{"id":127554,"date":"2015-06-19T10:57:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T14:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=127554"},"modified":"2015-06-22T16:46:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T20:46:47","slug":"the-junction-history-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/the-junction-history-toronto","title":{"rendered":"A then-and-now photo tour of Keele Street and The Junction in Toronto&#8217;s west end"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>The Junction is defined by the trains that border the industrial neighbourhood in Toronto&#8217;s west end. This part of the city has some remarkably well-preserved Victorian storefronts and yes, you can still hear the trains rush past along its perimeter even though the area is now more known for its boom in coffee shops and restaurants than its factories.<\/p>\n<p>We found historic photos that show the past of Keele and Dundas and followed Keele Street down to Bloor Street West and Old Weston Road up to St. Clair. See how the historic pictures match up with their current counterparts in our interactive slider. All present day photos are by James Bombales. All historic photos are from the Toronto\u2019s Public Library\u2019s Digital Archive unless otherwise specified.<\/p>\n<h3>Dundas and Keele, looking west, 1923<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 818px; height: 583px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-17-at-2.12.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JPbombales20150613-2073.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Photo: City of Toronto Archives, Series 71, Item 2815<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Heydon House, Old Weston Road and St. Clair, 1955<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 775px; height: 553px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pictures-r-3511-1024x731.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JPbombales20150613-2018.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h3>Southeast corner of Keele and Junction Road, 1926<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 786px; height: 562px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-17-at-1.381.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JPbombales20150613-2046.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Photo: City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Item 1103<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Keele and Dundas Street West, looking north, 1912<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 869px; height: 488px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/f1231_it0430-1024x574.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JPbombales20150613-2062-21.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Photo: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1231, Item 430<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Bloor and Keele, looking east, 1915<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 795px; height: 567px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-17-at-2.28.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JPbombales20150613-25792.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Photo: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1231, Item 2205<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Annette Street Library, 1915<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 835px; height: 468px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pictures-r-4224-1024x576.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JPbombales20150613-21121.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h3>Dundas, east of Mavety Street, 1923<\/h3>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 819px; height: 585px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-17-at-3.03.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JPbombales20150613-2093.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em>Photo: City of Toronto Archives, Series 71, Item 2864<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Keele and Junction Road, 1953<\/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\/06\/pictures-r-3536-1024x576.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JPbombales20150613-2038.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>For more sliders of Toronto neighbourhoods, check out our photo tours of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/05\/trinity-bellwoods-ossington-history-photos.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ossington<\/a>,\u00a0<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>We took a trip to Keele and Dundas to see how much the industrial nabe has changed since the 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