{"id":124038,"date":"2015-05-13T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T19:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=124038"},"modified":"2015-05-13T15:57:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T19:57:05","slug":"trinity-bellwoods-ossington-history-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/trinity-bellwoods-ossington-history-photos","title":{"rendered":"A then-and-now photo tour of Ossington Avenue and Trinity Bellwoods"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>Ossington Avenue may now be known for its restaurants and bars today but a decades ago, the west end street was considerably more down on its luck.<\/p>\n<p>We took historic photos of the avenue and its neighbours and matched them with modern-day snapshots. Take a look at the interactive sliders below to see just how much the neighbourhood has changed. All modern day photos are by James Bombales. All historic pictures are from the Toronto\u2019s Public Library\u2019s Digital Archive unless otherwise specified.<\/p>\n<h3>129 to 133 Ossington Avenue, 1943<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 883px; height: 495px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-12.21.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JPbombales20150510.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Item 857<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ossington and Queen, Columbia Hotel, 1955<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 840px; height: 472px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pictures-r-60841-1024x576.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-11.591.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h3>Gates of Trinity College, 1916<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 868px; height: 488px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-1.56.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JPbombales20150510-6509.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 1516<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>128 Ossington Avenue, 1940<\/h3>\n<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\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-2.09.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JPbombales20150510-6533.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Item 745<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ideal Bread Company, 183-193 Dovercourt Road, at Argyle Street, 1923<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 842px; height: 600px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-2.19.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JPbombales20150510-6550.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1034, Item 839<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ossington Avenue and Argyle, looking west, 1958<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 807px; height: 453px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-2.26.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JPbombales20150510-6539.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Item 750<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ossington Avenue at Foxley Street, 1920<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 831px; height: 593px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-2.35.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JPbombales20150510-6527.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Item 878<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ossington at Bloor Street, looking east, 1931<\/h3>\n<p><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 850px; height: 477px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-2.42.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JPbombales20150510-6499.jpg\"\/><\/div><br \/>\n<em>Image: City of Toronto Archives, Series 71, Item 8413<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ossington and Bloor, looking north, 1931<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 863px; height: 485px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-2.49.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JPbombales20150510-6475.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Image: City of Toronto Archives, Series 71, Item 8414<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Want to see more? Check our history sliders of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/03\/then-and-now-dufferin-street-toronto.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dufferin Street<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/04\/then-and-now-midtown-toronto-history.html\" target=\"_blank\">Midtown Toronto<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/02\/then-and-now-history-high-park-roncesvalles.html\" target=\"_blank\">Roncesvalles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/01\/yorkville-history-then-and-now-slider.html\" target=\"_blank\">Yorkville<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/12\/then-and-now-spadina-college-toronto-history.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spadina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The west-end street is almost unrecognizable in the 1930s and 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