - ABANDONED - SITE OF FUTURE O'KEEFE CENTRE

PHOTO - TORONTO - WATERFRONT - FOOT OF YORK STREET - MAKES ME THINK OF OLD EXPRESSION MUDDY YORK - 1914

PHOTO - TORONTO - UNION STATION - EXCAVATION FOR NEW UNION STATION - QUEEN'S HOTEL ACROSS FRONT STREET - 1915

PHOTO - TORONTO - TTC SUBWAY - SHERBOURNE STATION - YONGE LINE - 3 WOMEN WALKING - 1966

PHOTO - TORONTO - TTC SUBWAY - QUEEN'S PARK STATION - UNIVERSITY LINE - 1963

PHOTO - TORONTO - TTC SUBWAY - BLOOR STATION - YONGE LINE - CROWD ON PLATFORM - MID 1960s

PHOTO - TORONTO - TTC - BUS STATION AT YONGE AND EGLINTON - NOTE ELECTRIC BUSES - c1960

PHOTO - TORONTO - QUEEN'S PARK - UNDER CONSTRUCTION - SEPIA - 1891

PHOTO - TORONTO - QUEEN'S HOTEL - ON SITE OF FUTURE ROYAL YORK - 1915

PHOTO - TORONTO - QUEEN STREET W - ROW HOUSES - BILLBOARDS - 1938

PHOTO - TORONTO - MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD - LOOKING SOUTH TO MERTON - RESEMBLES MUSKOKA - 1916

PHOTO - TORONTO - MEYER'S HOTEL - SUNNYSIDE - 1911

PHOTO - TORONTO - KING STREET - E FROM CHURCH - STREETCARS WITH HORSES- MANY SIGNS - NOTE ORIGINAL CITY HALL IN BACKGROUND - EARLY

PHOTO - TORONTO - HONEST ED'S DEPARTMENT STORE - BLOOR AND BATHURST - c1960

PHOTO - TORONTO - HIGHWAY 401 - LOOKING W FROM KEELE - NOTE ALL THE EMPTY LAND - 1958

PHOTO - TORONTO - HIGH PARK - SLEDDING - NEAR HIGH PARK BLVD GATES ON KEELE - 1918

PHOTO - TORONTO - GRAND OPERA - 11 ADELAIDE W - 1913

PHOTO - TORONTO - FRONT STREET AND SIMCOE - HOTEL CARLS-RITE - 1928

PHOTO - TORONTO - EATON'S DEPARTMENT STORE - COLLEGE STREET BRANCH - HALLWAY - c1940

PHOTO - TORONTO - EATON'S - DELIVERY WAGONS LINED UP - 1913

PHOTO - TORONTO - CITY HALL - BAY STREET - EATON'S PLANT BEHIND CITY HALL - AERIAL - 1919

PHOTO - TORONTO - CHUM RADIO STATION - 1331 YONGE STREET - PROMOTIONAL PHOTO - c1960

PHOTO - TORONTO - CARLTON STREET - FROM YONGE - 1914

PHOTO - TORONTO - CARLTON ST YONGE - ODEON CARLTON - AERIAL - BIG LINE-UP - 1963

PHOTO - TORONTO - BLOOR VIADUCT UNDER CONSTRUCTION - EARLY STAGE - LOOKING EAST - 1915

PHOTO - TORONTO - BLOOR VIADUCT - UNDER CONTRUCTION - LARGELY COMPLETE - NOTE THIS BRIDGE ON DON VALLEY WAS ENGINEERED FOR SUBWAY LONG BEFORE THERE WAS ONE - 1917

PHOTO - TORONTO - BATHURST STREET - AT QUEEN - NOTE WINE STORE - 1935

PHOTO - TORONTO - 299 QUEEN STREET W - WHAT USED TO BE THE RYERSON BUILDING - ONE OF TORONTO'S FEW TERRA COTTA-CLAD BUILDINGS - TODAY CHUM - 1919