lost toronto

Vintage ad. A complete set of nesting bowls for $2.95. The pink set is quite rare. Here's another ad for the popular Pyrex Primary Nesti...

This survivor is now surrounded by fast food joints and strip malls.

The Satellite Motel in the 1960's. This 50's motel is in Cambridge, Ontario and still has it's rocket proudly on display.

This one's in Etobicoke near Eglington and Royal York.

Humbertown Plaza in the early 1960's. Note the blue Chevrolet Corvair. Today. A wide shot from Royal York Road.

This building at the S/E corner of Queen and Dovercourt was originally a YMCA. This postcard from 1914 courtesy of Chuckman's Postcard C...

I've never seen a vending machine that sells worms... This was in Cambridge Ontario.

After nearly 115 years Dufferin Street has be re connected with itself north of Queen.. When the original subway was built in 1897, Duffer...

Two similar views nearly 100 years apart. The S/W corner of Queen and Dufferin in 1917. When the subway was completed in 1897 the road was ...

Another fine cover from Crime Must Pat the Penalty Feb. 1955. Nice use of dramatic perspective and colour. It looks like the Holland Tunnel ...

The Hendry House on Mimico Avenue was built in 1850 and is the original farmhouse. It is currently for sale and listed at $529,000.

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 ...

John's Color TV on Dundas West has a nice hand painted sign on the east side of the building.

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...

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...

These two photos were taken about 100 years apart. Sometimes things don't change that much. Ellis Avenue looking north, just north of t...

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...

A series of shots around the intersection of Yonge and Shuter. You can click on any of the images for a bette...