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Now. July 2010. It's been 91 years and not many changes here.
One odd change I noticed: the triangular lintel over the central top-floor window's been replaced by a flat-headed one...
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Now. July 2010. It's been 91 years and not many changes here.
What a great discovery; sometimes we forget that we need to look up once in awhile...
September 7 addition.
Then. 357 College street. March 27, 1919.
Now. July 2010. It's been 91 years and not many changes here. Possibly even the "Billiards" building on the left might have survived until its modern replacement. This stretch of College is one of my favourite strolls: I can go west to the Cafe "Dip" and a sit, or south into Kensington Market and groceries, or east into Chinatown for buns, a fortifying midday Pho, or dinner.
March 23 addition.
College near Bellevue looking N. Bellevue is behind the photographer. June 1958.
Now: December 2009.
357 College street.
Yep, go, EVCco. Have some of the food - made the same way by teenage hands for over a hundred years . Take in the sights, let the humanity and sounds wash over you. Win a prize and thrill your date - don't understimate the impression this can make - one of these dates became my wife - and the prize - a teddy bear - hangs on a peg and surveys the garage workshop. The odds are good for the Birthday Roulette. Stay until late. The Midway at night is still the thrill of any time, place and culture. Let the soothing hum of the TTC car rock you home. In my day, Gramps would wake me as we came up to King station for the subway journey to the end of the line at Eglinton, and another bus. Sometimes we would go to the Ex more than once; I would manage to stay awake and we would pass the Toronto Star building on King in the gloom. It would be time to rub eyes and get ready to get off.
That's it for my CNE Now and Then pictures for this year. Anyone care to invest $16 and some shoe leather to take some more?
I'd be interested in knowing if any UT'ers know much about the black communty in Toronto at this time-or have anecdotes/links/books of note to share on this topic.
One odd change I noticed: the triangular lintel over the central top-floor window's been replaced by a flat-headed one...
There is one change though, the opposite side of where you took (Canada Computers [About the same area where that Burlesque Theatre was that was posted about 60 pages ago]) got hit by a fire Sunday Night..
Found the original post.
CC will be back on its feet soon enough x.x
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/britainatwar/7986047/Anniversary-images-bring-the-Blitz-up-to-date.html
Not Toronto, but of interest to "Then and Now" enthusiasts.
I ran across this today while searching for something else:
http://www.archive.org/details/negroesintoronto00hilluoft
Negroes In Toronto: A Sociological Study of a Minority Group
It’s a PhD thesis from 1960. Hope it is of interest.
Wow, it's nice to see almost everything remains to this day. Then again it's only been 58 years. Great find.