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Where yesterday meets tomorrow, A time-machine glimpse of Toronto is captured by Star photographer Boris Spremo
Where yesterday meets tomorrow, A time-machine glimpse of Toronto is captured by Star photographer Boris Spremo

Where yesterday meets tomorrow, A time-machine glimpse of Toronto is captured by Star photographer Boris Spremo

Date2/16/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Where yesterday meets tomorrow; A time-machine glimpse of Toronto is captured by Star photographer Boris Spremo. Seen through the 115-year-old railings of Osgoode Hal the $20 million Simpson Tower reaches skyward. The 33-storey building will be completed this summer. The historic railings remain despite various attempts to have them removed.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110567F
When Star photographer Boris Spremo was at this construction site at Bay Wellington in 1962 (top photo), The Toronto Dominion Centre (circled pillar) (...)
When Star photographer Boris Spremo was at this construction site at Bay Wellington in 1962 (top photo), The Toronto Dominion Centre (circled pillar) (...)
9/20/1983
When Star photographer Boris Spremo was at this construction site at Bay and Wellington in 1962 (top photo), The Toronto Dominion Centre (circled pill(...)
When Star photographer Boris Spremo was at this construction site at Bay and Wellington in 1962 (top photo), The Toronto Dominion Centre (circled pill(...)
10/6/1983
Star photographer Boris Spremo checked out the New City Hall (bottom photo) from his vantage point at the south west corner of Queen and Bay Streets i(...)
Star photographer Boris Spremo checked out the New City Hall (bottom photo) from his vantage point at the south west corner of Queen and Bay Streets i(...)
1/1/1963
Then and now. Back in 1963, Star photographer Boris Spremo snapped this shot (above) ofth Armories at University Ave. just north of Osgoode Hall. Spre(...)
Then and now. Back in 1963, Star photographer Boris Spremo snapped this shot (above) ofth Armories at University Ave. just north of Osgoode Hall. Spre(...)
4/7/1983
Boris Spremo. Workmen erecting the steel base for the new Top of Toronto restaurant at the Sky Pod level last year grinned back at photographer Spremo(...)
Boris Spremo. Workmen erecting the steel base for the new Top of Toronto restaurant at the Sky Pod level last year grinned back at photographer Spremo(...)
6/6/1974
Image shows an aerial view of the Harbour buildings.
Downtown jungle. Fifteen years ago, Star photographer Boris Spremo look the photograph at left of the downtown Toronto area, dominated by the just-built Toronto Dominion Centre Tower
1/9/1968
On their first day out in Toronto, young Martin Strazovec, 7, and his brother Juraj, 5, saw the sights with Star photographer Boris Spremo, and played in Nathan Phillips Square
On their first day out in Toronto, young Martin Strazovec, 7, and his brother Juraj, 5, saw the sights with Star photographer Boris Spremo, and played in Nathan Phillips Square
9/17/1968
Tough Call: Star photographers Boris Spremo, Tony Bock, Erin Combs and Andrew Stawicki looked at more than 7,000 entries in judging Spring Photo Contest
Tough Call: Star photographers Boris Spremo, Tony Bock, Erin Combs and Andrew Stawicki looked at more than 7,000 entries in judging Spring Photo Contest
6/1/1990
Asked to autograph an old photograph of himself for Star photographer Boris Spremo, who took the picture, John Diefenbaker happily imitates the expres(...)
Asked to autograph an old photograph of himself for Star photographer Boris Spremo, who took the picture, John Diefenbaker happily imitates the expres(...)
10/21/1975
Tough call: Star photographers Boris Spremo, Tony Bock, Erin Combs and Andrew Stawicki looked at more than 7,000 entries in judging Spring Photo Contest
Tough call: Star photographers Boris Spremo, Tony Bock, Erin Combs and Andrew Stawicki looked at more than 7,000 entries in judging Spring Photo Contest
5/21/1991
Yonge St. Traffic-stoppers, Unusual sights are not unusual on Yonge St. But this troupe stopped passers-by as they posed for Star photographer Boris Spremo
Yonge St. Traffic-stoppers, Unusual sights are not unusual on Yonge St. But this troupe stopped passers-by as they posed for Star photographer Boris Spremo
5/19/1977
Image shows Toronto Harbour buildings in the far background.
Then and now. In 1963, Star photographer Boris Spremo took this photo (inset) looking east from the Bathurst St. overpass. The Royal York Hotel and B(...)
3/30/1983