{"id":4110,"date":"2018-03-23T11:40:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T15:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2018-03-23T11:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T15:41:05","slug":"old-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/2018\/03\/23\/old-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The recent launch of Old Toronto by Sidewalk Labs lets Torontonians explore the plethora of photographs of the Toronto Archives using an interactive tool that locates where the photographs originated.\u00a0 It is amazing how much Toronto has changed and it leaves us yearning for more awnings over retail!<\/p>\n

We thought we\u2019d share a few of our favourites…<\/p>\n

The bustling intersection of Yonge and King circa 1911<\/p>\n

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Onslaught of billboards at Yonge and Dundas in 1926<\/p>\n

\"Northwest<\/p>\n

Rush hour at Yonge and Eglinton from 1929<\/p>\n

\"Creator:<\/p>\n

The 1911 rural splendour of St. Clair West and Spadina<\/p>\n

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Wide open University Avenue in 1936<\/p>\n

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A fresh snowfall at Queen and Spadina in 1914<\/p>\n

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Yonge Street south of Bloor in 1938<\/p>\n

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Bay Street looking north at Richmond.\u00a0 The ornately crowned arch was built by the Independent Order of Forester\u2019s to commemorate the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_9906\"<\/p>\n

Visit https:\/\/oldtoronto.sidewalklabs.com\/<\/a> to explore the whole city and see what has changed in your neighbourhood!<\/p>\n

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The recent launch of Old Toronto by Sidewalk Labs lets Torontonians explore the plethora of photographs of the Toronto Archives using an interactive tool that locates where the photographs originated.\u00a0 It is amazing how much Toronto has changed and it leaves us yearning for more awnings over retail! We thought we\u2019d share a few of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4121,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions\/4121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}