The intersection of Yonge and Bloor has seen a lot of change over the years. From the constant cycling of retail stores, to the construction and opening of the TTC Subway system, to the construction of the CIBC and The Bay towers to today, where monster condos have gone up with more to come.
Whenever I visit the Toronto Archives I always just want to take a short peek and then end up spending hours of my day browsing old photographs. There are so many archived photos available on location and online that one must spend some time there to really appreciate the amount of work that has gone into archiving our city’s history.
Growing up just a few blocks from Yonge and Bloor, I thought this would be a fun post for me to do. I used to work as a projectionist at the Uptown and Backstage Movie Theatres, that when demolished killed a man in a building next door. I also used to love going to eat at the Harveys restaurant there that was in the building demolished for the condo on the South-East corner. I remember going to the Canadian Tire just north of Bloor with my father to buy tools for his next project, though I don’t remember the gas being $0.50 a litre.
What are some of your fond memories of the area?
1912 – January 31 – Southwest corner1912 – September 17 – Bloor Street, Yonge to Avenue Road – track1923 – December 11 – Southwest corner1924 – January 3 – Southeast corner (Imperial Bank of Canada)1924 – June 12 – Yonge Street south from Bloor Street1924 – June 12 – Yonge Street south from Bloor Street1924 – June 12 – Yonge Street south from Bloor Street1927 – July 20 – Bloor Street east of Yonge Street1928 – Southwest corner1929 – April 27 – Alfred Pearson – Bloor St, east, from Yonge1929 – June 30 – TTC work, widening between Bay & Yonge Street on Bloor Street1929 – South-east and south-west corners of Yonge Street and Bloor streets. View is looking south-west. Willys-Knight Great Six Motor Cars – Hunt’s Limited Candies and Ice Cream – Frank Stollery Store for Men1929 – Atop a Laura Secord location and a United Cigar Stores Limited location, located at the south-east corner of Yonge Street and Bloor Street East. View is looking south-west, from Bloor Street East.1930? – Yonge Street between Hayden Street and Bloor Street1938 – October 13 – Yonge Street south from Bloor Street1950? – Aerial view looking south-west from just north1966 – 1971 – Yonge south of Bloor1966 – Crowds on Subway1966 – Crowds on Subway1966 – Entrances and mezzanine to Subway1966 – Entrances and mezzanine to Subway1966 – Entrances and mezzanine Subway1970 – 1975 – Looking North up Yonge from the East side of Yonge South of Bloor.1970-1975 – Yonge Street looking south from Bloor1971 – February – Yonge Street and Bloor Street East, northeast corner1971 – February – Yonge Street and Bloor Street West, northwest corner1971 – February – Yonge Street, east side, north of Bloor Street – Albert Britnell Book Shop1971 – February – Yonge Street, looking south toward Bloor Street1971 – February – Yonge Street, west side, north of Bloor Street1973 – July 18 – View of CineBook and other stores along the west side of Yonge Street, between Bloor and Wellesley Streets1974 – September 17 – View of the Royal Bank of Canada1975 – April 22 – View of stores along the west side of Yonge Street, south of Bloor Street West1975 – April 22 – View of stores along the west side of Yonge Street, south of Bloor Street West 21975 – July 1 – View of Thrifty’s store front and window display on west side of Yonge Street, south of Bloor Street1977 – 1982 – Yonge looking north to Bloor1979 – 1981 – Yonge looking south from Bloor1980 – 1985 – The Bay at Yonge and Bloor.1980 – 1985 – Looking South from North side of Bloor, East of Yonge.1980 – 1985 – Looking West from North side of Bloor, East of Yonge1980 – 1985 – Looking north on Yonge from Bloor.1980 – 1998 – Proposed development on south-west corner1980 – 1998 – South-west corner1980 – 1998 – Yonge Street north of Bloor – Canadian Tire1983 – 1989 – Looking east1983 – 1989 – Bloor looking east to Yonge1983 – 1989 – Bloor looking west from west of Yonge1983 – 1989 – University Theatre, north side of Bloor east of Yonge1983 – August – Sidewalk artist, outside Hudson’s Bay Centre at Yonge and Bloor.
