Lost Toronto: 8 Rare Aerial Photos

January 12, 2025

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January 12, 2025

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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
Lost Toronto: 8 rare aerial photos

Toronto’s Harbour in 1918. Notice The Toronto Harbour Commission Building on the waterfront.

Queen and University in 1930. View of the Canada Life Building. The Toronto Armouries (top left) was demolished in 1963. Here’s what it looked like:

Toronto Armouries on University Ave. Opened in 1894.

Old City Hall in 1942. Eaton’s warehouse, annex buildings, and department store to the N, NE, and E of Old City Hall.

Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Islands in 1919. There used to be an amusement park and baseball stadium.

Yonge and Eglinton in 1948 (TTC’s Eglinton Carhouse)

Humber River and Lake Shore Blvd prior to the construction of the Gardiner Expressway. Palace Pier (bottom right corner) destroyed by a fire in 1963.

Looking north from south of Davisville Ave in the 1960s.

Yonge and York Mills in 1947. Hoggs Hollow in the lower right corner.

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