Looking east along the south side of Dundas from Parkway Avenue in 1935.
2010.
Looking east along Queen Street from Gladstone in September of 1916.
2010.
Looking past a solitary gas pump on Dundas near Bathurst towards the Centre Movie Theatre.
Looking north on Gladstone from Queen in 1949 before the road was widened.
1951 after the roadwork looking past the old Gladstone Hotel.
A current view.
Here's a page of original comic book art by the great Harry Lucey from Pep Comics #139, Lucey was a talented illustrator who started out drawing crime comics in the 1940's and 50's. His work on Archie was outstanding and head and shoulders above the other artists. His original artwork is quite collectable. Here's another link.
A great cover from Sam Hill #6
Sam Hill #7
Sam Hill #4
#5
His Betty and Veronica were pretty sweet as well.
Looking east on Rideau Street towards Lansdowne in the late 1800's. Note the row houses on the left as they're the subject of this post. At this point in time this intersection is still quite rural and lies just south of the level crossing.
A similar view in 2010.
Looking head on at the houses before the level crossing.
1915 and the subway is finished and the little cottage on the N/W corner has been remodelled.
40 years later (1934) the same houses have been underpinned and transformed.
Of course I could be wrong but the doors and windows seen to line up quite well on both photos.
September 1950.
768 Dundas on the north side near Bathurst in 1936.
The same storefront today.
Looking north up Dovercourt from Dupont in 1911 at the level crossing.
The same view 4 years later as the subway nears completion. It certainly seems that Toronto was able to accomplish a lot of public works projects within a short period of time with simple tools and manpower back then. I wonder why we can't do the same thing today. The roadwork on Roncesvalles has taken forever and still not finished. In addition the pavement is a mess of potholes and patches, clearly a hazard for pedestrians and cyclists.
Looking east from Dundas across Lansdowne in 1917. The building on the S/E corner is a bank.
Now it's Yummy Pizza!
A couple of shots inside the long gone Dunlan Diner courtesy of mistagregory.
Good times!
Freshen' your drink, Hon' ?
A couple of recent photos while under renovation.
It appears that it was a music academy before a restaurant.
Not that interesting... looking N/W on Shirley Street towards Lansdowne March 1941.
2010.
Looking north on Brock 1n 1898 after a devastating ice storm that collapsed hydro poles.
A similar view today.
Looking north up Brock to the recently completed subway in May of 1915.
2010 and still black and white!
Looking north up Brock across the level crossing in 1911 prior to the subway construction in 1915. The Outwood Coal Company was located at 122 Brock.
Another lost corner store at the S/E corner of Brock and Muir.
From behind looking north to Queen during construction.
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