1.0Spacing Torontohttps://spacing.ca/torontoMatthew Blacketthttps://spacing.ca/toronto/author/matt/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ffzZBOlVt6"><a href="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2007/02/12/toronto-before-and-after/">Toronto, before and after</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2007/02/12/toronto-before-and-after/embed/#?secret=ffzZBOlVt6" width="600" height="338" title="“Toronto, before and after” — Spacing Toronto" data-secret="ffzZBOlVt6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> I love before and after photos. It shows how much things change and how much they stay the same. The above images are looking west on Queen St. West from the top of the Gladstone Hotel at Dufferin. The top image is from 1898 and the bottom one was taken in 2005. Click on eitherContinue readinghttps://spacing.ca/toronto/images/parkdale-1900.jpg