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As far as I can tell, not a single building around the Dominion exists any more. Totally rebuilt.
What were the rows of sheds? behind the Dominion?
It’s mainly because of the meat! 🎵🎶
 
Not sure when I shot these, but could have been in the mid '80's?

I don't have any Now images, but tagging @mburrrrr to see if he has any from his more recent flights around Toronto. :)

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This photo displayed in the Swiss Chalet at Danforth Avenue and Danforth Road caught my attention.

Great contribution.

Let me boost the vintage pic a bit so people can see more detail:

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Observations:

-The current building is the original building here, with the elevated portion of roof/partial 2nd floor removed, and the chimney gone.

-The structure behind appears to be a barn of some type.

- The 'Dominion' here (based on current building footprint) was ~18,000ft2. That would have made it among the largest supermarkets in Toronto at the time. Dominion's then were were still routinely the size of today's Rabba's

- The Dominion evolved into Mother's Pizza which I grew up enjoying at this very location. There was another business there that I can't recall that would later become 'Father's pub'.

- The Barn area, became a banquet hall site before morphing into town homes more recently.
 
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The "Mammoth Food Market" signage makes it clear that it was its era's version of a "superstore" (or as per my earlier point, a Knob Hills-like "food terminal")

An even earlier example of this kind of "proto-superstore/food terminal" was likely the Grand Central Market on Yonge N of Church/Davenport, a Depression casualty that was taken over by Canadian Tire as its flagship store...
 
The structure behind appears to be a barn of some type.
The photo isn't very clear but, to me, the roofs (rooves?) appear transparent, so maybe a greenhouse operation.

The light coloured kneewall of the farther building seems to be still visible through the roof of the foreground building.
 
21 Gloucester St. (c.1973), the business location of well-known commercial photographer Everett Roseborough (1912-2011)
He then moved to 212 King St. W. (see May 17 post - above)

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Everett Roseborough was my grandfather! So awesome to stumble across this post. We ate at Bumpkins today and it was excellent. Brought back a lot of memories for my mom. ❤️
 
Looking at the above. This really looks rather disgraceful. Its Metrolinx property now. Somebody needs to lobby them to paint this sucker. I'm not fussed whether its GO Transit Green or just Jet Black.....but ugh.

The approach, which is City-owned isn't much better. Lots of weeds, ugly railings, the trees on the west side are nice, but the grass on the east is blah.

Nice railings, pedestrian scale lights, repave the small median, but on the sides, put a small retaining wall, and do a planting bed filled with dense native shrubbery that's salt tolerant. Throw in a bench or two in a place lacking hospitable seating.

Its not so hard.
 
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Looking north on Frederick Street from The Esplanade, 1907. The building with the tower at top of street is the (now demolished) south section of the Taylor Safe Works that ran across and south of what is now Taylor’s Wharf Lane. The tower to left of phot is, probably, the Coroner's Office.

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Here is current Streetview

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