Symes Road Destructor/Then And Now

Built in 1933, the Symes Road Destructor was quite an elegant building with Art Deco influences.

The exhaust chimneys were built first.
An impressive structure for burning garbage.

The scale....
Now abandoned and vandalized...

Yonge and Richmond/Then and Now

The S/W corner of Yonge and Richmond, mid 1950's when Kresge's dominated the block
2010.
And sometime in between.
for more on Krege's click here.
Another version.

Yonge and Woodlawn/Then and Now

The N/E corner of Yonge and Woodlawn sometime in the mid 1950's.
2010.

Avenue and Davenport/Then and Now Mash

Art Deco Motorcycle

A Henderson Motorcycle from the mid 1930's.

College and Lansdowne/Then and Now

Looking north up Lansdowne across College sometime in the 1940's.
2010.
A Photoshop experiment. For more on the famous shoot out with the Boyd Gang that took place here in 1954, click here.

Christie and Davenport/Then and Now

Listed in the Archives as 236 Christie Street from 1921, This little cottage appears in a rural setting.
A wide shot reveals it's location on the west side of Christie just south of Davenport road before the area was developed.
An approximate current view.

St. Clair and Christie/Then and Now Plus

St. Clair west of Christie 1910.
Impossible to place exactly now, just a guess.
A composite.

Dupont and Christie/Then and Now and In Between

Looking north up Christie form Dupont in 1915 at the newly completed subway (underpass). The building on the left is the Ford Model T factory.
2010.

Through the mist of time.

Christie and Davenport/Then and Now and In Between

Looking north up Christie across Davenport in the winter of 1916.
A current view.

Sometime in between...

Christie and Davenport/Then and Now and In Between

Looking east on Davenport across Christie in 1916.
2010.
Somewhere in between.

Dupont and Clinton/Then and Now and In Between

Looking east along Dupont from Clinton in the fall of 1926.
2010.

A mix of the two. The house/corner store on the right was used to "anchor" the two photos.

Two Old Gas Stations/Then

I'm unable to locate these two gas stations but they're somewhere in the Six Points area.

The same design as above still stand on Queen East near Pape.
Photo by HKD.

Dundas and KIpling/Then and Now

Dundas West just east of Kipling in the early 1960's. I'm not 100% on the now picture below but it's a close match...

2010.

The Death of Summer

Kipling and Lakeshore /Then and Now

Looking north up Kipling from Lakeshore in the fall of 1928. The Hotel to the left was the Altmont Hotel.

2010 and it would appear that part of the building on the right was demolished when Kipling was widened.
The Altmont Hotel in the 1950's. Giant Television!
The Altmont in it's heyday then known as John Sheene's Hotel. Built in 1890 a more complete history can be found at the New Toronto Historical Society.