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POSTCARD – TORONTO – UNIVERSITY AVE – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED LOOKING N FROM JUST N OF QUEEN – SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MONUMENT FEATURED – NOTE IN BACKGROUND JUST TO LEFT OF MEMORIAL A CASTLE-LIKE TOWER OF THE OLD ARMORY – CARS PARKED ON STREET – 1929 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – SKYLINE FROM WATERFRONT – AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING N – NOTE THE TALL SILVERY BUILDING, COMMERCE COURT, OPENED IN 1972 , AN I. M. PEI DESIGN – THE TWO BLACK BUILDINGS, THE TORONTO-DOMINION CENTRE, A MIES VAN DER ROHE DESIGN, OPENED IN 1969 – NOTE: THE ELEGANT ORIGINAL MIES DESIGN, TWO TOWERS PERFECTLY PROPORTIONED AND SITUATED BY A LOW TEMPLE-LIKE BANKING PAVILION ON THE CORNER OF BAY AND KING, HAS BEEN SPOILED BY A HERD OF ADDITIONS INCLUDING THE FOLLY OF A MIES KNOCK-OFF WITH REMNANTS OF THE FORMER ART-DECO BAY-STREET STOCK EXCHANGE EMBEDDED INTO ITS FACADE – 1974 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – RIVERDALE PARK – TWO WOMEN AND A CHILD WALKING BY GARDEN AREA WITH ANTIQUE CANNON – NICE VERSION – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – PARADE OF 48TH HIGHLANDERS – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW DOWN THE STREET – LOCATION UNKNOWN – PERHAPS ADELAIDE W – NOTE THE MENDELSSOHN PIANO COMPANY WE SEE ON A SIGN HAD FACILITIES ON ADELAIDE W – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – ONTARIO PLACE – 955 LAKESHORE BLVD W – A PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT-BUILT AMUSEMENT AREA (NOW CLOSED) – OPENED 1971 – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING W – MARINA FEATURED AT BOTTOM – BIG DOME IS THE CINESPHERE FOR IMAX-FORMAT FILMS – ONE OF THE BEST IMAGES OF THE OVERALL COMPLEX – 1972 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – LAKE STEAMER “TORONTO” OUT ON THE WATER – R AND O NAVIGATION – PEOPLE ON THE DECKS – NOTE AMERICAN FLAG ON TOP AND BRITISH FLAG AT FRONT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – TORONTO – LAKE STEAMER “KINGSTON” – STORED AT TORONTO DOCKS AREA FOR THE WINTER – DRAMATIC IMAGE – 1910s Leave a comment
