..."vintage" 2011. I was going through some of my old photo threads recently and noted that the image hosting on them had evidently expired or whatever, so instead of just quietly rehosting them, I remastered my favourites and am now whoring them out as a whole "new" experience. Take a trip back to those far off days when Rob Ford was just a regular idiot, not yet an idiot and a crackhead (and a time that this place wasn't an arctic wasteland).
Good old Queen Video. I don't how it is nowadays, but when I went there regularly in the early-'90s it was the best video store in the city. Probably won't be around much longer.
thanks! what a nice, intimate tour of Toronto. I feel as though I was walking along the streets. I remember visiting my great aunt (who lived on Kenilworth near Queen St) as a child (in the 60's) and wandering off and ending up getting lost on Gerrard St. She was very worried as I was from a small town in Ohio
thanks! what a nice, intimate tour of Toronto. I feel as though I was walking along the streets. I remember visiting my great aunt (who lived on Kenilworth near Queen St) as a child (in the 60's) and wandering off and ending up getting lost on Gerrard St. She was very worried as I was from a small town in Ohio
Toronto in the 60s eh? That would've been something (now that would actually be vintage ).
This is Ernie. He killed a man in 1957 for insulting his straw hat. He doesn't wear hats anymore, but sometimes he'll stroke them and ruminate on the confounding passage of time.
This is Camden.
But this, this could only be Toronto. Or maybe Melbourne, in a pinch.
wow! Thanks for those pictures. That's exactly as I remember it. My family would visit relatives in the summer--people who had lived in Toronto since the 1940's. I distinctly remember when the "new" city hall was built and how architecturally striking/daring it was considered at the time. Also the Toronto-Dominion center, as it was called then--that was huge.Toronto was getting New York-style skyscrapers! You could see it from all over the city. I don't know if it still has an observation deck (I doubt it) since there are so many taller buildings plus the CN tower of course. the saddest part of Toronto though, which of course had afflicted so many American cities, is the disappearance of most of the great department stores downtown. I remember how cool it was to go to Eaton's and the old Simpson's across Queen Street from each other (we would take the streetcar from the Beaches). And my mistake from my first reply: I got lost on Kingston Rd, not Gerrard St--lol. Does anyone remember the old Toronto Zoo? I was there a couple of times, one of those old-fashioned zoos which were (presumably) inhumane to the animals. I think that was near Gerrard St (?)
I had to look at these again today after the storm.
I miss summer. *sigh*
C'mon, winter has its own charms. I much prefer a real winter like this year's, with its cold, abundance of snow, and plenty of sunshine, to one of long, grey days and little snow. Those are the worst.
Excellent shots. I miss summer in Toronto so much. As a kid I used to sit around at Yonge and Eglinton or Yonge and Davisville and just people watch in the summer. Toronto is a great city for that cause so many people are out and about and all the amenities are just around the corner. Such a feeling of liveliness in the grittier areas West of Yonge, away from the bright lights and big signs.
The shot of the narrow street and walkups reminds me of Montreal, too.
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The west end has this lazy vibe in the summer. So relaxed and comfortable. Outdoors feels like indoors... sitting on a patio feels like sitting in someone's living room.
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