[Mustapha]

One of my favourite "urban" pics is in the TPL titled: "Site of robbery of bank messengers, Melinda St., looking n.w. across Jordan St." 1923. The three-storey building on the left of your 1949 pic, Mustapha, is on the right:

Thank you thecharioteer; this excitement of 90 years ago reminds me of this fascinating article about messengers in 1930s London.

http://www.peterberthoud.co.uk/2012/07/london-messengers/


And more weekend nonsense:

'Family' Then and Nows:

http://www.sfgate.com/moms/slideshow/Readers-039-then-and-now-photos-53122.php#photo-3810749

 

[Mustapha]

Remnants of Expo 67; London Blitz Damage preserved; Abandoned Los Angeles Zoo; Manchester UK mall that Time Forgot.

http://untappedcities.com/category/architecture/then-now/

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for February 18, 2013.




Then. Cullen Country Barns, the postcard. Let's say c1980-ish. This was a gift shop/entertainment/restaurant complex demolished 1994-ish.

The video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz7Be6cO5jQ



Now. August 2012. Pacific Mall.

Yes, it's Chinese themed. I can't even bring myself to say Asian, as it is thoroughly and completely Chinese/Hong Kong flavoured.

If you haven't been, it's worthwhile to visit - interesting shops selling fashions, cell phones, jewelery, eyeglasses , wristwatches (a wristwatch selection that you won't find anywhere this side of Asia) and a couple of grocery supermarkets. The supermarkets have 'hot tables' - prepared food - get a soy flavoured drumstick with back attached for about $1.25, take it home, boil up some steamed rice and you are good to go.

The food court upstairs is reasonably priced and worthwhile. Don't go on a Saturday or Sunday if you expect a seat in the food court.

To be helpful, directions:

http://www.searchingtoronto.com/2009/pacific-mall/

 

[thecharioteer]

The Pacific Mall was designed by Wallman Clewes Architects (precursor of architectsAlliance). When worlds collide?

 

[EVCco]

Then and Now for February 18, 2013.

Then. Cullen Country Barns, the postcard. Let's say c1980-ish. This was a gift shop/entertainment/restaurant complex demolished 1994-ish.

Interesting! I never knew about the barns, and only recently got around to seeing the current mall about a year or so ago.
The layout certainly makes for a unique shopping experience with all those little cubicle stores.
And there's still an interesting mix of Hong Kong urban and Ontario rural with the Market Village area next door.

 

[Mustapha]

Then and Now for February 19, 2013.





Then. Eglinton TTC station c1960s.

I remember that Laura Secord store [in the middle distance] as being quite large and busy. The salesladies wore a white uniform; many were older ladies; many were high school girls...

I also remember their candy being a premium product... one could give or receive a box of Rowntree or other makers chocolates but Laura Secord was a statement/status product. Also, for many many years, right up to the present day, you can buy pink or blue foiled wrapped chocolate cigars to celebrate 'Happy New Arrivals'.

Now. August 2012.

 

[nostalgic]

Then, there were Laura Secord shops everywhere – one every few blocks, it seems. Now there are only three in the whole downtown area. Then. Boxes of "summer chocolate" – fruit jellies and white-chocolate-covered "creams" – available in hot weather when no one had a/c at home. Laura Secord candy was a premium product as Mustapha says. Every other type of boxed chocolate had an ersatz flavour.

 

[k10ery]

One of my favourite "urban" pics is in the TPL titled: "Site of robbery of bank messengers, Melinda St., looking n.w. across Jordan St." 1923. The three-storey building on the left of your 1949 pic, Mustapha, is on the right:

What was the 3-storey building? It seems older than the Standard Bank behind it.

 

[thecharioteer]

What was the 3-storey building? It seems older than the Standard Bank behind it.

It's not labelled on any of the Goad maps, but would appear to be part of the Standard Bank behind it.

1913:

 

[k10ery]

Maybe, but I think older. I like it!

 

[Mustapha]

That's a great picture k10ery, thank you!

Given my choice, that Cadillac Convertable would be a 1962 rather than a '61.

(While I am at it, make that a 1962 Eldorado!)


Regards,
J T

And the black car with the 'over under' lights; I think that's a Pontiac.

Front left is a Karmann Ghia.

I'm not good at rattling off the year just by looking at a car; but those cars sure do make that picture.

 

[k10ery]

That's a great picture k10ery, thank you!

...from the great Eillis Wiley fonds that you were featuring a few years ago

And the black car with the 'over under' lights; I think that's a Pontiac.

Front left is a Karmann Ghia.

I'm not good at rattling off the year just by looking at a car; but those cars sure do make that picture.

Philistines!

(Just kidding. I owned a Karmann Ghia briefly many years ago. Just about long enough to coax it to the scrap yard, sadly. But my fantasy then as now was a BMW 2002.)

 

[Mustapha]

...from the great Eillis Wiley fonds that you were featuring a few years ago



Philistines!

(Just kidding. I owned a Karmann Ghia briefly many years ago. Just about long enough to coax it to the scrap yard, sadly. But my fantasy then as now was a BMW 2002.)

My fantasy is a 60s Porsche 911.







Then and Now for February 20, 2013.




Then. December 26, 1939. 10-12-14 Eastmount Avenue. A handsome triplet of row houses.

Those men are looking at a landslide (out of frame to the left of the picture) that saw a part of this street, or environs, slide down into the Don Valley.

Here's our landslide. Note the date - the same. Our slide might have taken a garage for the ride down from the looks of it.

Now. August 2012. That house you see there on the end of Eastmount beside the Don Valley is #18... I wonder of that old triplet of row houses survived up until recently.

And the view into the Don Valley now.

 

[mattelderca]

The Eastmount triplets are very nice houses indeed! It appears that the valley is still moving today.
Had a look see at this area and those house were probably lost during the Don Valley Parkway construction. In the landslide photo, the highway was put in between the hill and the rail line. Significant changes to the hillside would have been required. Landslides seem to be a common occurrence all along this side of the valley all the way north.

 

[M II A II R II K]

The City of Toronto included a set of photographs championing the advantages of its streets, buildings and its physical situation on Lake Ontario. These photographs are the earliest known images taken in Toronto in 1856.




Trinity College: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/images/zoom_f1498_it0011.htm

King St. East Looking East: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/images/zoom_f1498_it0001.htm

Front St. East Parliament Buildings: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/images/zoom_f1498_it0010.htm

Second United Presbyterian Church: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/images/zoom_f1498_it0007.html