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✨1982/July 12, 2026 – Looking east across Yonge St, between Dundas Sq and Shuter St, in the Downtown Yonge area of Toronto. ✨A few of the establishments in the archive photo (taken by @avardwoolaver), from right to left, include Pastificio Restaurant, Saxon Restaurant & Tavern and a portion of Chapman Bros Ltd jewellers. Archive Photo Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 620, Item 64 - Avard Woolaver photographer #torontojourney416 #downtownyonge #yongestreet #yonge #torontostreets
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@avardwoolaver has been kind enough to let us use his photo of Bloor and Dufferin in the 1980's as our album cover. His photos of old Toronto are a treasure trove and we were grateful to choose one. They are now part of the TPL archive. Track: "Wasted Nights" from "So What, What?", out November 6. Pre-order in bio.
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✨1984/May 3, 2026 – Looking northwest towards Dundas St W and Keele St in The Junction neighbourhood of Toronto. ✨Both photos feature the Campbell Block, built in 1888, on the right. The building was restored to its former glory in 2015 using Leicester Orange Stock brick. Visible in the left foreground is a building constructed in 1907 and originally home to the Bank of British North America. The Bank of Montreal acquired this bank in 1918. For over a century, the building housed a BMO branch, which recently relocated three blocks to the west. ✨A few of the establishments in the archive photo (taken by @avardwoolaver), from right to left, include Super Submarine, Blue Donau Bakery & Deli, All Seasons Textile yard goods, Alps Restaurant & Banquet Hall and Sears (Junction) catalogue store. Archive Photo Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 620, Item 736 - Avard Woolaver photographer #torontojourney416 #oldtoronto #torontopast #thejunction #thejunctiontoronto
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Downtown Toronto from the CN Tower, view looking north-east, 1982. 📸: Avard Woolaver Photography #onthisday #1980s #torontohistory #downtown #jeremyhopkin
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/ Selected _ Daily curated • Interviews • Events • Workshops • Exhibition • Publisher • Link in bio • © Avard Woolaver / @avardwoolaver / selection from dfferent work • We share talents we truly believe in, who explore the diversity of the many forms of documentary photography. If you like their work, don’t hesitate to follow and support them. Stay curious and passionate. #documentaryphotography #contemporaryphotography #documentaryphoto #streetphotography #toronto
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✨Former Taverns in Toronto – Part 5✨ Image 1: Hotel Winchester/Winchester Tavern once at 531-537 Parliament St, from circa 1908 to the 2000s Image 2: Imperial Hotel/Pub once at 54 Dundas St E, from the late-1930s to 2025 Image 3: Rosticceria Tavern once at 359 Yonge St, from 1947 to 1951 (today it’s home to the Zanzibar) Image 4: Royal Oak Public House once at 376 Dundas St E, from the mid-1910s to circa 1983 Image 5: Avion House once at 434 Gerrard St E, from the mid-1930s to the early-1980s Image 6: The Cork Room Tavern once at 220 Bay St, from 1949 to 1972 Image 7: Rib o Beef Tavern once at 220 Bay St, from 1972 to the early-1980s Image 8: Hard Rock Cafe once at 279 Yonge St, from 1978 to 2018 Image 9: Savarin Tavern once at 336 Bay St, from the early-1930s to 1977 Image 10: Beverley Hotel/Tavern once at 240 Queen St W, from circa 1911 to 2003 👉For more photos and history about taverns in Toronto, visit the linktree in our profile. #torontojourney416 #oldtoronto #torontohistory #torontobar #torontobars
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✨1985/August 24, 2025 – El Mocambo is located at 464 Spadina Ave, just south of College St, in the Kensington Market neighbourhood of Toronto. ✨El Mo’s iconic neon and bulb-lit sign, featuring a palm tree, coconuts, and a crescent moon, was created by the outdoor advertising company E.L. Ruddy Company Limited and installed in the late 1940s. ✨Today, the original sign, shown in the archive photo on the left, has been relocated inside the venue and displayed next to the second-floor stage. In 2018, a replica of the original sign, shown on the right, was installed on the exterior of the El Mocambo. 👉For more photos and history about the El Mocambo, visit the linktree in our profile. #elmocambo #torontomusic #torontojourney416 #torontohistory #streetsoftoronto
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We share what we love and we love the work of Avard Woolaver @avardwoolaver https://avardwoolaver.com/ Selected by @se6astianowicz #avardwoolaver #canadianphotographer #blackandwhitephotographer #vintagephotography #blackandwhitephotography
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Photo by Avard Woolaver Photography Gerrard and Jarvis, looking east, Toronto, 1982 -- I can see the 4-storey apartment building I lived in, approximately mid 86-mid 88. It's on Sherbourne Street, 150 feet north of Gerrard facing the park, and facing the photographer, half obscured by trees in the photo at the SE corner of the park. During this time, I started my first studio job at Wellesley Sound Studios, which had just moved from their original location to 106 Ontario Street, just south of Queen Street East, 1 block east of Sherbourne Street, and a 10 minute walk away from my apartment. At the opposite end of the park (Allan Gardens), near the NW corner on Carlton was Larry's Hideaway, where I performed many times with my post-punk band Sturm Group. Sadly, Larry's closed shortly after I moved to this apartment, and I only got to play there once after my move, and that was on closing night. also living in this building during the same time.... Hugo von Levetzow @hugofrancis97 , Nathalie Lévesque, Susie Sequel, Britt Besson, Brian Connelly @herghost2000 , the late Bill Kennedy (at that time, Bill was a staff engineer at Phase One Studios @phaseonestudios , before moving to Los Angeles to be staff engineer at A&M Studios), speaking of which, I started working out of Phase One 5 years later.
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✨1981/January 3, 2026 - Looking northeast along Yonge St from Edward St in the Downtown Yonge area of Toronto. #tmu #torontojourney416 #yongestreet #torontohistory #torontostreets
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✨1984/September 22, 2025 – Looking northeast up Runnymede Rd from Dundas St W, in the The Junction and Runnymede neighbourhoods of Toronto. Notice Jumbo Burgers in both photos on the right. #torontojourney416 #torontohistory #torontostreets #oldtoronto #torontopast
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✨1984/March 23, 2025 – Looking southwest along Queen St W from east of Bathurst St, in the Fashion District and Trinity-Bellwoods neighbourhood of Toronto. ✨The archive photo shows when the storefront in the centre background was home to San Francesco Foods. It was then followed by Pizza Pizza, and currently, Koz Bingol Express occupies the space. #torontojourney416 #torontostreets #torontopast #queenstreetwest #queenstwest
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