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Daily OTD historic images of Toronto from a range of archives, books, and photographers
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So great to see the @lowestofthelow.bsky.social tonight at Lee's Palace, and our friends from the opening band, the Lazarettes:
A modern colour photo of a crowd of people watching two people playing guitar. Towards the top right of the photo is a lit sign reading "Lee s" - as in Lee's Palace in downtown Toronto.
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Name this famous Toronto coat check...
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Grabbed a coffee from Bonjour Brioche on Queen East this morning and did NOT berate someone for walking by with their Starbucks. In Canada!?
Modern colour photo looking across the street at a mural with 3D letters spelling LOCAL and an out of focus coffee cup in the foreground on our left.
September 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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View across Nottawasaga Bay to the Blue Mountain ski hills never disappoints.
Modern colour photo of wild grass and a tree in the foreground looking across the water.
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Muskoka rocks
Modern colour photograph of granite bedrock.
September 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Toronto's St. Lawrence Market
Modern colour photograph of various bunches of cut flowers with a market stall in the background.
August 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Perfect day for the cut flower sale on Queen Street West and Shaw. Excellent Toronto summer weather.
Modern colour photo of cut flowers.
August 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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ALT text is very important, but I have no idea what the colour of the walls are here in this wonderful main floor gallery at Toronto's AGO. Suggestions?
Modern colour photograph of an art gallery with a brown floor on the bottom, black strip along the floor, then a wall with gold framed painting.
August 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Sticking to the ravines on a hot day in Toronto - including the Don Valley Brickworks.
Modern colour photo of a red brick wall with some green branches, and the blue sky above.
July 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Busy day on the water - the view from Cherry Beach in Toronto along Lake Ontario. Not quite #SailGP
Modern colour photograph of sailboats on the water, with green trees in the distance, and green shrubs in the foreground.
July 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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While it is an active cemetery, it is also a beautiful green space in the middle of Toronto - Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Modern colour photo of a cemetery road with trees in the distance.
July 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Need help from you Historic Toronto types - can you identify more of the gargoyles from the Don River art exhibit? I learned where the title Monsters for Beauty, Permanence and Individuality comes from, and ID'd a few of the gargoyles but there are more to label. Thanks! wholemap.com/Monsters
Modern colour photograph of a clearing in a wooded section of a bike path with various low sculptures. A cyclist can be seen in the distance on the left.
July 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Some beautiful old buildings along main street.
Modern colour photo of the top floor facades of old buildings, with blue sky and clouds.
June 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Road trip to Port Perry!
Modern colour photo of a park along a small lake.
June 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Modern colour photograph of an abstract wall of square glass crystals at different angles outside a store at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto.
June 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Taking a pass on a bike ride today, but posted photos from along the Beltline trail - here's a fountain outside the Brentwood Towers apartment building- some of the first high-rise apartment buildings in Toronto, designed by Harry Kohl, and built between 1958 and 1961. wholemap.com/BeltlineYonge
Modern colour photo of apartment buildings with trees, a fountain, and flowers.
June 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Another Metamorphosis photo along one of Toronto's many alleyways.
A modern colour photograph of an outdoor mutual with trees in the background and a large green plant at the base of the wall.
June 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Sunday walk in East York today in the wonderful Toronto early summer weather - a panel from Metamorphosis along the side of Felstead Avenue Playground
Modern colour photo of a garage door in an alley with a blue butterfly painted on the door.
June 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Our Lady Peace performing live at the Canada's Walk of Fame awards tonight in Toronto.
Colour photograph of a person playing an electric guitar on stage with the lights on a diagonal. In the background is a logo that reads "OLP.30"
June 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Good advice at times for family gatherings I guess but NOT for Canadian and world politics. Seen at the Don Valley Brickworks.
Modern colour photograph of a warning sign in a park with green trees behind. The yellow sign is attached to blue metal fencing, and reads "This temporary structure is protecting Don Valley Brick Works Park from flooding, pending permanent repairs. KEEP OUT OF THIS" and the dad joke photographer cropped out the final word "AREA "
June 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The TIFF Lightbox is there now, but the Arlington Hotel stood at King and John street in downtown Toronto from 1889, demolished just after 1932 - photo from the 1903 book "Fifty Glimpses of Toronto and Vicinity." wholemap.com/glimpses1903 #lostToronto #TorontoHistory #historicToronto #Toronto
Black and white photo of a hotel with balconies and pointed roofs.
June 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Summer in Toronto has always included the Island - here is a photo of Hanlan's Hotel from the 1903 book "Fifty Glimpses of Toronto and Vicinity." This version of the hotel was built in 1880, and demolished in 1909. wholemap.com/glimpses1903 #Toronto #historicToronto #TorontoHistory
Black and white photo of a hotel with balconies and pointed roofs.
June 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Wildflowers along the Don River just north of Pottery Road in #Toronto. #biketo
June 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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A #postcard of 'Deer and buffalo corral, High Park' with a cyclist from 1909 (by way of the Toronto Public Library. Lots of challenges in High Park over cars and access, but the zoo is a favourite with kids, since it opened 132 years ago in 1893! wholemap.com/HighParkZoo #zoo #HighPark
Colourized postcard of a light path running up through trees, with a person on a bike in the distance.
June 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Yes, this really is Toronto - Scarboro Beach Park along Lake Ontario in Toronto at the foot of Scarboro Beach Blvd, 118 years ago, in 1907, the first year it operated. wholemap.com/beaches It closed in 1925. #tower #lights
Black and white photo of the lights of an amusement park and tower.
June 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM