{"id":122007,"date":"2015-04-23T09:16:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T13:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=122007"},"modified":"2015-08-05T09:15:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T13:15:13","slug":"then-and-now-midtown-toronto-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/then-and-now-midtown-toronto-history","title":{"rendered":"A then-and-now photo tour of Yonge Street, Eglinton and other corners of Midtown Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>Yonge Street may be famous for its hustle and bustle, traveling through the built-up core of Toronto and past the high-rises of St. Clair and Eglinton Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>But there was a time when Midtown Toronto was much more staid and suburban. We&#8217;ve collected pictures of this rapidly changing part of the city as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/03\/then-and-now-dufferin-street-toronto.html\">our<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/02\/then-and-now-history-high-park-roncesvalles.html\">ongoing<\/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 scenes from the past with their present. All modern day photos are by James Bombales. All historic pictures are from the Toronto&#8217;s Public Library&#8217;s Digital Archive unless otherwise specified.<\/p>\n<h3>Yonge Street and Bedford Park Avenue, southwest Corner (John Atkinson&#8217;s shop), 1920<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 850px; height: 607px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pictures-r-48003-1024x731.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-10.181.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Yonge and Davisville, looking south from north of Merton Street, 1953<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 909px; height: 649px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pictures-r-39001-1024x731.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-9.58.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Hodgson Public School on Davisville Avenue, 1929<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 899px; height: 506px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pictures-r-4822-1024x576.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-10.402.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Yonge Street, looking north from Broadway Avenue, 1954<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 907px; height: 604px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pictures-r-3896-1024x682.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-10.54.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Yonge Street, looking south from Sherwood Avenue, 1912<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 663px; height: 473px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pictures-r-4845-1024x730.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-11.051.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Yonge Street, looking south from north of Lawrence Avenue, 1955<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 853px; height: 567px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pictures-r-3890-1024x682.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-12.09.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Eglinton Avenue East, between Mount Pleasant and Bayview, 1931<\/h3>\n<p><center><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 821px; height: 547px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-12.191.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-12.20.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 3, Item 1189<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 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