Another postcard from the 'Flashbacks 2' series. "A streetcar on the Belt Line route (Spadina, King, Sherbourne, Bloor) rumbles by workmen engaged in road repair work, Spadina Avenue, c. 1899"
And now, with a similarly old streetcar in the picture:
(Similarly old meaning that in 116 years we can take another photo and compare).
Looking in the other direction, this photo (from 1927) already shows the Waverly Hotel (also in the picture above, just to the left of the '24hr' TTC sign). I was looking to see if the trough noted in the previous post was still there, but I think it would be hidden by the construction huts(?) on that side of the street.
Number seven in the series of old and new pictures of Toronto. The picture below is a scan of a 'Toronto Flashbacks 2' postcard noting that this is "Spadina Avenue and College Street, 1899. At one time there were dozens of these water troughs in the city for dogs, horses and (thanks to a cup on a chain) people to refresh themselves."
I had heard that there is at least one of these still around - in front of St. James Cathedral at Church and King. No idea if it is the *same* one, but I found it easily enough and it is being enjoyed mainly by pigeons now.
Other than the building in the center (1 Spadina Circle) which used to be the site of Knox College, not many other buildings seem to have survived, though parts of the building between the Scott Mission (to the left of the picture) and the old Knox College building might still be there. Hard to see in the picture above (you'll need to click on it to get a larger view) but there is a three story building on the corner. This picture is zoomed in and from a slightly different angle - with the building circled in red.
So I walked up to get a picture of it, and the roof line looks somewhat like the original picture anyway. The rest has obviously been reworked.
