lost toronto

Originally built as the International Harvester Showroom, this classic example of Art Moderne or Streamline architecture has managed to surv...

The north side of Queen east of Macdonnell in 1898. 1988 courtesy of Patrick Cummins. 2010. 1988. I was living in the apartment above BB Sh...

The south side of Queen just west of the corner in the mid 1980's. The Paddock Tavern used to wrap around the corner with another entra...

The north side of Queen at Portland in the early 1980's. Photo by Patrick Cummins. This strip of Queen still had a strong Eastern Europe...

An interesting Art Deco gas station in Gravenhurst, Ontario. Perhaps it's a former B/A (British American) dealership. Here's a survi...

924 Queen West in 1984 by Patrick Cummins . 2010.

The N/E corner of Bathurst and Lennox as seen by Patrick Cummins in 1984. 2010 and the original building remains buried underneath the make...

The north side of Stewart St. looking west from Portland 1913. A row of worker's cottages. These were in turn replaced by this Art Dec...

The west side of BAthurst just south of the Paddock as shot by Patrick Cummins in 1984. A classic example of Art Moderne or Streamline ...

Patrick Cummins has been documenting the evolution of this corner since 1979 and I'm glad he did. Queen Street was once lousy (amply su...

The N/W corner sometime in the 1950's, when it was called the Columbia Hotel. 2012. For more on this old hotel and the strange case of ...

The N/W corner of Queen and Beverley in 1983. This simple wood frame building is probably one of the oldest stores on Queen West and is occu...