Monday, October 29, 2012

Oldest Hotel in Las Vegas

 The Hotel Nevada in Las Vegas. Built in 1906.
Sometime in the late 1940's, when it was the Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backwards)

2010.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Yonge and Gloucester/Masonic Block

 The old Masonic Hall on Yonge Street. Built in 1888, restored in 1972.
 Photos and research care of Mark Moore.
MASONIC BLOCK, Yonge Street at Gloucester Street, a row of seven stores, apartments and Masonic Hall for Alex Patterson, now called Gloucester Mews, 1888; renovated and restored 1972 (Telegram [Toronto], 26 April 1888, 2, t.c.)
 A more current view by mmmighty_atom.

The Ghosts of World War ll

More on this article can be found here.

Casablanca Art Deco

An apartment lobby.
 An abandoned gas station.
 A couple of houses.

Old Uniform Store in Madrid






Friday, October 19, 2012

Glasgow Art Deco

An old Art Deco movie theatre in Glasgow, Scotland.
And this Art Deco bar/restaurant. Rogano's.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Trick Photography

This iconic photo is a fake. No dirigibles ever docked at the Empire State Building.
More on the story here.
For a story on the Toronto connection to the dirigible, His Majesty's Airship, please click here.


Thursday, September 27, 2012

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Toronto Real Estate Map 1855


Queen and Sherbourne/Then and Now

The N/E corner of Queen and Sherbourne looking east at the turn of the century. Lots of bicycles and horse drawn carriages. Note the awnings to shield the customers from the elements.
A somewhat current view.

Queen and Roncesvalles/Then

Looking south towards the lake in the early 1960's. Note the early Corvair on the right.

Yonge and King/Then and Now



Adelaide and Sherbourne/Then and Now

Looking east along Adelaide (then Duke Street) at Sherbourne in 1933.
2010. The building to the right, the Paul Bishop House, built in 1848 on the foundations of a previous house, has recently undergone a successful restoration.
The Paul Bishop House circa 1890.
A more current view.
Looking North up Sherbourne across Adelaide.
2010.
Looking south in 1933 with the Hawes Foor Wax Company on the left.
2010.
Hawes Wax tin.
Some correspondence.

Adelaide and Victoria/Then and Now

 An early photograph of the N/W corner of Adelaide and Victoria Street.

A current view.

Adelaide and George/Then and Now

 Toronto's first Post Office.