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St. Clair Ave. W.

Full Slideshow: http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/09/what_st_clair_avenue_used_to_look_like_in_toronto/




Hunting group on Bathurst north of St. Clair, 1900s

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Southwest corner of Yonge & St. Clair, 1911

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Northwest corner of St. Clair & Dufferin, 1911

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Southwest corner St. Clair & Dufferin, 1911

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St. Clair and Caledonia, 1911

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Looking east along St. Clair at Vaughan, 1912

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TTC Car Barns (now Wychwood Barns), 1915

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Southwest corner of Yonge & St. Clair, 1923

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1974

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Both Yonge and St Clair look like heavily traveled routes even in the 1800's. Incidentally, the 1974 pic contains the most iconic representation of the middle quarter of Toronto's 20th century downtown to mid town history...the PCC street car. I always loved its design and look.
 
Then. c1926.



Polson Iron Works. Esplanade, east side between Frederick and Princess Sts looking SE from Frederick St.

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Now. July 2013.

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A 'google' for Polson Iron' brings up a wealth of material of this fascinating company, including to my mind it's most fascinating creation, 'Knapp's Roller Boat'.






Some unrelated to Toronto Then stuff. Cincinnati actually. Such detail in those old daguerreotype plates.

http://www.rochester.edu/news/photos/daguerreotype.html
 
Then. c1926.



Polson Iron Works. Esplanade, east side between Frederick and Princess Sts looking SE from Frederick St.



Now. July 2013.

A 'google' for Polson Iron' brings up a wealth of material of this fascinating company, including to my mind it's most fascinating creation, 'Knapp's Roller Boat'.

Nice to have you back in these parts, Moose! We've missed ya!
 
Then. c1926.



Polson Iron Works. Esplanade, east side between Frederick and Princess Sts looking SE from Frederick St.

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Now. July 2013.

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I echo the sentiment: welcome back, Mustapha!

BUT......isn't your "Now" view looking SW?

This seems to be the SE view (the Lake Simcoe ice Company):

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I echo the sentiment: welcome back, Mustapha!

BUT......isn't your "Now" view looking SW?

The "Now" view is SE all right, Frederick St. is in the foreground and that's Sherbourne St. in the background. The park is between Sherbourne and Frederick and the Gardiner is behind the hydro transformer station.
 
The "Now" view is SE all right, Frederick St. is in the foreground and that's Sherbourne St. in the background. The park is between Sherbourne and Frederick and the Gardiner is behind the hydro transformer station.

You're right! Got mixed up by the park, thinking it was going east-west instead of north-south.
 
NW corner of King and Berkeley:

1953:

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1970's (one of the first renovations on King East):

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Today:

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