Queen and Soho/Then and Now

1913 looking N/E from Peter Street.
Today. That's the Peter Pan restaurant in the foreground.
The Peter Pan is possibly the oldest restaurant in the city...

Queen West looking east from Soho in the 1970's. Back then this strip was occupied
by several used book stores. The Black Bull (1833) is on the left.

Sometime in the early 1980s as seen by P. Cummins.

Richmond and Peter/Then

These houses, in what is now known as the Entertainment District, shown in 1944 are ready for demolition.

A year later they've been replaced by this building which still stands.

Up until the late 1980's there was nothing entertaining at all about this area which was all business. It was practically a ghost town on the weekends. The first "club" that I remember was  called "The Twilight Zone" located a little further east on Richmond.

Queen and Peter/Then and Now

The north side of Queen just west of Peter Street in the 1930'sThe stores looked better with the awnings...

Old house on Peter Street

This old duplex on Peter Street is for sale. I don't know much about it but it's stucco on frame construction tells me it's very old. Even the windows are original single pane.

Queen and Soho/Then and Now

1913 looking N/E from Peter Street. The restaurant in the foreground is the Savoy.
Today. That's the Peter Pan restaurant in the foreground.

Queen West looking east from Soho in the 1970's. Back then this strip was occupied
by several used book stores. The Black Bull (1833) is on the left.

Sometime in the early 1980s as seen by P. Cummins.

2010.

Looking south down Peter from Queen in 1949.

The former Savoy Restaurant is now the Peter Pan.