Super Rare Vintage Japanese Kid's Bike

This extremely rare Jupiter bicycle was spotted in the basement of an east end antique store. However it is not for sale....
Rod and lever brakes with an intact fender emblem.

King and Dufferin/Then and Now

King Street West looking east across Dufferin circa 1910.
A similar view today.

The N/E corner of King and Dufferin.The Metallic Roofing Company of Canada began it's operation in 1884 and was the first such company in Canada. It was located at 1190-1192 King Street West. Tin ceiling tiles held enormous appeal as they were affordable, fireproof and could be decorated with custom designs. Sadly, the building fell into disrepair, but unlike many Toronto gems, it was dismantled and is presently in storage with the Ontario Heritage Trust. The façade is on display at the Ontario Heritage Trust building on Adelaide if you want to get a rare peak at a pressed metal building façade.
Some time in the 1980's.
The facade in it's final days before it was taken apart for storage.
This sat at the corner of Liberty and Jefferson for several years.

Another photo by Patrick Cummins.

The Queensway/Then and Now

1957.
2010.

The Canary Restaurant/Then and Now

The iconic Canary Restaurant as shot by Bill Wrigley.

The sign has been salvaged and can be found in a warehouse on Wabash Av in Parkdale. Originally built as a school more info can be found below.

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.

Alice Street is no more but it did run east west between Yonge and Terauley (Bay) south of Agnes street (now Dundas).

King and John/Then and Now

The N/E corner of King and John on a snowy day in the early 60's.

The Eclipse Whitewear Building (1903) is significant as one of the earliest warehouses constructed on the former Upper Canada College campus on Russell Square, where the company produced children's and ladies' underwear for over half a century.

Today and not too much has changed.
Looking east along King across John in the late 1970's with the King's Plate Diner on the S/E corner. Breakfast Special...$1.10! Farb's Car Wash is on the N/W corner, now the Bell Lightbox.
A current view.

The Queensway/Then and Now

Another demolished Reliance gas station at the S/W corner of the Queensway and Parklawn in the late 1950's.
A current view.

Fallow Farmhouse

This abandoned/ruined farmhouse is located north of the city on Leslie. Once clad in brick this is all that remains.

A hundred and fifty years worth of paint on a simple door casing.

Abandoned Farmhouses/Toronto Outskirts

The Evolution of The Hollywood Tavern/House of Lancaster

The Hollywood Tavern on the Queensway as it appeared in the late 1950's. I can't say for certain but I suspect it was a somewhat elegant establishment along the lines of the Copacabana, the el Mocambo and even the Cabana Room at the Spadina Hotel.
A supper club where people would go for dinner and dancing as the sign below suggests.

The side entrance.

The Queensway looking west w/ The Hollywood to the left.

It received a makeover in the 60's and became more of a bar.
Another angle. We went here in the late 70's when it was a Disco and then later when it was a club with bands. We saw Twitch play here and maybe B.B. Gabor...
It's newest incarnation as the House of Lancaster....

The Queensway/Then and Now

Back in 1957 this was a nice little strip mall on the north side of the Queensway west of Royal York.
Now a little sad....

The Queensway/Then and Now

The Queensway/Then and Now