Looking southwest towards Queen St E and Emdaabiimok Ave, the former Lower Coxwell Ave in the Greenwood-Coxwell neighbourhood of Toronto.
The archive photo captures a time when the corner building was home to Jimmy’s Farm market and Marcel’s Variety. Although the corner building still stands today, the current photo also showcases the newly completed mixed-use building in the background, known as Queen & Ashbridge or QA Condos.
Then and Now

SOURCE
- City of Toronto Heritage Register:
- Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada
- Photo: Denise Marie for TorontoJourney416
- Vintage Photo: Toronto Public Library
- City of Toronto: Maps
- Toronto City Directory courtesy of Toronto Public Library
