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Cumberland looking east to Yonge Street circa 1971.
Black and white photo showing Cumberland Street facing east towards Yonge Street - this is one block north of Yonge and Bloor on the west side of Yonge. This photo includes #4 Cumberland, MacMillan's Health Products store, and also 773 Yonge Street,…
Custom House draped in mourning for Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch in the history of the United Kingdom. She reigned as Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to her death on January 22, 1901. When she died, the loyal city of Toronto…
Davisville Station Opening Ceremony, 1954
Onlookers uniformly dressed in ankle length peacoats outside Davisville Station for its subway opening ceremony. People were so excited that they even went onto the roof to watch!
T.T.C., Yonge St. subway; opening ceremonies outside…
T.T.C., Yonge St. subway; opening ceremonies outside…
Dempsey Brothers, Shops, Yonge and Sheppard, 1953
Shepard, Joseph, shop, Yonge St., n.w. cor. Sheppard Ave. W.
Our current Yonge and Sheppard subway station was once shops of Dempsey Brothers and Lansing Meat Market.
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library
Our current Yonge and Sheppard subway station was once shops of Dempsey Brothers and Lansing Meat Market.
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library
Devastating fire aftermath of 1904
Above Front Street West, just west of Yonge Street. Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.
Eglinton subway station, 1954
Looking north from Yonge Street to Eglinton Avenue.
Courtesy of Toronto Public LIbrary
Courtesy of Toronto Public LIbrary
Exorcist Staircase
This "exorcist staircase" is the semi-secret north entrance (or escape) into Severn Creek Park, above buried Severn Creek. The staircase is accessed just east of the Rosedale Subway Station entrance along Crescent Road. Magical rural hideaway just…
Frogley's on Yonge
Directly across from my office window on Yonge St, what always caught my eye is the name "Frogley's" in front of the gable of the building across the street. I was happy to find something on the internet - Frogley's Bakery 1887 at 850 Yonge Street,…