{"id":161368,"date":"2017-01-17T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=161368"},"modified":"2017-02-07T18:42:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T23:42:06","slug":"then-and-now-photo-tour-torontos-west-queen-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/then-and-now-photo-tour-torontos-west-queen-west","title":{"rendered":"Check out this then-and-now photo tour of Toronto&#8217;s West Queen West, one of the world&#8217;s &#8216;coolest neighbourhoods&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>Coolness may be subjective, but when Vogue Magazine set out to map <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogue.com\/slideshow\/fifteen-coolest-street-style-neighborhoods#2\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">the world&#8217;s coolest neighbourhoods<\/a> several years ago, one Toronto neighbourhood made a big impression.<\/p>\n<p>The iconic fashion glossy gave the number-two spot to Toronto&#8217;s West Queen West neighbourhood, citing its preponderance of &#8220;indie patisseries, homegrown labels, and hidden-from-view galleries&#8221; among the reasons.<\/p>\n<p>To see how this neighbourhood stretching from Bathurst to Gladstone along Queen Street West has changed over the years, check out this then-and-now photo tour of City of Toronto archival photos matched up with BuzzBuzzNews photographer James Bombales&#8217; contemporary shots.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s safe to say the number of &#8220;patisseries&#8221; has likely increased over the years.<\/p>\n<h2>Queen Street West and Bathurst Street, 1980s<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 957px; height: 598px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Then1b.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Now1d-1024x639.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Queen Street West and Manning Avenue, 1900<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 800px; height: 499px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Then2.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Now2-1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Queen Street West and Gore Vale Road, 1983<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 944px; height: 589px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Then3.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Now3-1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Trinity Bellwoods Park Gates, 1913<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 936px; height: 585px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Then4d2.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Now4d1-1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>The Candy Factory Lofts, 1983<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 969px; height: 604px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Then5e.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Now5e-1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Toronto Public Library, Queen and Lisgar Branch, 1909<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 660px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Then6d-1024x660.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Now6f-1-1024x668.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Peel Avenue, North of Queen Street West and Gladstone Avenue, 1949<\/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\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Then7b-1024x640.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Now7b-1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Queen Street and Lansdowne Avenue, 1946<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 970px; height: 605px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Then8d.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Now8c-1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Queen Street West and King Street (Roncesvalles), 1967<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1016px; height: 634px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TandN_WestQueenWest_Then9b.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" 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