Dundas and Lansdowne/Then and Now

I realize now that most of the hits to this post are looking for the phone number for Yummy Pizza. It's listed below and it is good.
Looking east from Dundas across Lansdowne in 1917. The building on the S/E corner is a bank.
For years afterwards it was the Dunlan restaurant and had a wonderful 1940's serpentine counter and several small booths.Scenes from David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch were shot there in 1991.

Now it's Yummy Pizza!

1745 Dundas St West
Toronto, ON M6K 1V4

(416) 588-6666

A couple of shots inside the long gone Dunlan Diner courtesy of mistagregory.
Good times!
Freshen' your drink, Hon' ?
A couple of recent photos while under renovation.
It appears that it was a music academy before a restaurant.
These last two photos are by printwithfire.

Lansdowne and Shirley/Then and Now

Not that interesting... looking N/W on Shirley Street towards Lansdowne March 1941.

2010.

Brock Avenue/Then and Now

Looking north on Brock 1n 1898 after a devastating ice storm that collapsed hydro poles.
This photo was taken before subway was built.

A similar view today.

Brock Avenue Subway/Then and Now

Looking north up Brock to the recently completed subway in May of 1915.

2010 and still black and white!
Looking north up Brock across the level crossing in 1911 prior to the subway construction in 1915. The Outwood Coal Company was located at 122 Brock.

Brock Avenue Corner Store/Then and Now

Another lost corner store at the S/E corner of Brock and Muir.

Queen and Cowan/Then and Now

When the original Parkdale Council Hall was demolished in 1931 a modern police station was built on the site. A few photos documenting the progress.
No longer a police station the building is now used as an artist's co-op, Gallery 1313.

From behind looking north to Queen during construction.

Dundas and Howard Park/Then and Now

The TTC has been very good at documenting their work over the years. The photos tend to concentrate on the track details but there's usually enough information in the background to make them interesting. Here's a series of photos of the track replacement at the intersection of Dundas and Howard Park taken in the fall of 1935.

Looking north/east.

Looking east

Looking west.

Brock Avenue/Then and now

These two little corner stores were on the N/E corner of Brock and Franklin.

The building remains but the stores are long gone.

Brock Avenue/Then and now

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 built in the 1880's and by the time these photos were taken already 50-60 years old.

However 6 months later they've been restored and given a new lease on life.
Another 70 years later.

The same group, this time looking north in April 1938.
Today.

College and Brock/Then and Now

Looking west along College just west of Brock in 1915.2010.

Dundas and Brock/Then and Now

A different angle of George Stirrett and Sons Hardware 1930.

Today.
A ghosted sign is still visible on the side of the building.

Dundas and Brock/Then and Now

The S/E corner of Dundas and Brock in 1927. George Stirrett and Son Hardware store, sellers of hardware, paint, oils and auto accessories. Note the single gas pump by the curb to the left hand side of the photo.

Today.

Dundas and Brock/Then and Now

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 just west of Brock Ave. in 1927.

2010.

Dundas and Chesnut/Then

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 stylish Good Rich gas station has been built on the site.
Only 59c to lubricate your car.
2010.

TTC/Lost and Found 1933

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 miserable.