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These two little corner stores were on the N/E corner of Brock and Franklin. The building remains but the stores are long gone.

This group of worker's rowhouses on Brock just north of Queen appear to be in a sad state of repair as of April 1938. They were probably...

Looking west along College just west of Brock in 1915. 2010.

A different angle of George Stirrett and Sons Hardware 1930. Today. A ghosted sign is still visible on the side of the building.

The S/E corner of Dundas and Brock in 1927. George Stirrett and Son Hardware store, sellers of hardware, paint, oils and auto accessories. N...

Like Parkdale, Brockton (Brock and Dundas) was a separate town until it was annexed by the city of Toronto in 1884. The north side of Dundas...

The S/E corner of Dundas W. and Chesnut in 1937 when this was known as the Ward . Toronto's slum district. A year later and a very styli...

A couple of photos of the lost and Found Depatment of the TTC at the Lansdowne garage in November of 1933. The administrator seems a bit mis...

This time looking east along College from the Lansdowne intersection in 1915. Today.

An early shot of Lansdowne looking north towards Dundas West circa 1912. The Elias Rogers Company , suppliers of wood and coal. A similar vi...

Looking north on Lansdowne towards the College Street intersection in 1939 before College was extended westward. 2010.

Looking west on College towards Lansdowne in 1939. The houses in the centre of the photo were demolished shortly afterwards to aloow Colleg...

Here's a very nice early shot of Queen West looking west from Brock Avenue in 1916. If you click on the image there are some interesting...

As with the Queen Street Subway (underpass) the Lansdowne Subway was another major construction project for the city to improve traffic flo...

Looking north across Rideau Street towards the Lansdowne subway 1915 Looking north across Rideau Street towards the Lansdowne subway circa 1...

Looking north up Lansdowne from Seaforth Sept. 1950. June 2010.

Looking south down Lansdowne from Seaforth Avenue circa 1950. 60 years later and not too much has changed.