Going back a bit in this thread... I can't agree more! In fact you don't even need a treasure to hide, just a pencil sketch for future generations would do. Here's a sketch we found removing wall-paper from our house in North Toronto. Likely from the 60's: (Posted to my photoblog back in...

I'll have to watch for them! November 9th: Five photos, from five different years, all over the place: 99 Years ago today, in 1911, they were filling in the ravine to build St. Clair west to Bathurst. Here's a photo of the temporary bridge they built at the south-west end of Forest Hill...

November 8th: While the City of Toronto Archives is a 'working' set of photographs, some are more artistic than others, and I like this night-time shot looking south from north of Queen Street West down University Avenue / 11A back in 1969, just 41 years ago: Details and location of this...

Thanks Donoreo, a condo since the 1990's apparently. November 6th: One photo of a streetcar safety island in the middle of St. Clair west at Bathurst in 1924. We're looking east here towards the ravine, with the fence around Robert John Fleming's estate on the left side of the picture. More...

I play the straight-man here... I'll lob them over the net for you guys to fire them back ( to mix my metaphors ). November 5th: One photo today looking north up Carlaw Ave. from Queen Street east in Leslieville, after the street was widened, in 1948. If you take a look on the map of...

November 4th: A whole bunch of photos from today from the 1930's and 1940's. We start with exactly 80 year and about 2 hours ago today, with two timed photos of the traffic on Yonge Street between 3:45 and 4:15 in 1930. First looking south from Dundas St: Then looking south from Trinity...

November 3rd: We start back in 1924 of the old Avoca Avenue bridge on the right, along with the new St. Clair bridge in Moore Park, looking east 86 years ago: Then in 1933 we have three photos from Lawrence Park of the ravine on the east side of Yonge Street which managed to survive...

November 2nd: Just one photo, but it's 107 years old - Manual labour on Wilton Avenue (now Dundas) in The Garden District back in 1903. As always, details and the (rough) location of this photo available here.

Ah! I read that the building survived until 1915 or so, but didn't make the connection! Thanks for pointing that out. May be time to fire up The Gimp and try another Then-and-Now...

November 1st: There are a lot of wonderful old buildings that have been lost in Toronto, but it's safe to say THIS isn't one of them... Slum housing in the 'Garden District' - at the back of 263-269 Church Street in 1916 Most of the photos I've geo-tagged and included are from the...

October 31st: Just one photo today - no Halloween photos in the City of Toronto Archives that I could find... anyone else? Here's an eye exam in 1919 at St. Helens Separate School, on the corner of College St and Brock Ave in Brockton Village

Funny you should say that... I just bought a standard car, and it got me thinking to how many controls these old-old cars had... I remember an old family Datsun wagon that had a manual choke - pull it out to start, then push it in, bit by bit as the car warmed up. How many controls would these...

You youngsters and your fancy modern photographs... the City of Toronto Archive goes even further back for that general area, to a sketch of Doel's Homestead and Brewery, in 1827:

October 30th: Lots of pictures today... Starting back in 1914, 96 years ago, of Chesnut Park and Roxborough in Rosedale: Then Jarvis and Wilton (now Dundas) in the Garden district in 1916: In 1924 they were almost finished the St. Clair Ave bridge in Moore Park, with a rather amateur...

Lets not go there on this civilized UrbanToronto! ( I was going to say then, that this is URBAN TERRORISM against the URBAN/ENVIRONMENTAL/HEALTH TERRORISM of the oldfashioned automobile culture!) Here's my take on that art installation under Lawrence (From my photoblog back in Sept 2004)...

October 28th: Just one photo today, from the downtown Garden District, of a snazzy convertible owned by the City of Toronto back in 1916, 94 years ago today: the north-west corner of Jarvis and Dundas (back when it was called Wilton) As we've seen in another thread lately, poor Jarvis.

October 27th: It turns out that a number of these St. George photos from 1949 around the U. of T. were mislabeled in the City of Toronto Archives - they all seem to be from Oct 26th, but here's one last one, St. George Street looking south from Sussex: The in 1950 we have a view of the...

October 26th: More photos from St. George 61 years ago today, from around the University of Toronto along St. George. Looking south from Bloor Street, after widening: Then down to Harbord, looking south: And back around, looking north: Then looking north from Russel...

October 25th: Two pictures today, starting with the C.N.R. Riverdale Station, Queen and De Grassi streets back in 1927 in Riverdale looking east from Queen Street: Then in 1949 we're on St. George Street looking south below Bloor Street into the University of Toronto: Details and map...

October 23rd: We start off back in 1914, at Lake Simcoe Ice Co. property on the south side of Esplanade East (83 Esplanade East - near foot of Frederick Street) 96 years ago, down in the St. Lawrence area: And then over to The Junction to the Royce Avenue Presbyterian Church 1543-1551...