This week’s Photo Du Jour’s will feature a series of “Then and Now” shots from old post cards to how that scene looks today. This scene is looking east along University Avenue at the Metropolitan Building. The original post card is postmarked 1931.
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The original studios of CKLW radio, “Your Good Neighbour Station,” were up on the tenth floor of this beautiful building, known in past years as the Canada Trust Building. The late Bud Davies began his long radio career here as an announcer.