Aerial Photos for BWV

On April 3rd 1942, a series of aerial photographs were taken of the area around and including BWV. They are very cool to compare with the area as we currently know it, and I had fun having a quick spot-the-difference. Firstly, Runnymede PS is much smaller as the white extension hadn't bee built and the Portapaks are not there. I think that the church on the N. side of Annette St. at its junction with Willard Ave. is smaller too. The biggest difference is the lack of parked cars - where the streets are now packed with cars nose to tail, in 1942 they seem like they were still a rarity.

The aerial photographs themselves are posted on the City of Toronto Archives site. You can zoom in to backyard level. what a great way to introduce children to maps.