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    Spot the crane

    I see twelve cranes.
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    I laugh at the Now picture Serves the people right if they want to left turn after buying McDonalds, then again, it isn't hard to get back the other way in that area iirc. I also noticed that the picture was taken 60 years before 9/11. I also wonder if the houses west of Bathurst and south of...
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Ah yes I do remember the Penaten Creme Orb so much. I just know the neighbourhood which I live in way too well, the recent development in my area is a demolition of a sort of substandard housing on Claremont and replaced it with a modern 3 storey housing. I wonder if anyone has photos of the...
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    I'm guessing sometime in the '50s.. I see that the building on the SW corner of Bathurst and Dundas has changed twice throughout the years. I was already around in my teens when the 'second' building which housed Hilary's Pharmacy was demolished for the McDonalds that stands there today...
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    I believe they stopped when the big machinery came into play. Agram, if you read this, can you please give us the reason since you work for the TTC. Most of the traffic consists of automobiles now also so.. Then again, they closed most of Roncesvalles southbound for like over 1/2 a year, why...
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    So basically, a church (maybe), and the small building to the right of it was knocked down for the CHIN building. Oh well, less religious sites, more Radio stations! Also, I wish Streetcar Track construction was done in the '20s-'50s method. It may be slower, but the streetcars would be still...
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Only the loop trackage is still there, under the grass of course The rest of the track is now removed from a recent repaving of that intersection. Went by it when our family was heading over to Mt. Pleasant Cemetary. Before the repaving, you could easily see the St. Clair to Mt Pleasant curve...
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    Historic photos from Toronto on this day

    The Bank is now a Starbucks and a Mr. Sub The Building on the left is a community center for homeless people now. The Wine Store is now a Mexican food joint called the Jonny Banana. =) I live in this area, so I know.

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