The S/W corner of Avenue Road and Davenport in the early 1960's. A good example of a converted house and corner drug store. Note the Loblaws to the left.
2010 and not too much has changed.
This recent photo reveals the painted over Tamblyn sign on the north face of the building as well as the filled in round windows.
The west side a little further south.
2010.
From 1925, this elegant apartment building is under construction on King Street at Beaty Avenue. At the time living in an apartment was considered quite grand.
2010.
The Tasty Restaurant at Eastern and Booth has been closed for as long as I can remember. But the old sign remains along with some very valuable Coke discs..
These Coke button signs sell for $700-$800 depending on condition.
Another interesting photo from the archives. This is Dunn Ave in Parkdale just south of Springhurst in 1912 or so before the train tracks were lowered below grade.
This photo was taken 100 years later (2011) and surprisingly the little corner store is still a corner store. My grandparent's house was just south of the tracks and was demolished to make way for the Gardiner Expressway in the mid 50's.
An aerial shot with the demolished houses. The corner store is outlined in red.
There's a great article here about the Yonge Street Pedestrian Mall of the early 1970's.
Another postcard from Chuckman's.
The Palace Street School at Front and Cherry Street (1858) is the oldest multi-room school house in Toronto. At the time Cherry Street was called Palace Street and this area was considered "downtown". Fern Street in Parkdale was called Cherry Street.
The red square outlines the original school and the blue outline a later addition known as the Palace Street Hotel.
A well preserved interior classroom window.
The boys entrance.
This view shows the Hotel addition that for many years was known as the Canary Restaurant. These buildings are all owned by the Provincial Government and will be used in the upcoming Pan Am Games.
Looking into the empty hotel a safe can be seen at the back. Legend has it that bootleg whiskey was stored here during prohibition, before being smuggled south of the border. For more detailed information on the Palace Street School click here.
The Canary.
This school on Alice Street, built in 1862, is strikingly similar in design to the Palace School.
Pretty in Pink.
A very Springlike theme this week with pink and baby blue.
Another example of how much of the lakefront is reclaimed land. The Harbour Commission Building was originally right on the shoreline.
Seen from Queen's Quay, 2010.
An early shot of the S/E corner of Dundas and Sheridan when it was the Brockton Hotel. A little further east was the Brockton Tavern, also demolished.
2010.
The N/E corner of Bay and Edward as seen in 1928.
The same corner in 2010.
The Ford Hotel stood on the N/E corner of Bay and Dundas. Built in 1928 it was demolished in 1973 and replaced by the Atrium on Bay. In it's later years, The Toronto Star called it the "rendezvous of choice for couples pursuing an illicit affair
The south side of Edward Street just east of Bay in 1937. The old Ford Hotel can be seen behind.
2010.
Looking west on Springhurst across Jameson in 1926.
Surprisingly, the house on the N/W corner has survived. In fact, I think it's the only house left on Jameson.
A view of the Seaway Motel looking east from the Gardiner in the 1960's.
Vintage period postcards from Chuckman's
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