A new-ishly opened Tim Hortons in BCE Place (on the Yonge Street side) has a number of hockey history display cases you can peruse while you sip coffee. They're free to look at and this Timmys has some very luxurious seating.

Third in my series called: 'Right Under Our Noses'. Old tiled entrance. 183 King Street East. [east of Jarvis, just a few paces west of George]. I think this is called 'terrazzo'. There is a wonderful steel border around the lettering.

Updating a post from almost 5 years ago:

This is worth going for a look. The green terrazzo floor surrounding the plaque would be easy to look for, if it is still intact.

Bingo JT. Now. Is the original building still there? And the plaque too? Or covered over? Or is Goldies image just a ghost from the past?

Goldie. Your 1962 plaque. Did you photograph it in 1962 or shortly thereafter? I vaguely remember a Towers store on Dundas West. Below Bloor. Above Roncesvalles. It MIGHT have been where the Loblaws is now. In the plaza now known as 'High Park Plaza'. I could be wrong on all of these...

Then. Looking SSW across Dundas to the SE corner of Dundas and Yonge. This would have been about 1998. Expropriation and demolition of this block would start just about after the pic was taken. That's the famous Rockwell Jeans store. It relocated a couple blocks east and still trades...

Second in my series called: 'Right Under Our Noses'. Today. Foyer to the Bank of Nova Scotia on the SW corner of Queen and Church. History, great craftsmanship, durability, preservation.. all in plain sight. What a combination. As beautiful as some of the mosaic tile you'll see uncovered...

Thanks Goldie for the above post. Having the forethought to document the instruction plates was cool.

First in my series called: 'Right Under Our Noses'. Who remembers photobooths? That this terribly old school amusement, because amusement is all that it is, still exists right under our noses boggles my mind. [Copy editor job open. Please apply Mustapha.] Who remembers squeezing a date...

The old car to the left of the 'muscle car'. It had a white roof. I came across something like it on Saint Patrick Street last month.

Then. Looking SW at the SW corner of Simcoe and Richmond. c1970-ish? Not much in the Then picture. The building looks like one of those mid 19th century upper class homes that dotted this area along with small industry up until the 80s. I do remember that building housing an auto glass...

Thanks Goldie! That's appreciated.

Intriguing visual arts exhibit at the Barnicke gallery at U of T. Can 'old-school-Chinese-Restaurant' even be a 'thing' worth curating? Yes. Enter from the west side of Hart House (the Back Campus Field - the one that abuts Hoskin Ave. will be behind you as you enter). If I've confused...

Non Toronto Then and Now content: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/09/poconos-catskills-abandoned-resorts-photos-spd/

Yonge and Dundas. Just a few feet south of the intersection. Here looking east across Yonge. 'Then' being described by the Toronto Archives as 'between 77 and 82'. Now. This was last June. I just wanted to repurpose an old photo. :) I'm a few feet south of the Then location too.

Hi gang. This thread isn't as active as it used to be. I feel that the really thought and discussion provoking Then pictures at the online Toronto archives have already been shown here at Urban Toronto in this and related threads. I miss seeing some of the old names posting.. but if you are...

I googled Broadview lofts, found a pic with the water tower. Quite distinctive.

Amazing, Goldie. Never knew of this place. Will make a overnight trip of it. Thanks.

Most of you people probably think I don't sleep. Another nighttime [dusk actually] prowl tonight; this time along Gerrard St. E. I walked by 1300 Gerrard and that machine in there caught my eye. Very 'H.G. Wells'. It had my attention immediately. That there thing has a 'i.d.' plate that...