Even More Cool Bikes Around Town

 A nice mid 50's BSA thumper (single cyclinder) parked on Camden Street last week.

Also, a late 70's Honda 550 Four.

1936 Chevrolet Assembly Line

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

Bloor and Glendonwynne/Then and Now

 The N/W corner in 1958 when it was an Imperial gas station.

Now it serves a different kind of fuel...

Queen and Carlaw/Then and Now

 940 Queen Street East in the early 1980's. A nice selection of hand painted signs.

There's a good chance that these were painted by a man named George who was also a life model at O.C.A. His work was a mainstay on Queen West throughout the 70's and 80's. Painted restaurant windows were his forte.

2010.

Front and Church/Then and Now

 A very early shot of the "Coffin Block".

2010.

And somewhere in between.

Richmond Street/Then and Now

 The changing face of these two storefronts as documented by Patrick Cummins since 1983.

Today only the building's ghost remains on the side of the Victorian town house.

Ossington/ Then and Now

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

2010.

Queen East/Then and Now

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

 

Ian's Cigar Store to the west.

2010.

Queen Street East/Then and Now

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

2010.

Sun Oil Company Office

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

Eastern and Carlaw/Then and Now

 Variety store circa 1988 by Patrick Cummins.  

2010.

McCaul Street/Then and Now

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

2010.

Old Gas Stations on Kingston Road

Broadview and Danforth/Then and Now

 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 is similar...

Motorcycles at Eaton's

King and Parliament/Then and Now

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.

 

Hollywood Jobbers on Queen/Then and Now

There are some great paintings of lost Toronto by Gerald and Setsuko Lazare
to be found here.

Hollywood Jobbers re-located to the building on the left when the original site was demolished. They then moved up to John Street before retiring.