Looking east along Temperance St towards Yonge St from Bay St in the Financial District of Toronto.
The right side of the archive photo shows Grand & Toy in the foreground, while Aikenhead Hardware Company is visible in the distance. The image’s left side features the Simpson’s Department Store parking garage, which has since been replaced by the Bay Adelaide Centre North Tower.
Then and Now

SOURCE
- Photo: Denise Marie for TorontoJourney416
- Vintage Photo: City of Toronto Archives
- City of Toronto: Maps
- Toronto City Directory courtesy of Toronto Public Library
