Old Pictures of Toronto

[salvius]

Ok, I've tried this once before, but the thread ended up tanking quickly. I'll try to dig up more pics this time.

Firstly, let's start with John Howard's depictions of the city, along with some structures he had a hand in.

Toronto, as it was in 1854:



Parliament Buildings, 1834:



King and Church, 1835. Just like today:



The today politically incorrectly named Lunatic Asylum. Built in 1846, pic from 1867:



Toronto's second City Hall (~1849), pic from 1868:



Looking down at King and York, 1834:



Victoria Row (1842), pic from ~1890, after 'modernization':



Bank of British North America (1845), pic from 1867:

[Canadian Chocho]

That's beautiful! Good job in digging up these pictures!

[ILoveSkyscrapers]

Very nice, I like looking at the then and now. I used Google earth to look at the areas where those buildings where (are) and what a deference. Using Google earth isn’t like seeing it as you guys do but it’s the closest thing I have to getting to the real thing for now.
Is that second Toronto’s City Hall still standing?

[salvius]

The 1856 Collection.

King south-side looking East:



King between Yonge and Church:



Wellington Exchange on, well, Wellington:



Wellington East:



North-East corner of Adelaide and Victoria:



Construction of Second United Presbytarian Church:



Normal School, Gould Street:



Osgoode Hall:



Second Parliament on Front:



Trinity College:



Rossin Hotel, corner of King and York:



On top of Rossin, looking west on King W:



On top of Rossin, looking North-West:



On top of Rossin, looking North towards York:



On top of Rossin, looking North-East:



On top of Rossin, look East along King:



On top of Rossin, looking South-East:



On top of Rossin, looking South:



On top of Rossin, looking South-West:

[marrio415]

On top of Rossin, looking South-East:




i have to say the old toronto looks like a an old english town looks to be heavily influenced by us a brits back then.Obviously now very different.Stunning pics well done

[marrio415]

Toronto is my second fave city behind London to me that says alot about toronto cos the diversity of toronto is much like london

[TheCharioteer]

Bloor Street in the 19th century was a residential street and the northern boundary of Toronto (Yorkville was a separate village until annexed by Toronto in the 1880's). Even in the 1970's there were still houses on Bloor (on the site of 110 Bloor for example) that had been converted to commercial uses. Remnants of houseform buildings can still be seen on the south side of Bloor just east of St. Thomas, behind commercial facades.

View of Yorkville from University College by Notman 1860:


Site of the Manulife Centre:


Site of the Intercontinental:


Site of Tiffany's:


Queens Park Crescent looking north to Bloor:


Corner Bloor/Avenue Rd






Horse-drawn fire engine:


Site of 1 Bloor East 1926:


North side of Bloor looking east to Yonge 1930:


Site of the Colonnade:


Same view 1970's:


University Theatre 1948 (note houses to west)

[Jaye101]

No I don't believe it is. Where are you moving from to Toronto? If you don't mind me asking.


These are some great pictures.

[ILoveSkyscrapers]

Hi Jay,

I wanted to move to Beach, High Park or Annex areas but the apartments are so expensive and my work is in Oakville, so I guess I’ll be moving to Oakville but the apartments are also expensive. I have a car so transportation won’t be a problem for me. I was also thinking of Newmarket but every one here said that’s a bad idea. What do you think of Oakville?

[Tony]

Originally Posted by ILoveSkyscrapers

Hi Jay,

I wanted to move to Beach, High Park or Annex areas but the apartments are so expensive and my work is in Oakville, so I guess I’ll be moving to Oakville but the apartments are also expensive. I have a car so transportation won’t be a problem for me. I was also thinking of Newmarket but every one here said that’s a bad idea. What do you think of Oakville?

Oakville is really nice, it's quite yuppie-ish though, which I guess is both a good & bad thing. :p

If that's where you're working, Beach, Annex and Newmarket are NOT even remotely a good idea, the commute would be hell, especially from Newmarket.

Even living in High Park is pushing it for working in Oakville.

If Oakville is too expensive, look into areas of Mississauga such as Port Credit, or even Burlington along the waterfront. Both are good choices.

[ILoveSkyscrapers]

Okay, thanks. I will look into that. I've been looking for weeks. The hardest part is I will need to just pack up from Halifax with my wife and 2 cats and just show up in Toronto. And Google earth can only show me so much. I’ve only been to Toronto once, last year and spent all my time in Mississauga, my wife despised it (Mississauga). She likes the old and new stuff mixed like downtown Halifax.

[salvius]

^ it sure isn't.

In fact, apart from some landmarks, litte of what is shown in these pictures is still standing.

[Tony]

What remains of Toronto's second City Hall is now incorporated into the St. Lawrence Market.

[Marcanadian]

Toronto's second city hall is now second city.

My house is pretty old. It was built in 1921.

[Canadian Chocho]

Cabbagetown??

[Tony]

Cabbagetown?! Are you not familar with the layout of the GTA and Toronto or something?

[salvius]

Ok, back on topic!

This is the 1885-1895 collection. The city exploded between 1850s and 1890s, and the pictures certainly attest to this.

First is the obligatory shot of... aaaah.... err... well... 'skyline':



And of the Old Union Station:



Bond Street:



Church and Adelaide:



Church from Front:



Front St. E and Yonge:



Front and Wellington:



Grand Opera at Adelaide:



Hanlan Hotel:



King St. E... looks pretty similar, no?:



King St. E again:



King St. W:



Provincial Parliament:



Queen St. from Yonge:



South-East corner of Sherbourne and Carleton:



St. James Cathedral:



St. Lawrence Market:



Toronto Street looking North:



University College before and after the fire of Feb 14, 1890:




Yonge St. looking North:

[monkeyronin]

I love cities from the early 20th century. Toronto photos from that time seem hard to come by though, so here's what I have,

Yonge St. sometime between the twenties and the the forties.


Yonge in the early 50s, during construction of the subway.


I've posted this one a bunch of times, but its the skyline of the thirties.


Going back a bit in time, here is Bay St. before the fire.


Going forward again, here is a subway on the Bloor line in the 70s.


And finally, the skyline of the 80s.

[Martinsizon]

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread...3&page=1&pp=20
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=367578
http://p083.ezboard.com/ftorontoskys...tart=1&stop=20

[jetmty1]

wooww excellent pics...btw........ TRINITY COLLEGE is the same the the current one at UofT? I was there 3 weeks ago..fun fun fun)....and it looks similar but not the same.