1942These board and stucco cottages on Palmerston are in need of repair. If you look closely you can see that they don't have foundations or basements.
Three years later.
And they survive today.Friday, January 28, 2011
Palmerston /Then and Now
1942These board and stucco cottages on Palmerston are in need of repair. If you look closely you can see that they don't have foundations or basements.
Three years later.And they survive today.
Palmerston and Wolseley/Then and Now
The east side of Palmerston at Wolseley in 1940. This row of cottages was in need of renovations.
Five months later and the work has been completed.
2010 and still going strong.Sunnyside Souvenir
A rare glass vase souvenir from Sunnyside Amusement Park circa 1942.For more information look for Mike Filey's excellent book "I Remember Sunnyside".
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Lakeshore and Mimico/Then and Now
Lakeshore and Parklawn/Then and Now
Mimico Bridge 1910.
Mimico Bridge 1910.
Mimico Bridge 1927.
Looking west along Lakeshore Road from Parklawn in 1930 towards the Mimico Creek bridge.
2010.The left side of the photo is all land fill.Scarlett and Hill Garden/Then and Now
Scarlett Road looking north towards Hill Garden in 1957 when it was still somewhat rural.
2010.Scarlett Road was named after John Scarlett the original land owner.
Runnymeade is named after the house he built at Dundas and Keele.
John Scarlett.Lawrence and Scarlett/Then and Now
Looking east across the Lawrence Bridge that crosses the Humber River after a washout during Hurricane Hazel in 1954.
A similar vantage point in 2010.Wednesday, January 26, 2011
City Morgue on Lombard/Then and Now
The City Morgue on Lombard west of Church sometime in the 1970's.
2010, at least they took the sign down.Bay and Hayter/Then, Then and Now
The S/W corner of Bay and Hayter September 1937.
One year later and there's been an Art Deco makeover.
2010.Yonge and Roxborough/Then and Now
The west side of Yonge south of Roxborough in the 1970's. For years the bungalow in the middle was an antique store that was called the Prince of Serendip. A great source for film and movie props.
2010.Bathurst and Barton/Then and Now
Looking north on Bathurst from Barton 1935.There's a horse-drawn milk wagon on the right.
2010.Shaw Street/Then and Now
These houses on Shaw Street north of Bloor were already showing signs of trouble in 1933.
1933.
2010.
1933.
2010.
1933.
2010.
At the time of the original photos the city building inspectors chose to label them as "defective houses".
The original path of the creek.
Boys canoeing on the creek before it was buried.
They were built on unstable land fill over a ravine that was formerly Garrison Creek. Their problems have only worsened over the years.
1933.
2010.
1933.
2010.
1933.
2010.At the time of the original photos the city building inspectors chose to label them as "defective houses".
The original path of the creek.
Boys canoeing on the creek before it was buried.Superior Restaurant/Then and Now
A vintage matchbook.
The Superior Restaurant on Yonge Street just south of Dundas in the 1930's.
2010.The Superior closed last year and has reopened as the Paramount.
Another shot of the Superior from the late 1950's with Tip Top Tailers to the south.
Making uniforms during the war.
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