TO175: Then And Now Photos Part 1

Posted March 2, 2009 12:00 pm.

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Toronto celebrates its 175th birthday on March 6, and leading up to the big event CityNews.ca will be posting stories, photos, and video about this city, past and present.

As part of our ongoing celebration of Toronto’s 175th anniversary, we’ve compiled a two part series in which we sought to create modern counterparts for vintage photos borrowed from the city’s archives.

Of course time and human hands have altered some of these locations rendering precise replication difficult, but we hope our compilation still offers an interesting and enjoyable look at a few parts of the city, then and now.

Bloor Viaduct from Broadview (July 18, 1917) City of Toronto Archives

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Avenue Rd./Yorkville (Jan. 13, 1938) City of Toronto Archives Fonds 1231 Item 876

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Broadview/Danforth (1920-24) City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244 Item 7211

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Ossington And Arglye (Oct. 23, 1958) City of Toronto Archives Subseries 100, Item 750

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Queen And Dufferin (April 22, 1916) City of Toronto Archives Fonds 1231, Item 1409

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Queen And Spadina (Sep. 29, 1910) City of Toronto Archives Fonds 1231, Item 2047

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Queen And University (Nov. 11, 1913) City of Toronto Archives Fonds 1231, Item 769

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University Ave. From Queen’s Park (Jan. 13, 1938) City of Toronto Archives

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Yonge And Front (1958) City of Toronto Archives Series 648, File 33

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Dundas And Victoria (Nov. 3, 1923) City of Toronto Archives Subseries 3, Item 500

aaron.miller@citytv.com

Note: All black and white photos courtesy City of Toronto Archvies

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