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Friday, November 19, 2010
Vintage Batman Toy from Mattel
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Switch N' Go were a series of battery powered cars/tanks/trucks that ran on a closed circuit track. The operator could squeeze a set of ...
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Old Signs in the Junction
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John's Color TV on Dundas West has a nice hand painted sign on the east side of the building.
Some Sad Old Houses in the Junction
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It's hard to tell from the photo but this wood frame house in the Junction has quite a serious lean to it. It's been condemned by th...
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Baby Point and Jane/Then and Now
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These two photos were taken almost 100 years apart. I suspect that at some point the road was widened along with the stone gates, specifical...
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Ellis Avenue/Then and Now
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These two photos were taken about 100 years apart. Sometimes things don't change that much. Ellis Avenue looking north, just north of t...
Bad Day at the Seven Eleven
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These shots, supplied by Andrika Lawren, illustrate why it's important to pay attention. This 7/11 on Dundas and Euclid is a little wors...
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Yonge and Shuter/Then and Now
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A series of shots around the intersection of Yonge and Shuter. You can click on any of the images for a bette...
Yonge and Gerrard/Then and Now
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This photo from 1956 looking west along Gerrard to Yonge Street. The WCTU sign on the right is for The Women's Christian Temperence Unio...
Bloor and Islington/ Then and Now
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This photo was taken in 1958. Sometime later the second floor was added and it's been the Black Angus Steakhouse since the 1964. I rece...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Dundas and Six Points/ Then and Now
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The house in the middle is where my Grandparents lived from about 1958-1968. Previously they had lived in a house on Dunn Avenue that was de...
Dundas Farmhouse /Then and Now
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This old house on Dundas near Burnhamthorpe has managed to survive.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Westwood Theatres/Then and Now
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The Westwood in 1974. Cinema Treasures has this to say about the Westwood: "The Westwood Theatre was originally operated by 20th Centu...
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Cloverdale Mall/Then and Now
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When Cloverdale Mall (in Etobicoke) was built in the late 1950's it was really a plaza, the inner courtyard was open. After the opening ...
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