{"id":143796,"date":"2016-01-29T09:23:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T14:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=143796"},"modified":"2016-02-22T11:07:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T16:07:51","slug":"torontos-cityplace-then-and-now-photo-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/torontos-cityplace-then-and-now-photo-tour","title":{"rendered":"See how much Toronto\u2019s CityPlace has changed in this then-and-now photo tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>CityPlace hasn\u2019t been CityPlace for very long.<\/p>\n<p>The massive mixed-use development stretches across a large parcel of brownfield that was once Toronto\u2019s Railway Lands and until the mid-\u201990s, a neglected corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Following west-coast developer Concord Pacific\u2019s 1997 waterfront land acquisition, the groundwork was laid for what today is a 45-acre, mostly residential community from subsidiary Concord Adex that is nearing completion. (As two of our recent photo tours show, the site has come to include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/11\/photo-tourstunning-public-art-installations-toronto.html\" target=\"_blank\">public art<\/a> and builds on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2016\/01\/15-projects-toronto-heritage-buildings.html\" target=\"_blank\">heritage architecture<\/a>, too.)<\/p>\n<p>CityPlace is bounded by Front Street to the north, Blue Jays Way to the east, Lake Shore Boulevard to the south, and Bathurst Street on the west. As part of our ongoing then-and-now series \u2014 which also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/12\/then-and-now-photo-tour-bloordale.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bloordale<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/10\/then-and-now-photo-tour-regent-park.html\" target=\"_blank\">Regent Park<\/a> \u2014 we\u2019ve compared present day CityPlace shots by James Bombales with historic photos of the area.<\/p>\n<h2>Spadina Avenue south of Bremner, 1986<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 992px; height: 620px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace1_Then1.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace1_Now1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div><br \/>\n<em>Historical photo: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 75, Item 13<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Railway tracks looking west to Bathurst from Spadina Bridge, 1986<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 972px; height: 606px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace2_Then1.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace2_Now2.jpg\"\/><\/div><br \/>\n<em>Historical photo: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 75 Item 5<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Railway tracks looking south-west from Front Street west and Spadina Avenue, 1986<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 960px; height: 600px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace3_Then.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace3_Now-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div><br \/>\n<em>Historical photo: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 75 Item 10<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Looking north on Navy Wharf Court to Chinese railroad workers&#8217; memorial, 1980s<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 670px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace5_Then-1024x670.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace5_Now-1024x670.jpg\"\/><\/div><br \/>\n<em>Historical photo: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 37 Item 16<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Looking south on Draper to Gardiner Expressway, 1980s<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 936px; height: 586px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace6_Then.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace6_Now-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div><br \/>\n<em>Historical photo: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 37 Item 5<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Looking south on Portland from Front Street, 1980s<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1002px; height: 627px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace7_Then.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace7_Now-1024x639.jpg\"\/><\/div><br \/>\n<em>Historical photo: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 37 Item 7<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Front Street West looking east from Portland Street, 1910<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 640px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace8_Then1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace8_Now-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Bathurst looking south to Lakeshore and former Loblaws Groceteria, 1936<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 639px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace9_Then1-1024x639.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace9_Now1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Former Loblaws Groceteria Bathurst Street and Lakeshore Boulevard, 1929<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 963px; height: 670px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace10_Then1.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ThenandNow_Cityplace10_Now2-1024x715.jpg\"\/><\/div><br \/>\n<em>Historical photo: City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail fonds, Fonds 1266, Item 15571<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Maple Leaf Stadium at Stadium Road and Lakeshore Boulevard, 1929<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 640px\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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