Toronto Then and Now®

Overview

Putting archive and contemporary photographs of the same landmark side-by-side, Toronto Then and Now® is a visual chronicle of the city's past

Toronto has long been a financial powerhouse in North America, and this is represented by its many grand bank buildings. Canada's capital may be Ottawa, but the financial power emanates from this thriving city, the fourth most populous in North America. Sites include: Toronto Harbour, Fort York, Queen's Quay Lighthouse, Toronto Island Ferries, Queen's Quay Terminal, Canadian National Exhibition, Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion, Princes' Gates, Royal York Hotel, Union Station, City Hall, St. Lawrence Market, St. James Cathedral, Canadian Pacific Building, Bank of Montreal, Dineen Building, Elgin Theatre, Arts and Letters Club, Old Bank of Nova Scotia, Ryrie Building, Masonic Temple, Osgoode Hall, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Gurney Iron Works, Boer War Monument, CN Tower, Old Knox  College, Victory Burlesque Theatre, Maple Leaf Gardens, University of Toronto, and much more.

Author Biography

Doug Taylor is a Toronto historian and the author of Toronto Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen, There Never Was a Better Time: Toronto's Yesterdays, and The Villages Within.