Then. July 23, 1930. 59 Dundas St. East. An interesting neighbourhood at that time. 

No one here has made mention of those "Laundry" signs that were so common in early Toronto (hint: it's in the middle distance). There were many Chinese laundries in early 20th century Toronto, all identified with the same generic sign. You would have thought that while the laundry owners were having a sign made up anyway, they might have asked the signmaker to add something like "spic and span" or "bright n kleen" but, nope... 

I asked my laundryman gramps about this when he was still alive and he just shrugged his shoulders.  :)

Now. August 2011. We are standing on the south side of Dundas looking west towards Victoria Street.