Strange Advance
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If I'm not mistaken, this is Avenue Rd. and Lawrence Ave. W., looking north, in 1961:
Here it is now. The car wash is still there:
Here it is now. The car wash is still there:
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January 13 addition:
Then: Hotel Sheldon. 81 Victoria street, looking at the E side. "ca. 1945" according to the Toronto archives photo information.
Now: A survivor. December 2009.
the building to the south has lost its hat.
If I'm not mistaken, this is Avenue Rd. and Lawrence Ave. W., looking north, in 1961:
Here it is now. The car wash is still there:
nice to see that present owner of both has also maintained the double hung windows! thats a relative rarity these days...on the other hand, the building to the south has lost its hat.
From another angle:
(It's a brewpub now run by Michael Duggan. Fantastic beer. Worth checking out.)
King Street West. "ca1950?" according to the Toronto archives.
Very close. Just next door, to the west:
Merged to put Then and Now together. Although I also prefer double-hung operable-sash windows, I also prefer plate glass to glass block.
1/7 Mustapha: I remember the cab company that had those medium blue cabs
with the white side stripes because their cabs in the 80s era looked very similar
to how NYC Police cars in their colors and stripes appeared back then...I now see they are still around!
The other cab colors that are "absolutely Toronto" to me were those with the green and orange "sherbet" colors.
12/24 Dufferin Gate-CNE Grounds: When was that arch built?
I always thought it had a 60s look to me-I remember similar arches at the
1964-65 New York World's Fair...