lost toronto

Queen and Elmgrove looking west along Queen in the fall of 1916. The building on the right with the awning (1372 Queen) still stands and ...

 A vintage BMW.  Honda CB200T.  A 1968 BSA Lightning. A Honda Rat Bike.

 A nice mid 50's BSA thumper (single cyclinder) parked on Camden Street last week. Also, a late 70's Honda 550 Four.

Nothing to do with Toronto but a stylish and interesting film.

 The N/W corner in 1958 when it was an Imperial gas station. Now it serves a different kind of fuel...

 940 Queen Street East in the early 1980's. A nice selection of hand painted signs. There's a good chance that these were paint...

 A very early shot of the "Coffin Block". 2010. And somewhere in between.

 The changing face of these two storefronts as documented by Patrick Cummins since 1983. Today only the building's ghost re...

 Ossington as seen by Patrick Cummins in the mid 1980's way before this strip was hip. 2010.

 Patrick Cummins' photo of Woodgreen Fish and Chips on Queen just west of Degrassi in the late 90's.   Ian's Ci...

 753 Queen Street East as shot by Patrick Cummins in the early 1980's. 2010.

The former Sun Oil Company (Sunoco) head office on Basin Street.

 Variety store circa 1988 by Patrick Cummins.   2010.

 153 McCaul Street as shot by Patrick Cummins in the mid 1980's. The building appears to be collapsing under it's own weight. The...

 The S/E corner of Broadview and Danforth in 1912. Again in 2010, could the old Bank be hiding underneath the Pizza Pizza? The facade...

The S?E corner of King and Parliament as painted by Gerald Lazare sometime in the 1980's I would guess when it was the Derby Tavern...

There are some great paintings of lost Toronto by Gerald and Setsuko Lazare to be found here . Hollywood Jobbers re-located to the bu...