Lost Toronto by Doug Taylor, Pavilion Press, published January 2018. Photo King and Yonge Streets, Toronto Archives. When Old City Hall was slated for demolition
Category: Lost Toronto
HMV Music—history
HMV Music’s Toronto flagship store at 333 Yonge Street in April 2017 The HMV on Yonge Street closed on Friday, April 14, 2017.
Stories of Honest Ed’s Bargain Store
The first time I visited Honest Ed’s at 581 Bloor Street West was in 1950, two years after it opened. I was 12 years old
Salvation Square at the Toronto Eaton Centre
Salvation Square was once the site of The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters. The above photo, taken c. 1890, is from the collection of the Toronto
Ed’s Warehouse Restaurant—closed in 1999
Ed’s Warehouse Restaurant on King Street West on October 9, 1981. Toronto Archives, Fonds 1526, file 0067, Item 0014. In decades past, one of
Moss Park—home of William Allan
Moss Park, the palatial residence of William Allan. Photo taken in 1897, collection of the Toronto Public Library, r- 3661. William Allan was one of
Great photo of Toronto in 1952
While examining files in the Ontario Archives (#10005533), I discovered this photo, dated 1952. The camera is pointing north on Yonge Street, from south of
Toronto’s Silver Rail Tavern—closed 1998
The Silver Rail Tavern in the 1950s, located at 225-227 Yonge Street. Toronto Archives, F1257, S1057, item 073. The last time that I visited the
The Bank of Toronto at King and Bay – demolished 1965
The Bank of Toronto on a postcard, printed in 1910, camera facing the southwest corner of King and Bay Streets. The streetcar is travelling east
Toronto’s Colonial Tavern – demolished
The Colonial Tavern during the summer of 1973, when Yonge Street was closed to vehicle traffic to create a pedestrian mall. In the photo,