Here is a series of photos from the archives stitched together to give you an idea of what the south side of Queen Street looked like between York and St Patrick in the early 1930's, before the demolition to accommodate the
University Avenue extension south. There are some great details here if you take the time to examine the photos more closely.
Please click on the images to enlarge.
York Street to the left.
Continuing west. The gap between the buildings is quite a bit larger than shown.
I will correct it soon.
This block occupied the gap seen above.
Sweetman's Pet Store has a sign in the window that says
"Ordered Shut By the City
Building Coming Down
Everything Must Go!
Moving to 367 Queen St. W."
367 Queen is the current location of Silver Snail Comics......
Continuing west to Simcoe Street.
From Simcoe to opposite St. Patrick
This block hasn't changed that much when seen today.
The N/E corner of Spadina and Adelaide in 1911.
2010. The Balfour Building was built in 1930 and was named in honour of the Earl of Balfour, who, in 1917, had committed the British government to support a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Arthur Balfour, the first Earl of Balfour.
The Balfour Building.
The entrance.
Just for fun.
Looking west along Adelaide from Spadina during track work in 1911.
Things have changed by 2010.
The Tower Building.
Just for fun.
Looking south down Spadina past Nassau Street in the spring of 1919.
A similar viewpoint in 2010.
261 Spadina in the summer of 1944. What was once an elegant home is now a shambles.
2010.
York Street to the left.
Continuing west. The gap between the buildings is quite a bit larger than shown.
This block occupied the gap seen above.
Continuing west to Simcoe Street.
From Simcoe to opposite St. Patrick
It's not really a spaceship but a filter of sorts for a water intake pipe installed at the foot of Spadina in 1915. A good photo, all the same.
38-48 Spadina in 1940. These Victorian Townhouses have reached the end of the road.
The sign clearly states "Do Not Read Comic Books in This Store".
It's no longer a drugstore but still retains the original fixtures and display cases.
The north side of Queen just east of Ossington in 1919. I suspect the point of this photo was to
2011.
The north side of Queen looking west in 1923 past "Colleck's Barber Shop" a little further down the street an old gas pump is visible.
2011.
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