TTC Garage at Howard Park Then and Now

Here's a TTC bus maintenance garage from June 1928 located on Howard Park
just east of Roncesvalles. Howard Park is named after John Howard who "donated"
High Park to the city in 1873
.
The same building today. Now surrounded by condos and
broken down cars. This entire block from Roncesvalles to Dundas is scheduled to fall in the next year for another massive condo complex.

Vintage snow plows on Howard Park with the garage on the left in 1924
John Howard

Bathurst and Bloor/Then

A nice colour photo of Bathurst Station from the mid 1960's.

Dundas and Howard Park/Then and Now

The TTC has been very good at documenting their work over the years. The photos tend to concentrate on the track details but there's usually enough information in the background to make them interesting. Here's a series of photos of the track replacement at the intersection of Dundas and Howard Park taken in the fall of 1935.

Looking north/east.

Looking east

Looking west.

TTC/Lost and Found 1933

A couple of photos of the lost and Found Depatment of the TTC at the Lansdowne garage in November of 1933. The administrator seems a bit miserable.

Dundas and Sorauren/ Then and Now

Dundas Street West looking west across to top of Sorauren Avenue in the
the 1930's. At this time the streetcar tracks had a dedicated side of the bridge as
seen on the left hand side of the photo.A similar view in 1969.
2010.
From the foot of the Dundas bridge looking west across the top of Sorauren in 1936.
A similar vantage point in 2010.
Have you noticed how many ads there are for Sweet Caporal Tobacco?

TTC Garage at Howard Park Then and Now

Here's a TTC bus maintenance garage from June 1928 located on Howard Park
just east of Roncesvalles. Howard Park is named after John Howard who "donated"
High Park to the city in 1873
.
The same building today. Now surrounded by condos and
broken down cars.

Vintage snow plows on Howard Park with the garage on the left in 1924
John Howard