Toronto In The Rear View Mirror Part 47
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- #canada #history #oldtoronto #ontario #seniors #toronto #educational #nostalgia #firefighter #police Another trip around Toronto, I started of with the Firefighters of TFS 333, Toronto Firefighters used horses to pull the wagons until 1910 when they switched to gas powered vehicles. www.buymeacoff...
Thanks again Neil... I lived on Admiral Rd. in the Student Annex, and 414 Jarvis St. then 240 Wellesley in St Jamestown... All the while I worked at the Delta Chelsea Inn at 33 Gerrard St. (between Yonge & Bay Sts,). and later opened the Bradgate Arms at Avenue & St.Claire... Living & working downtown allowed me to walk everywhere. When you don't have a car you can really connect with the City... You notice all the buildings & really learn to appreciate the Architecture & History... Thanks again for all the viddies... They're Great!!!
Thank you for watching.
I like the old pictures, with buildings that still exist, in the new pictures.
I even saw one at Parliament and Shuter, that I lived in, 5 years ago.
Thanks, Neil :)
Sorry me stickler for detail again. Avenue Road at St. Clair at 3:00 is looking south. My great aunt lived in those apartments on the right (SW) corner. Barclay Hotel at 4:17 got to be at least early sixties 58 black Biscayne and 63 white Impala in foreground. Old Church looks downright majestic. Please give me a three piece tweed suit and a time machine.
Wonderful video and footage of old Toronto.
Your channel is growing ! Keep on going ! Great photos, and I prefer the "before" sites better than the "after" sites. So many beautiful buildings replaced with boring box or ugly ones, or even nothing at all, just empty lots. That 8 Court Street building makes me think of Inspector Clouseau's office from Pink Panther cartoons.
The growth of my channel surprised me, too bad TH-cam won't monetize me.
Great Work Neil....fantastic music as always to boot. Greetings from Calgary...where this old Torontonian is residing now....
Thanks for doing a little bit of west end. Bloor and Royal York where I grew you but most of all, thanks for the little tears in my eyes every time I watch one of your videos! 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
I drive under that bridge at Runneymede and Maria almost daily. The small building there explains the stairs to nowhere on the north side.
That's why I love these videos.
Jumbo 🍔!! Lol. It was the roundhouse for the railways back in the day and a trucking company in the 70s and 80s. Walmart now. I grew up on Runnymede just south of St. John's so it's my old stomping grounds. 😉
@@travisazzopardi8024Thanks for the info. I grew up in Bushey ave. near Weston and Lambton. The street with the Dairy Queen at the end. That's long gone now too
@@conradmcdougall3629 I miss that DQ. Went there lots of times with my friends from Humber Memorial HS in the 80s. Did you know a guy named Dave who had really long hair and lived on Jasper? He fell off the Scarborough bluffs one night when they were out there partying and got severe brain damage. He was like a little boy after that. And our buddy Scott lived across the street from Dave on Jasper. Spent a few nights partying with those guys in Jasper Park.
@@travisazzopardi8024If Dave had a severe limp, I knew him. He hung out by Johnny's Pizza. I probably delivered the Toronto Sun to Scott's house because I did most houses on Jasper. We went to the same high school. When I went, it was Archbishop Romero. I'm 44 so just a bit younger. I probably returned the empties you guys left at Jasper. Small world.
@@conradmcdougall3629 yeah, that's Dave. That was when I was 16. I'm 60 now. Lost contact with him cause of his injuries. We hung out at Johnny's pizza and Mr. Sub across the street. Yup, small world. I live across the street from Roselawn PS now.
@2:02 6th and lakeshore in new Toronto wow! 😭❤️
as a Person who lived here all my Life, and is now a Retired Postman......i must say i prefer the "survivor shots"!....the ones that show a huge Blank(Area or Walls)sections of delete ....actually make a hurt, in my Stomach.....When we see single or Groups of restored (Preserved) Architecture, it makes a warm ,loving feeling occur(in that someone or some people still see as we!(I am also a Registered Toronto Archivist) that you very Much for Caring about How it used too look here...and try some Upbeat cool Jazz Trio music ...and a new way of "Hope" to Present , instead of the Look of Demolition winning! Thanks just for Being Here and Bye For Now
Thank you for watching glad to see that some feel as I do.
6:37 I love how the mark left behind by the Bank of Montreal lettering is still visible in the present day photo long after the storefront has been changed.
@@Sk3pT1kal82 that is the sign of trying to keep the past alive, but it is still a BMO, Bank of Montreal.
@@NeilB.Arnold that's the thing about the bank branches: they tend to still be there in the present day photos.
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Thank you.
Toronto during WW2 suggestion !
I grew up on sparkhall avenue in the 60s. Really would love to see any images you come across. Where do you find these?
I usually just search Toronto historic photos on Google.
0:29 The Court Street Parkette, a beautiful little spot obscured here by the foreground bushes, is unfortunately now taken over by groups of people openly smoking, buying and selling d rugs - morning, noon and night.
I take it that's why you couldn't take an actual picture of it.
I just tried to get as close as possible to the original angle, the bushes just happened to be there.
@@NeilB.Arnold Well then, those bushes just happened to keep you out of trouble.
I noticed shortly afterwards that you took a shot from well down the street at a different angle and there some of them are, slouching around in their own garbage.
@@dixonpinfold2582 yes I saw them, I just try to avoid them as much as possible.
The one of Avenue Rd. and Brookdale takes me back. The Glendale Theatre was on the South East corner across from the Firestone Building. Saw many a movie in that theatre.
Was that where 2001 Space Odyssey played for a few years continually?