Monday, May 16, 2011
Old Chinese Restuarants Around Town
My favourite, the Kom Jug Yuen on Spadina near Cecil. We've been going there for BBQ pork on rice since Art College. Nothing fancy here.
The Pagoda in Hamilton.
The Chungking (closed) on Spadina.
The House of Cheung on Bloor near Lansdowne.
Dupont and Madison/Then and Now
The N/E corner of Dupont and Madison sometime in the 1950's.
2011.
The Madison Mash.Sunday, May 15, 2011
Queen and Gladstone/Then and Now
Looking north up Gladstone from just north of Queen in March of 1949.
2010.The George Brown House/Then and Now
A crowd outside waits for news after the shooting in 1880.Construction of the Brown’s residence began in 1874, and the family took possession of their new home in 1876. His enjoyment of the new home was short-lived as a disgruntled former employee from The Globe attacked Brown in his office and shot him. The leg wound became infected and brought about Brown’s death. After Brown’s death in 1880, his widow Ann remained in the house until 1886, when she returned to Scotland.
Thereafter, the house was purchased by Duncan Coulson, general manager of the Bank of Toronto in 1891. His family remained there until 1920 when the home was sold to the Pearson Hall for Blind Soldiers. In 1924, Pearson Hall was taken over by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. In 1955, the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto bought the property.
Before the restoration in 1983.
A current view.Queen and Beverly/Then and Now
Looking north up Beverly Street in 1911. Not a car in sight.
2010.The first yellow brick house on the left was owned by my Uncle Albert Agnelli and my Aunt Margaret for the past 30 years and before that people I know had lived there while attending O.C.A.
Queen and Callender/Then and Now
Looking west along Queen towards Roncesvalles from Callender in the fall of 1916.The empty lot on the left is the future site of the Parkdale Theatre.
A more current view.
The Parkdale.Saturday, May 14, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Lambton House/Lambton Mills/Old Dundas Street
Lambton Mills before the fire.
Before the overpass was built spanning the Humber River, Dundas Street wound down the valley to a small village called Lambton Mills as seen in the map above.
The only building to remain is the Lambton House, built in 1847.
The village was wiped out by a devastating fire in 1915.
The footings of the old bridge destroyed by Hurricane Hazel are still visible at the end of the road.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
The Incredible Leaning House on Annette
These semis on Annette near Keele have a serious lean. The one on the right was re-faced and "straightened" several years ago but the left hand side shows just how severe the angle is.Most of the land south of here bordered by Annette to Bloor and Dundas to Keele was a swamp and was eventually drained to build houses. In fact the N/W corner of Keele and Bloor was the City dump up until 1910 or so.
Toronto, People City.
The station sign off video about Toronto from the 80's from the original City TV channel 79.
Toronto, People City. It's a great song by Tommy Ambrose.
Tommy Ambrose.One of Canada's most versatile popular singers and songwriters, Tommy Ambrose starred in his own half-hour show of music, variety, dance, and comedy. Produced by Stan Harris (196l-62) and Bill Davis (1962-63), and written by Stan Jacobson and Bernie Rothman, in addition to Ambrose and his guests the program featured an eight voice chorus, under the direction of Gordon Kushner, and a twenty-five piece orchestra conducted by Lucio Agostini, with arrangements by Rick Wilkins. Choreography for the show was by Glen Gibson.
During the summer of 1962, the network presented a dozen repeats from the previous season, under the title, The Best Of Tommy Ambrose.
Here's his sign off for Global TV.
A clip from his CBC show from 1962.
King and Queen/Then and Now
Looking east across the intersection of King, Queen and River in 1910 or so before the bridge was built. The building(s) outlined is shown in detail below and was demolished to accommodate the construction of the new interchange.
After.
There are more photos of this block here.
A somewhat current view even though the angle is wrong.
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