{"id":118915,"date":"2015-03-20T10:58:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T14:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=118915"},"modified":"2015-03-24T10:52:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T14:52:43","slug":"then-and-now-dufferin-street-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/then-and-now-dufferin-street-toronto","title":{"rendered":"A then-and-now photo tour of Dufferin Street and its west end neighbours"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>Dufferin Street starts at Lake Ontario in Toronto, cutting through the city all the way up to York Region towards farm fields and concession roads.<\/p>\n<p>Between Bloor and the waterfront, Dufferin passes through residential neighbourhoods and parts of the city once known as hubs of industry. As part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/02\/then-and-now-history-high-park-roncesvalles.html\">our<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/01\/yorkville-history-then-and-now-slider.html\">series<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/12\/then-and-now-spadina-college-toronto-history.html\">comparing<\/a> Toronto the Old to Toronto the New, we decided to take a closer look at Dufferin Street, and some of its neighbouring streets, to see just how much this major thoroughfare has changed over the years. All modern photos are by James Bombales.<\/p>\n<h3>Queen Street, looking south down Dufferin, 1897<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 813px; height: 581px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-19-at-3-compressed.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-19-at-3-compressed-1.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives\/Fonds 200, Series 376, File 2, Item 10<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Gladstone Hotel, Northeast corner Gladstone Avenue and Queen St, 1952<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 847px; height: 475px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pictures-r-6083-1024x576.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-19-at-3.12.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Toronto Public Library Digital Archives<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Bombs stored on Liberty Street, looking east from Dufferin Street, 1915<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 870px; height: 489px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/liberty.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-19-at-3.39.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives\/Fonds 1244, Item 848<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Bloor Street West, northeast corner of  Bartlett Avenue, 1944<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 856px; height: 480px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pictures-r-4505-compressed-21-1024x576.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-19-at-4.101.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Toronto Public Library Digital Archives<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Toronto Public Library Bloor and Gladstone Branch, southwest corner Gladstone Avenue and Bloor, 1913<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 848px; height: 476px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pictures-r-4512-1-compressed-1-1024x576.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-19-at-4.281.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Toronto Public Library Digital Archives<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Dufferin Street, looking north from College Street, before the widening of Dufferin, 1948<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 768px; height: 432px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-19-at-4-compressed-2.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-19-at-4.41.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives\/Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 58, Item 1813<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Lindsey Avenue, looking west from Dufferin Street, showing Mrs. Nottingham buying bananas, 1910<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 787px; height: 441px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pictures-r-5839-1024x575.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-20-at-9.18.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Toronto Public Library Digital Archives<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Pete&#8217;s Meat Market, Bloor Street West, north side, between Concord and Delaware Ave, 1953<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 356px; height: 535px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-20-at-9.32.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-20-at-9.27.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Toronto Public Library Digital Archives<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Dundas and Dufferin, looking east, 1951<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 810px; height: 456px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-20-at-9.51.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-20-at-9.512.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives\/Fonds 1231, Item 115<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Dufferin Street, before widening, just south of Bloor, looking north, 1948<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 837px; height: 471px\"><img 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