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szuberi
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LPCI
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Mustapha
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College and Huron SE corner again. I forgot this particular 'Then' [May 2015 I think], it was on my laptop.
The condo builders here perhaps sought to give the impression of an old facade saved, or a street level in tune with the neighborhood, but in fact the original building was demolished.
The condo builders here perhaps sought to give the impression of an old facade saved, or a street level in tune with the neighborhood, but in fact the original building was demolished.
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Towered
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Disgusting.
Goldie
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The original is certainly more colourful.
I love colourful structures, especially these in Newfoundland:
I love colourful structures, especially these in Newfoundland:
Mustapha
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Goldie, your signature look all over this picture. Which city and when were you there?
Goldie
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Sorry to disappoint Mustapha, but it's not my image..........I wish it were.
I found it on a Google spread of magnificent colour in Nfld.
Unfortunately, I found no credit.
I found it on a Google spread of magnificent colour in Nfld.
Unfortunately, I found no credit.
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lenaitch
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I found those 'jellybean' row houses in St. John's fascinating, but colourful houses are common across a lot of Atlantic Canada.
Northern Light
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Some discussion of the intersection of Dundas and Chestnut in the 80s thread.
I remembered the gas station on one corner, but couldn't find a photo for it in that decade.
So.....here's what I did find.
Dundas-Chestnut, south-east corner in May 1938:
Source Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_east_corner_of_Dundas_and_Chestnut_Streets.jpg
Originates w/Toronto Archives: Series 372, Subseries 33, Item 368.
Now, the same site, still with a gas station, in 1972:
Source: Toronto Archives: Fonds 2032, Series 841, File 1, Item 10
~2020 :
Source: Streetview
I remembered the gas station on one corner, but couldn't find a photo for it in that decade.
So.....here's what I did find.
Dundas-Chestnut, south-east corner in May 1938:
Source Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_east_corner_of_Dundas_and_Chestnut_Streets.jpg
Originates w/Toronto Archives: Series 372, Subseries 33, Item 368.
Now, the same site, still with a gas station, in 1972:
Source: Toronto Archives: Fonds 2032, Series 841, File 1, Item 10
~2020 :
Source: Streetview
adma
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What's interesting is that *both* the 1938 *and* the 1972 versions are interesting for their own era--the latter with its space-frame roof and Brutalist party walls definitely had more architectural pretensions than your typical 70s urban gas station...
Towered
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Strange that the gas station was replaced with only a 2 storey building in such a prominent area...
LPCI
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Verniers Ginger Ale painted on wall over a tobacco ad, then by 1972 painted with a Coca Cola ad.
Northern Light
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Vernor's still exists, but isn't exactly common in these parts. Apparently decent market presence in Michigan (the company was founded in Detroit, and currently bottles/cans for the U.S. in Holland, Mich.)
Vernor's in Canada is actually bottled/canned here, in Mississauga, but apparently is mostly available/sold in Windsor.
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JB1980
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Gerrard Street East and Norwood Road; 17 March 1966
Source: City of Toronto Archives; Fonds 16, Series 2166, File 612
Gerrard Street East and Norwood Road; October 2020
Source: City of Toronto Archives; Fonds 16, Series 2166, File 612
Gerrard Street East and Norwood Road; October 2020