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CBC Building under construction picture 1990

Shot by John Ackerman


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From the newly digitized Naylor fonds on the Toronto Archives site:

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The Imperial Bank, 1915, SE corner of Yonge & Queen:












Bank of Upper Canada, Adelaide & George:



Merchant's Bank, Wellington Street:





Clearing Front Street for the Royal Bank Plaza:





Front & Yonge:











 
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I also love seeing new views and details of buildings and locations that we've grown used to only seeing from the existing pics on-line:

Bloor & Yonge:









Jarvis Street:









King & Jarvis:















Jarvis & Carlton:






Demolition/fire at the Eaton's Annex store 1977:

 
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Those Jarvis and King shots are amazing. I pass that corner every day and it is really hard to imagine how much it has changed. Thanks!
 
While it was definitely a grimier and more gritty place, what I wouldn't give to hop in a time machine to go back 50-70 years and do some exploring.
 
While it was definitely a grimier and more gritty place, what I wouldn't give to hop in a time machine to go back 50-70 years and do some exploring.

Just don't do it on a Sunday when everything but the churches were closed.
 
A plastic sign-clock applied to a dead clock face. How representative of "nadir" can you get...
 

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