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✨1952/January 3, 2026 – Looking northeast on Court St, between Toronto St and Church St, in the St Lawrence neighbourhood of #oToronto.
👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com
#torontojourney416 #torontohistory #torontostreets #oldtoronto #torontopast #streetsoftoronto
✨1912/February 15, 2026 – Looking northeast towards the Ryrie Building at the corner of Yonge St and Shuter St in the Downtown Yonge area of Toronto.
👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com
#yongestreet #torontojourney416 #torontohistory #torontostreets #oldtoronto #torontopast #toronto
An undated view north from the Heintzman & Co. building at 193-197 Yonge Street in Toronto.
Most of the left side of the street is now the Eaton Centre.
📸: Toronto Star / Toronto Public Library
#yongestreet #1920s #TorontoHistory #downtown #jeremyhopkin
✨Between 1930-35/January 3, 2026 – Looking southeast from Yonge St along Bloor St E, in the Yorkville and Church-Wellesley neighbourhoods of Toronto.
👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com
#yongeandbloor #torontojourney416 #torontohistory #oldtoronto #torontopast #toronto #streetsoftoronto
Fort York military buildings, 1958
Artist: Aba Bayefsky (1923-2001)
Medium: Watercolour and pen and ink
Credit: Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library
#1910s #fortyork #art #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
90 years ago today the Toronto Skating Club began its 29th Annual Carnival, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto - Mar 11, 1936.
Here's a few excerpts from my copy of the 29th Annual Carnival souvenir programme.
#OnThisDay #1930s #iceskating #TorontoHistory #jeremyhopkin
Toronto, 100 years ago today: Willys-Overland automobile showroom, Bay & Breadalbane Streets - March 11, 1926
City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail fonds, Fonds 1266, Item 7291.
#OnThisDay #OTD #cars #1920s #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
✨1907/January 3, 2026 – Looking north up Toronto St from King St E, in the St Lawrence neighbourhood of Toronto.
👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com
#kingstreeteast #torontojourney416 #torontohistory #torontostreets #oldtoronto #torontopast #toronto #streetsoftoronto
Bloor Street Viaduct over the Don Valley, under construction. Apron wall forms - March 10, 1917.
#OnThisDay #1910s #torontohistory #canada #jeremyhopkin
✨1958/February 23, 2025 - Looking southwest along Bloor St W towards Royal York Rd from Willingdon Blvd in The Kingsway neighbourhood of Toronto.
👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com
#bloorstreetwest #torontojourney416 #torontohistory #torontostreets #oldtoronto #torontopast #toronto
Royal Winter Fair executive group, Toronto, March 10, 1925
📸: City of Toronto Archives
#royalwinterfair #CNE #OTD #OnThisDay #1920s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
A Saturday Matinee at Allen’s Danforth Theatre – March 9, 1929. It was a chilly Saturday afternoon and the warm glow of incandescent bulbs lit up the sign of Allen’s Danforth Theatre.
#thedanforth #OnThisDay #movies #movietheatre #vaudeville #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
A 19th-century gothic fortress. A dead-silent daylight murder. A killer who vanished like a ghost
This is 1 Spadina Crescent, the chilling backdrop for one of Toronto’s most baffling locked-room cold cases.
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#DavidBuller #UnsolvedMystery #ColdCase #Toronto #TorontoHistory
TTC streetcar No. 2702 in a photo taken by Alfred Pearson on March 9, 1923, along with an interior photo of No. 3215 from the day after.
These "Peter Witt" cars were the first new streetcars ordered by the TTC.
#OnThisDay #ttc #streetcar #TorontoHistory #jeremyhopkin
Toronto, 95 years ago today: Snow conditions on Front Street, looking west at Yonge Street - March 9, 1931
#onthisday #1930s #snow #torontohistory #jeremyhopkin
✨Former taverns in #Toronto, including the Imperial Pub, Rosticceria, The Cork Room, Hard Rock Cafe and more.
👉Toronto tavern history at www.torontojourney416.com/taverns-past...
#torontojourney416 #oldtoronto #torontohistory #torontobar #torontobars
✨Former taverns in #Toronto, including the Winchester, Royal Oak, Avion House and the Beverley and more.
👉Toronto tavern history at www.torontojourney416.com/taverns-past...
#torontojourney416 #oldtoronto #torontohistory #torontobar #torontobars
Apparently I really like the locked door Mystery since this is probably the 3rd episode of one.
It's truly bizarre and interesting case.
linktr.ee/HomocidalTen...
#DavidBuller #1SpadinaCrescent #UnsolvedMystery #ColdCase #TorontoCrime #LockedRoomMystery #UnsolvedMurder #TorontoHistory
#DavidBuller #1SpadinaCrescent #UnsolvedMystery #ColdCase #TorontoCrime #LockedRoomMystery #UnsolvedMurder #TorontoHistory
End of days for the old Glebe Hotel, located on the northeast corner of Glebe Rd. & Yonge St. - Demolition began March 8, 1922.
📸: Toronto Star Photograph Archive / Toronto Public Library
#OnThisDay #1920s #hotel #TorontoHistory #jeremyhopkin
Erasing time at MacLennan & Summerhill Aves., Toronto.
Two photos taken at the same spot, exactly 100 years apart to the day.
March 8, 1923: Alfred Pearson / Toronto Archives
March 8, 2023: Jeremy F. Hopkin
#thenandnow #ttc #1920s #torontohistory #jeremyhopkin
University of Toronto, view looking north on King's College Road from College St., in photos taken exactly 100 years apart.
March 8, 1923: Alfred Pearson / Toronto Archives
March 8, 2023: Jeremy F Hopkin
#OnThisDay #UofT #education #1920s #thenandnow #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
✨Circa 1888/February 15, 2026 – Looking northwest towards the corner of Adelaide St E and Victoria St, in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood of #Toronto.
👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com
#lostbuildings #torontojourney416 #torontohistory #oldtoronto #torontopast #streetsoftoronto
Lakeshore Blvd. W., Humber Bay, looking east, March 7, 1889.
📸: William Hodgson Ellis, 1845-1921
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library
#OnThisDay #1880s #torontohistory #toronto #jeremyhopkin
Photo shoot on the CNE grounds of Miss Jane Haslam of 147 Dovercourt Road, Toronto - March 7, 1930.
City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail fonds, Fonds 1266
#OnThisDay #1930s #torontohistory #toronto #jeremyhopkin
A freight train steams westbound along the lake shore near High Park, Toronto, March 7, 1915
John Boyd Sr. photo
City of Toronto Archives
#OnThisDay #1910s #torontohistory #railway #jeremyhopkin
✨1972/February 15, 2026 – Looking southwest towards the corner of Dundas St E and Church St in the Garden District of Toronto.
👉Toronto history at www.torontojourney416.com
#torontobuildings #torontojourney416 #torontohistory #torontostreets #oldtoronto #torontopast #toronto #streetsoftoronto
✨1985/August 24, 2025 – El Mocambo is located at 464 Spadina Ave, just south of College St, in the Kensington Market neighbourhood of Toronto.
👉El Mocambo history at www.torontojourney416.com/el-mocambo/
#elmocambo #torontotaverns #torontojourney416 #torontohistory #toronto #torontosigns
Rooftops, Toronto, 1927
Artist: Franklin Carmichael (1890-1945)
Medium: Watercolour & black chalk over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Canada
#1920s #torontoart #art #torontohistory #jeremyhopkin
Hang in there, only 14,912 more days till retirement
#1920s #streetcar #transit #ttc #torontohistory #canada
