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The History of Toronto in Photos (1850-2011)
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LINK: http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/12/...onto_in_photos/
Some quick gems:
Trinity College
Built: 1852
Demolished: 1950
What exists there now: Trinity Bellwoods Park, though the original gate and women's residence still stand, the latter as a retirement home.
The original Toronto Star Building
Built: 1929
Demolished: 1972
What exists there now: First Canadian Place
Sam the Record Man
Built: 1961
Demolished: 2008-2010
What exists there now: Rubble, but Ryerson University will be building on the site shortly.
http://www.blogto.com/toronto/lists/the_top_10_unbuilt_projects_in_toronto/
Queen Street Subway
Proposed: 1942
Fizzled: 1980 (but there's always the DRL)
Why it wasn't meant to be: The Queen Street Subway came very close to happening on more than one occasion, but was eventually killed when it became clear that passenger demand was greater to the north. :whip:
Island Tunnel
Proposed: 1935
Fizzled: It hasn't really
Why it wasn't meant to be: Believe it or not, the first plan to build a tunnel to the Island was hatched in 1935 -- not only that, they actually started building the thing. With federal funds secured for the project, it looked like a go, until -- you guessed it -- a changed in power. When William Lyon Mackenzie King took office, the project was almost immediately scrapped. But that hasn't stopped it from hanging around.
TTC Retro
Carpet!
CN Tower being built
Trinity Bellwoods
Old crawford bridge:
Exhibition Stadium:
(lol..no condos around the Dome)
Beaches -- Sunnyside
Sunnyside pool!
Yorkdale (Simpsons)
Also, for those interested, a good link on How to research the history of your house or apartment |
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| jon jon |
this one gave me goosebumps |
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Sunnyside Pavillion circa 1924.
Awesome. |
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| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
this one gave me goosebumps |
Definitely. I can imagine that being a kid during this time, a trip down th gardiner must have been an exciting experience watching the tower go up.
This is a few links deep off that post. But pretty cool comparison of TO over the decades
http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/01/...o_of_the_1990s/ |
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| Thanks for sharing. |
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| quote: | Originally posted by feelgood
Definitely. I can imagine that being a kid during this time, a trip down th gardiner must have been an exciting experience watching the tower go up. |
It was a huge ordeal, not just for the city, but for the entire country. The various stages of construction were always in the news.
I remember when the tower first opened, you could get these really cool flip brochures, that when opened completely, were about three feet long and displayed the entire structure along with stats and facts about each section. It was pretty awe-inspiring at the time.
In the 70s, I remember riding these trolleybuses, along with the subways, with my grandmother, as we took daytrips from Birchmount and Eglinton to downtown. We'd hit up Chinatown and Kensington Market, and sometimes, if we didn't have to be anywhere in particular, we'd just ride the Bloor line from one end to the other. Of course, I had to be either at the front of the first car or at the back of the last one - still makes me smile when I see little kids doing the same thing today. :)
My aunt and uncle lived in one of the early condos on Neptune Drive in North York - when my family moved from the city, I'd come to visit and stay with them, and it was only a 10-minute walk through their 'hood and across a field to get to Yorkdale.
You couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a record store back then. ;)
Awesome. Yonge Street used to be lined with arcades, head shops, cool clothing and records stores, strip clubs and XXX movie theatres.
Some of my best memories as a kid are of the times I spent away from a rather fear-filled homelife, exploring various areas of Toronto by myself. Guess that's one of the reasons I came back to stay in '88 when I moved out on my own. :D |
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Having gone through the entire photographic tour, all the way back to the 1880's its pretty sweet to see how this city developed.
Gardiner looking East from Dufferin Bridge 1959
Same view 2011
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