Old Pictures of Toronto - Page 49

MissyC · February 7th, 2012, 12:28 PM

TB, you are so funny and wonder how on Earth you can come up with such funny comments!?

Oh wow, those pictures are such an eye treat to look at. Amazing how much the city has changed in 3 decades. Talking about density, I guess we have to take a better closer look at these pics to understand that today's version is SO dense that you hardly see the city at all!

lol (kidding)

intervention · February 7th, 2012, 01:50 PM

Has anyone ever seen pictures of Church Street from back in the day? I've always wondered what the stretch of Church north of Carlton but south of Wellesley looked like before the party with the bulldozer happened.

tonyvlx · March 18th, 2012, 03:41 AM

Just want to bring this thread back to life !!!

Pinkie · March 18th, 2012, 08:38 PM

May 2007

image hosted on flickr

Innsertnamehere · March 18th, 2012, 10:53 PM

who would have ever thought that 5 years would be "old" for skyline shots? it is in toronto!

***Taller, Better*** · March 19th, 2012, 06:41 AM

My god how that has changed in five years!!

MysticMcGoo · March 19th, 2012, 09:21 AM

Back when you could still see the Royal York from the waterfront.

***Taller, Better*** · March 19th, 2012, 05:22 PM

and the parking lots......

MissyC · March 19th, 2012, 11:04 PM

OMG ... so true ... 5 years ago I was there too and I took many pics that I these days rather not look at given I don't recognize Toronto in them at all.

tonyvlx · April 28th, 2012, 06:24 PM

Anyone else with old pics ???

sumisu · April 28th, 2012, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

who would have ever thought that 5 years would be "old" for skyline shots? it is in toronto!

CBC still shows what I'm guessing as a mid-2000s shot of Toronto for Hockey and live interviews. It looks ridiculous!

***Taller, Better*** · May 13th, 2012, 07:53 AM

I tried, to no avail, to Google up some photos of the old Nag's Head Tavern, just off Yonge Street on King, I believe. I remember the old terra cotta horse's head around the time that I moved here in 1986, but it was all ripped down soon after. What this thread needs is a good dose of intervention by The Charioteer!

tonyvlx · June 27th, 2012, 03:07 AM

bump

***Taller, Better*** · June 27th, 2012, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taller, Better

I tried, to no avail, to Google up some photos of the old Nag's Head Tavern, just off Yonge Street on King, I believe. I remember the old terra cotta horse's head around the time that I moved here in 1986, but it was all ripped down soon after. What this thread needs is a good dose of intervention by The Charioteer!

Thanks Tony, and welcome to the group. Double Bump. Anyone have any pics of the old Nag's Head? I do wonder what happened to the old terracotta horse's head from the outside.

One of my great regrets that I never stopped to go inside.

AndrewJM3D · June 27th, 2012, 03:31 AM

In 1890 Spadina had underground washrooms, who knew?

1890 A Muskoka Cottage

1890 the Steamship Micassa

1912, the Trillium on the far right still in service today and the oldest paddle boat on the Great Lakes.

***Taller, Better*** · June 27th, 2012, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndrewJM3D

In 1890 Spadina had underground washrooms, who knew?

Every gay man in Toronto at the time! hehe.....

Great pics!! more!! more!!! more!!

Trillium still does the Island run, correct? We are so lucky to have the old ferries. Crossing to the Islands is always an Occasion and not just a crossing. You always have a
real sense of arrival standing at the helm of those old boats! If we were any other city than mega-modest TO we would heavily advertise those century old iconic ferries
as part of our city brand.

We don't.

AndrewJM3D · June 27th, 2012, 04:01 AM

I think the Trillium only runs during peak times over the weekends, the rest of the boating season it's chartered out. When I worked at Nelvana we used it for an afternoon party. It actually took us out from the harbour and back.

Kappa21 · June 27th, 2012, 04:51 AM

There is a facebook fan page i cam across that has literally hundreds upon hundreds of photos of vintage toronto. Anyone stumble across it?

I was gonna post some but i didnt wanna get in a tangle with the creators

jetmty1 · September 4th, 2012, 12:27 AM

According to an eyeweeklyy report I read in 2002 (or it was 2005?) those washrooms were a common "gay action" scene back in those times

***Taller, Better*** · September 4th, 2012, 01:03 AM

That was pretty much true for every public washroom like that in the world. There were few other places gay men could meet up. Cruising these washrooms was known as
"cottaging".

February 7th, 2012, 12:28 PM	#961
MissyC Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,547	TB, you are so funny and wonder how on Earth you can come up with such funny comments!? Oh wow, those pictures are such an eye treat to look at. Amazing how much the city has changed in 3 decades. Talking about density, I guess we have to take a better closer look at these pics to understand that today's version is SO dense that you hardly see the city at all! lol (kidding) __________________ ------------------------------------------------------ They steal the future; They sell it today and They call it Gross Domestic Product!

March 18th, 2012, 08:38 PM	#964
Pinkie I got the brain too. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bronx, New York Posts: 69 Likes (Received): 0	Flashback May 2007 image hosted on flickr

March 19th, 2012, 06:41 AM	#966
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,838 Likes (Received): 307	My god how that has changed in five years!! __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

March 19th, 2012, 09:21 AM	#967
MysticMcGoo d(X_x)b Join Date: May 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,567 Likes (Received): 60	Back when you could still see the Royal York from the waterfront. __________________ An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. - Benjamin Franklin "The Fascists of the future will be Anti-Fascists". Winston Churchill In real life, there are no good guys and bad guys. Everyone feels justified in their actions, and still manage to sleep at night. - Humble the Poet .....................::::::::::::::::::::::::........................ My July 2012 North American Road trip!

March 19th, 2012, 05:22 PM	#968
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,838 Likes (Received): 307	and the parking lots...... __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

February 7th, 2012, 01:50 PM	#962
intervention planning inaction Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,294 Likes (Received): 18	Has anyone ever seen pictures of Church Street from back in the day? I've always wondered what the stretch of Church north of Carlton but south of Wellesley looked like before the party with the bulldozer happened.

March 18th, 2012, 03:41 AM	#963
tonyvlx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 4 Likes (Received): 0	Just want to bring this thread back to life !!!

March 18th, 2012, 10:53 PM	#965
Innsertnamehere insertoronto Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,942 Likes (Received): 16	who would have ever thought that 5 years would be "old" for skyline shots? it is in toronto!

March 19th, 2012, 11:04 PM	#969
MissyC Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,547	OMG ... so true ... 5 years ago I was there too and I took many pics that I these days rather not look at given I don't recognize Toronto in them at all. __________________ ------------------------------------------------------ They steal the future; They sell it today and They call it Gross Domestic Product!

April 28th, 2012, 06:24 PM	#970
tonyvlx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 4 Likes (Received): 0	Anyone else with old pics ???

May 13th, 2012, 07:53 AM	#972
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,838 Likes (Received): 307	I tried, to no avail, to Google up some photos of the old Nag's Head Tavern, just off Yonge Street on King, I believe. I remember the old terra cotta horse's head around the time that I moved here in 1986, but it was all ripped down soon after. What this thread needs is a good dose of intervention by The Charioteer! __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

June 27th, 2012, 03:07 AM	#973
tonyvlx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 4 Likes (Received): 0	bump

June 27th, 2012, 03:31 AM	#975
AndrewJM3D Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,016 Likes (Received): 14	In 1890 Spadina had underground washrooms, who knew? 1890 A Muskoka Cottage 1890 the Steamship Micassa 1912, the Trillium on the far right still in service today and the oldest paddle boat on the Great Lakes. __________________ Rob Ford October 8th 2010- ‘I will assure you that services will not be cut, guaranteed’

June 27th, 2012, 04:01 AM	#977
AndrewJM3D Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,016 Likes (Received): 14	I think the Trillium only runs during peak times over the weekends, the rest of the boating season it's chartered out. When I worked at Nelvana we used it for an afternoon party. It actually took us out from the harbour and back. __________________ Rob Ford October 8th 2010- ‘I will assure you that services will not be cut, guaranteed’ Last edited by AndrewJM3D; June 27th, 2012 at 07:00 AM.

June 27th, 2012, 04:51 AM	#978
Kappa21 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 6,664 Likes (Received): 160	There is a facebook fan page i cam across that has literally hundreds upon hundreds of photos of vintage toronto. Anyone stumble across it? I was gonna post some but i didnt wanna get in a tangle with the creators

September 4th, 2012, 12:27 AM	#979
jetmty1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,823 Likes (Received): 102	According to an eyeweeklyy report I read in 2002 (or it was 2005?) those washrooms were a common "gay action" scene back in those times __________________ *Monterrey: Multi-skyline city, Centro - Valle oriente-Valle campestre - Loma larga - San Jeronimo - Santa Maria*

September 4th, 2012, 01:03 AM	#980
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,838 Likes (Received): 307	That was pretty much true for every public washroom like that in the world. There were few other places gay men could meet up. Cruising these washrooms was known as "cottaging". __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

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