Looking southeast along Queen St W, between Bay St and York St in downtown Toronto.
The archive photo shows the Hotel Aberdeen Café in the left foreground, later the Osgoode House and the Variety Hotel, located at the northeast corner of Queen St W and Chestnut St (when the two streets intersected). The hotel and block were demolished to make way for Nathan Phillips Square and Toronto City Hall.
Also, on the right side of the vintage image, notice the Coca-Cola billboard affixed to the side of the Globe Theatre, later Broadway Theatre
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
