Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Eastern and St Lawrence/Then and Now
Looking east along Eastern from St. Lawrence 1n 1925.Eastern continued along and crossed the Don River. The old Eastern Bridge seen in the distance is still there dead ending at the DVP.
A current view.Eastern's original alignment can be seen here in red.
King And Triller/Then and Now
Triller Ave north of King in the early 1970's or so. Silverwoods Dairy was still delivering milk in their fleet of Divco delivery vans.
A current view.
A Divco ad.
The Borden's version.
The fleet stands ready.
New Vintage Bicycle Additions
A nice original 1953 Humphrey 3 speed. Humphrey Bicycle and Motor Company was a subsidiary of CCM and produced lower priced bicycles to compete with the British imports.
The bicycles were assembled in this building on Bulwer Street off of Spadina north of Queen.
A 1937 Humphrey.
A 1963 CCM Imperial Mark ll.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
International Chop Suey/Then and Now
60 Elizabeth Street in 1937.
In 1958.
A current view, most of Elizabeth Street has been replaced by City Hall.
The iconic neon sign lives on still when it was relocated to Kingston Road.
Queen and Mutual/Then and Now
The Second Presbyterian Church under construction circa 1858.
A later view from the late 1960's, this is the second Church constructed in 1891.
A current view.Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Dundas and Church/Then and Now
The N/E corner of Dundas (then known as Wilton) and Church in 1913.
2010.Yonge and Shuter/Then and Now
The N/E corner of Yonge and Shuter 1n 1919.
1930 or so.
The mid 1950's with an addition added.
In the late 1970's.
A wider view.
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