{"id":114491,"date":"2015-02-09T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=114491"},"modified":"2015-03-24T11:06:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:06:44","slug":"then-and-now-history-high-park-roncesvalles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/then-and-now-history-high-park-roncesvalles","title":{"rendered":"Then-and-now: Historic photos of High Park, Roncesvalles and Dundas West"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>High Park has been attracting Torontonians to its sprawling green spaces since opening in 1876 and residents have settled near the popular park for more than a century.<\/p>\n<p>We took a look at west end neighbourhoods such as High Park, Roncesvalles and Dundas West to see how they looked back when Queen Street was home to a men&#8217;s toggery and horse-drawn sleighs were a good way to get around in winter.<\/p>\n<p>If High Park isn&#8217;t your &#8216;hood, be sure to check out our previous then-and-now posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/01\/yorkville-history-then-and-now-slider.html\">Yorkville<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/12\/then-and-now-spadina-college-toronto-history.html\">Spadina,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/11\/history-then-and-now-downtown-toronto.html\"> St. Lawrence Market<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/12\/then-and-now-photo-tour-toronto.html\">East End<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All present day\u00a0photos are by James Bombales. All historic photos are from the Toronto Public Library&#8217;s digital archives unless otherwise specified.<\/p>\n<h3>Bloor Street West near High Park Avenue, looking west, 1914<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 849px; height: 476px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Fonds-1244-Item-181-1024x575.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-05-at-4.211.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: City of Toronto Archives\/Fonds 1244, Item 18<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The north side of Deforest Road, between Kennedy Avenue and Runnymede Road, 1900<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 909px; height: 510px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/deforest-1024x576.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-05-at-4.33.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h3>Bloor Street West and Quebec Avenue, 1923<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 842px; height: 474px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pictures-r-2087-1024x576.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-05-at-4.07.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h3>Dundas Street West, looking southeast from Abbott Avenue, showing Wallace Avenue footbridge, 1951<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 910px; height: 511px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pictures-r-2068-1024x576.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-05-at-4.44.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h3>Queen Street at Roncesvalles, 1959<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 900px; height: 506px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/s0372_ss0100_it03943.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-06-at-2.051.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Photo: City of Toronto Archives\/Fonds 200, Item 394<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Roncesvalles Avenue and Dundas Street looking north, 1912<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 900px; height: 506px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/f1231_it1674.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-06-at-2.51.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Photo: City of Toronto Archives\/Fonds 1244, Item 1564<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Queen Street West, looking west to Roncesvalles Avenue, 1922<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 900px; height: 506px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Fonds-1244-Item-1564.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JPbombales_20150201-7562.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Photo: City of Toronto Archives\/Fonds 1244, Item 1564<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look back at popular west end neighbourhoods 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