Looking south down Roncesvalles Ave towards The Queensway in the Parkdale and Sunnyside neighbourhoods of Toronto.
The archive photo shows the Edgewater Hotel, which was built in 1939. In the mid-1990s, it became the Royal Princess Hotel, followed by a Days Inn, then a Howard Johnson. Since 2020, it has been operating as the Hotel Shelter in partnership with the City of Toronto.
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
