[jimbogreen]

Love, Love, LOVE this thread!

Thanks for the hard work, androiduk. I really can't wait to get to TO now! (damnit its not for 7 months yet!)

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

St. Clair West Station, Heath St. entrance

That's so much better than this high profile, tortured mess (Wellesley Station) -

Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.



vs. how it looked in 1953 -

 

[androiduk]

^ Yup, it's a real mess alright. The only thing I can see them doing is getting rid of that brown corrugated facing and turning it into creative advertising space a la Yonge & Dundas. They need the $ don't they?

 

[androiduk]

Love, Love, LOVE this thread!

Thanks for the hard work, androiduk. I really can't wait to get to TO now! (damnit its not for 7 months yet!)

Thanks very much jimbo

 

[androiduk]

Arcadian Court on the eighth floor of the Bay store at Queen & Bay. Opened March 11, 1929

 

[androiduk]

Avenue Road looking south from below St. Clair

 

[Mustapha]

Arcadian Court on the eighth floor of the Bay store at Queen & Bay. Opened March 11, 1929

This has got to be the longest existing restaurant in the city now, isn't it?

 

[androiduk]

Timothy Eaton Church on St. Clair. Does any other Toronto family have their own church ?

 

[Mustapha]

Timothy Eaton Church on St. Clair. Does any other Toronto family have their own church ?

Yeah, but they're not building anymore anytime soon.

 

[Edward Skira]

Timothy Eaton Church on St. Clair. Does any other Toronto family have their own church ?

Cathedral of the Transfiguration built by Stephen Roman in Markham (Cathedraltown) could be considered one.

 

[Urban Shocker]

Arcadian Court on the eighth floor of the Bay store at Queen & Bay. Opened March 11, 1929

Of course it didn't look anything like that "good taste" faux monstrosity when it opened.

 

[Swamp Thing]

Of course it didn't look anything like that "good taste" faux monstrosity when it opened.

Oh, good. It's not just me then.

(But what a great shot, androiduk! It really shows the room's grand scale and potential in the hands of the right interior designer.)

 

[androiduk]

This has got to be the longest existing restaurant in the city now, isn't it?

The Arcadian Court opened in March 1929 , then the Royal York Hotel opened in June 1929. But the King Eddy opened in 1903, so maybe they have the oldest restaurant in the city.

 

[androiduk]

Massey Hall and the Pantages Tower

 

[androiduk]

Yonge St. cops taking a break from crime fighting