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Garages at the rear of 120 Helena Ave. directly east of Wychwood Barns facing southeast. First photo is from May 3rd, 1940 and the second present day photo is from Sept 2014.

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Rural delivery mailboxes, Parkwood Avenue and St. Clair Avenue West, possibly 1908

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Davenport Rd, looking east from Christie St between 1898 and 1910 with the third present day shot being taken in September 2015. The second of a three part look back on this intersection and the only other with a hand tinted copy.

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(Top) The Dominion Bank, southeast corner of Vaughan Road and St. Clair Avenue West May 23, 1912 after the widening of Vaughan Rd. The bottom photo is from June 2016 with Hakim Optical now occupying the building.

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#fbf Wellington and Church Streets facing South East, dated June 10th, 1913. Swipe for present day. #torontohistory #toronto #history #oldtoronto #ontario #humbertothedon #architecturelover #toronto_insta #Torontobefore #heritage #thankyoutoronto #lovetoronto #blogto #6ixwalks #imagesoftoronto #streetsoftoronto #torontoclicks #dailyhiveto #yyzishome #imagesofcanada #canada #tohistory #torontobuildings #heritagetoronto #memoirsoftoronto #vintagetoronto #torontoarchives #stlawrencemarket (at Toronto, Ontario)

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The Yonge St slip/wharf facing North, pictured as it was in December 1926. The actual shot would of been closer to the middle of the railway underpass but swipe for present day as well as a shot from Goad's Fire Atlas of Toronto from 1924 and a current map showing how far the shoreline has grown into Lake Ontario. Notice the proposed lake street in the 1924 shot which would be Lakeshore Blvd. #torontohistory #toronto #history #oldtoronto #lakeontario #humbertothedon #architecture_view  #toronto_insta #Torontobefore #torontoblogger #thankyoutoronto #lovetoronto #blogto #6ixwalks #imagesoftoronto #streetsoftoronto #torontoclicks #dailyhiveto #yyzishome #yongestreet #canada🇨🇦  #tohistory #torontobuildings #torontoharbour #thenandnow #memoirsoftoronto #6tour #vintagetoronto #hockeyhalloffame #torontoarchives @torontoharbourtours (at Hockey Hall of Fame)

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In the 1800’s private companies were contracted to build, improve and maintain roads in Upper Canada. This was costly, so to pay for upkeep, all users were charged a small toll. A tollkeeper’s cottage – the oldest survivor anywhere in Canada – was discovered in 1993 attached to a house in the Davenport/Bathurst Street neighbourhood. In 1996 the Community History Project rescued the cottage and transported it to a temporary location inside the Toronto Transit Commission’s Wychwood Barns site. A Tollkeeper’s Fund was setup while volunteers searched for a permanent site and today sits at the Northwest corner of the intersection in Tollkeepers Park. * "The cottage may date from as early as 1827 or 1830. It is of plank construction and an exceedingly rare example of this type of building. The only other known building of plank construction is the Joseph Schneider House in Kitchener. The planks in this cottage are, on average, 2 inches thick and up to 30 inches wide, vertically aligned. They have been covered outside and inside. Two bits of the original interior walls remains. It has mortise and tenon construction with hand split lathing for plaster. It was probably built by the government of Upper Canada to collect money to help with the maintenance of existing roads and the construction of new roads. The government system failed and was replaced by one where privately owned companies bid for contracts to build specific sections of road and recoup their investment through the collection of tolls. This system too was abolished in 1895. Sourced from Lost River Walks and Toronto Savvy. Painting by Arthur Cox (1875) #torontohistory #toronto #waybackwednesday #history #oldtoronto #toll #humbertothedon #architecture_view  #toronto_insta #Torontobefore #heritagesite #thankyoutoronto #lovetoronto #blogto #6ixwalks #imagesoftoronto #streetsoftoronto #torontoclicks #dailyhiveto #yyzishome #dirtroad #canada🇨🇦 #tohistory #torontobuildings #restorations #heritagetoronto #memoirsoftoronto #6tour #vintagetoronto #torontoarchives (at The Tollkeeper's Cottage)

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Part 3: The Prittie Ravine section of the Garrison Creek between Shaw St and Roxton Rd, where Fred Hamilton Playground and George Ben Park now reside. First photo facing south west was taken from the Shaw Street bridge, dated September 9th, 1913. The second north east shot was taken from the vicinity of where Pope Francis Catholic School now stands, dated May 2nd, 1912. Swipe for present day. Map taken from The Toronto Star. #Toronto #humbertothedon #oldtoronto #garrisoncreek #history #Torontohistory #victorianarchitecture #Torontoarchives #streetsoftoronto #hypetoronto #toronto_insta #torontobefore #thankyoutoronto #lovetoronto #blogto #6ixwalks #imagesoftoronto #toheritage #toptorontophoto #torontoclicks #dailyhiveto #yyzishome #discoverontario #discoveron #bridge #explorecanada #canadasworld #vintagetoronto #archi_ologie (at George Ben Park)