There are a few tip offs to this being a vintage pic, but this 1959 photo of the west side of Avenue Road, south of Davenport, shows a streetscape similar to today's.
BTW, for some reason I'm gobsmacked to realize that 1959 was 54 years ago. More than half a century... but I digress.
The typography of the store signs screams, "retro." Or, in this case, modern for the day. And look at the squidgy size of the Loblaws; more the size of today's corner store.
(This all got me thinking about shopping and how we used to get things like eggs and milk delivered. My house still has the (now sealed-up) small back door where deliverymen would leave their wares.)
It's interesting to contrast this pic with this one from 1931.
Cheers,
Vanessa
The beloved haven for florists and designers, Av and Dav, was home to a Dominion Store in 1931.
It seems that most of the housefronts look very similar today, 80 years later.
Cheers,
Vanessa
Judging from this pic of "Av and Dav" from 1931, it wasn't yet a hub for design and floral shops.
It appears that it had streetcars running on both streets... intriguing. Got me wondering when electric streetcars overtook horse-drawn ones. According to Wikipedia, "The first electric car ran on August 15, 1892, and the last horse car ran on August 31, 1894."
Much earlier than I would have guessed!
Cheers,
Vanessa
