Boarded up House on Sherbourne-Why?

Why?

Dundas and Bathurst/Then

A couple of photos of the east side of Bathurst south of Dundas taken in 1951.
This entire block has since been demolished.

Spadina and Nassau/Then and Now

An early shot of Spadina looking north towards College. Note the house on the right with the Mansard roof.2010.

Front and Trinity/Then and Now

The S/E corner of Eastern and Trinity in 1937.
2010.

This appears to be the N/W corner of front and trinity taken in 1937.
A similar view in 2010.

Dundas and Victoria/Then and Now

The S/E corner of Dundas and Victoria as seen in the early 1950's.
The same intersection in 2010. Virtually unrecognizable but the Senator Restaurant remains hidden behind the construction hoarding.

East End Worker's Cottages

Street Trash or Treasure

A very nice Art Deco couch on the curb for pick up.
I hope it found a good home.

Yonge Street in the 1970'S

More Cool Bikes Around Town

A Honda 400/4.

Honda 750/4.

Another Ontario Cottage/Yorkville

St. Lawrence Antique Market- Sundays

This week was a Black and White theme.

Crazy David's T-Shirts on Yonge Street.

Yonge Street 1974. Crazy DAvid's T-Shirt store is just to the left of Clockwork Orange.

Photo by Bob Whalen. Detective work by Mark Moore.

You don't see girls like that hitch hiking much these days....

Back in the 1970's there was a shop on Yonge Street that sold t-shirts and would make a custom shirt while you waited. Here's an ad from National Lampoon 1972. Note the Toronto address at the bottom.

Crazy David was David Keller formerly a member of a band called the Preachers.

An article from Billboard 1974.

An add from the Toronto Sun 1973.

Dundas and Jarvis/Then and Now

The S/E corner of Dundas and Jarvis sometime in the 1950's just after the Bank has been robbed.

2010.

More Vintage Kitchens

Vintage Stereo Ads/1972

Some vintage stereo adverts from the December 1972 issue of National Lampoon.
Hideous speakers from JBL, Prima 25's

A selection of receivers from Pioneer.

Superscope was an inexpensive line from Marantz.
For more vintage 1970's stereo please visit seventies stereo.

Vintage Kitchens

A collection of images of kitchens from the late 1940's through to the early 1970's.

Parkdale Summer/Springhurst and Spencer/Then and Now

Three boys enjoy a summer's day at S/W the corner of Springhurst and Spencer in the late 1940's. That's a Studebaker beside them.

A somewhat current view.
A 1948 Studebaker with suicide doors.

Kung Fu, The Legend Continues

Back in the early 1990's we worked on the television series Kung Fu. TLC. Many of the shows were shot on location in Chinatown.

These two storefronts on Spadina were a standing set that was Caine's Dojo.

My 1965 Corvair Corsa was painted bright green and used as a picture vehicle known as the Kermitmobile.