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intersection of Yonge st and Bloor st
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intersection of Yonge st and Bloor st
Improvements along Yonge Street.
Well, its summer, so it must be construction season! This image shows improvements along Yonge Street, widening the street for Stop 21 at Yonge and Glengrove.
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library
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The Subway and the Street: How Underground Transit Transformed Yonge Street
This talk will explore the ways in which the subway has altered daily life for Torontonians and the built landscape around Yonge Street since the 1940s. With historian Jay…
This talk will explore the ways in which the subway has altered daily life for Torontonians and the built landscape around Yonge Street since the 1940s. With historian Jay…
Looking north up Yonge Street from Major Mackenzie Drive
The long road to church on a Sunday morning. Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.
Yonge and Lawrence Ave looking south
The library was always a great place to visit. It was quiet and had incredible art on its walls. Courtesy: Toronto Public Library
Yonge St., looking north from Birch Ave. Just north of the LCBO Summerhill.
Looking north to St. Clair, reveals, by evidence of the streetcar tracks that the Yonge subway is still a year away. The building on the east side of Yonge in the background is the 'Northgate Hotel' formerly the Rosedale hotel.
York Mills Swimming Pool
Grabbing a hot dog and a Coke at the York Mills Swimming pool, 1954. The pool was located on the east side of Yonge Street, just south of Mill Street. Courtesy, Toronto Public Library.
West side of Yonge Street, looking south from above Lawrence
Advertising blast from the past... back in the day, when Brylcream was a true commodity.