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DSCToronto
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I misunderstood your captions - the area REALLY has changed! "Roughly the same spot' is usually the best we can do! Thanks for posting.
adma
Superstar
So, before the high level bridge, Bloor took the Old Mill pathway?
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Wellington Street West (west of Yonge):
1910, Ontario Club on the right:
1912:
Aerial view (lower left hand corner). 1950's?
1967. The Club was demolished in 1969:
Now:
1910, Ontario Club on the right:
1912:
Aerial view (lower left hand corner). 1950's?
1967. The Club was demolished in 1969:
Now:
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Blovertis
Active Member
In case anyone thinks Toronto is uniquely bad at architectural preservation:
adma
Superstar
"Grass is greener", you know.
That said, judging from how certain Toronto examples would have seemed implausible a generation ago (Meighen, Simpson, etc), I'm wondering whether this reflects a modern-day "post-preservationist" hubris, i.e. the same mindset that's made McMansions common in neighbourhoods where the decorum of leaving well enough alone was once the rule. Renewing something "dated" with something "fresh", almost as a gesture to "own the hysterical preservationists"--a sod-you to those Architectural Revival/Architectural Uprising-type sites where they celebrate the replacement of "horrid" 60s/70s modernism with trad retro "beauty matters" etc etc. Altogether, it's sad when our preexisting urbanscape gets wrecked on behalf of today's dumbed-down culture wars where neither side seems much interested in the actual *history* of what was there previously...
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thecharioteer
Senior Member
On the other hand, sometimes (but rarely) the direction goes the other way:
San Antonio:
San Antonio:
Tim MacDonald
Senior Member
I didn't quite get this right since it was only when I was over the area that I realized I had a 1986 photo and it might be cool to try a now and then type thing.
1986-City of Toronto archives
December 15th 2024
1986-City of Toronto archives
December 15th 2024
Northern Light
Superstar
Then: (not dated)
Taken from: https://scontent.fykz1-2.fna.fbcdn....u-ovNmi8acA7yrESTP2sDfiqv4cI8cUOg&oe=677A596F
Now: (streetview 2018)
Taken from: https://scontent.fykz1-2.fna.fbcdn....u-ovNmi8acA7yrESTP2sDfiqv4cI8cUOg&oe=677A596F
Now: (streetview 2018)
Lenser
Senior Member
Here are some shots of Mill Street and Cherry Streets from the early aughts, when my wife and I had studio space in an old trucking terminal... many of our neighbors with their own bays were also film types - scenic painters, props and sets people with their lockups, etc. It was also a place to cheaply park trailers, containers and other over-sized rigs for cheap. The trucking terminal was managed by a specialty painter who did stuff like repainting helicopters, aircraft and boats for film shoots. I don't know who actually owned the building at the time but it was definitely a great deal for many of us that lasted a number of years before the inevitable pressure to comprehensively redevelop the area chased us all out. I don't have a super-recent shots of what the area looks like now but trust me - it's been completely redeveloped and you'd never know it was ever this drably industrial and fallow. Here are a series of shots from 2000, followed by some winter shots from 2001 as well as a shot from 2003 from near the top of the railroad embankment, looking north on Cherry Street.
Lenser
Senior Member
Same general area, but shot in late September of last year.
Same general area, but shot in late September of last year.
TwinHuey
Active Member
This photo displayed in the Swiss Chalet at Danforth Avenue and Danforth Road caught my attention.
No idea what year it was taken (check out the vintage cars). Inspired by @Tim MacDonald's posts to this thread, I thought it would be fun to see what it looks today with the drone.
January 17
No idea what year it was taken (check out the vintage cars). Inspired by @Tim MacDonald's posts to this thread, I thought it would be fun to see what it looks today with the drone.
January 17
Tim MacDonald
Senior Member
More please!This photo displayed in the Swiss Chalet at Danforth Avenue and Danforth Road caught my attention.
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No idea what year it was taken (check out the vintage cars). Inspired by @Tim MacDonald's posts to this thread, I thought it would be fun to see what it looks today with the drone.
January 17
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adma
Superstar
Interesting how that Dominion looks less like a supermarket than like a "food terminal", akin to the early days of Knob Hill Farms...
Lenser
Senior Member
Great old & current comparison! Fantastic content.