Looking northwest along Yonge St, from just north of Gerrard St E, in the Downtown Yonge area of Toronto.
The archive photo features teenagers checking out a street vendor’s wares on Yonge St in front of the Coronet Theatre, which closed in 1983. In both images, notice the Eaton’s College Street store, today known as College Park, in the left background.
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
