More Yonge Street in the 1960's and 1970's

The Edison Hotel, (formerly the Empress Hotel).

the Biltmore Theatre looking south to the Brown Derby at Dundas.
A postcard from United De Forest Cleaners seen in the previous photo, courtesy of the Chuckman Collection.

Le Coq d'Or, the Edison and Sam the Record Man!

Cinema 2000 and Starvin' Marvin's.

The Colonial during the pedestrian mall.
The Town Tavern.
Hey man, be cool.

Yonge and Dundas 1950 /Then

A couple of great photos from the archives with a lot of detail.
Please click on image to enlarge.

Looking north. The Edison Hotel in the distance.

Looking south down Yonge from Dundas 1950

Yonge and Dundas/Then

Looking at the S/W corner of Yonge and Dundas in 1952 during subway construction. Everything you see in this photo is gone and replaced by the Eaton Centre.

The N/E corner in front of the Brown Derby. The subway entrance is under construction and the Bank in the background can be seen in the previous post.The curved facade of the bank is the only piece of this entire intersection that remains.

Yonge and Dundas/The Brown Derby

A vintage postcard of the long gone Brown Derby from the Chuckman Collection.

The Brown Derby, located on the N/E corner of Yonge and Dundas was open from 1949 until 1974.

The 1960's, Photo by R. Hill

Sometime in the late 1950's

In the 1970's the exterior had a "mod" face lift.

Another good shot from the 1970's. This is by Surfheart.

By the 1980's it's become a Mr. Submarine.
A Brown Derby matchbook from Chuckman's Collection.