I came across the following picture this evening while working on another project and felt it would be good to share.
Almost Lost for Royce
Day: 18 July 2017
Made in the Shade
As photographed in 1964. Image: Norman James / Toronto Star / Toronto Public Library, Baldwin Collection, Item TSPA 0110256f.
The view more recently, in May 2016. Image: Google Maps.
In June 1964, when it was completed, František (Frank) Stalmach’s Ontario Telephone Employees’ Credit Union building on the south east corner of Wilson and Avenue Road in North York was featured in the Toronto Star for its use of sun shades to cut air conditioner usage. Perhaps a testament to their efficacy, the tinted plastic shades remain in place today, more than fifty years on.
Dining At the Kenniston
Image: LAC.
Image: LAC.
Last year, when I wrote a brief piece about the Kenniston, I neglected to include a photograph of the dining hall that was a feature.
Elgin Views, 1980s
Party Palace, now McDonald’s. Early 1980s. It’s a bit to make out, but you can see Goldstein’s reflected in the glass. Image: Ronald Temchuk.
Boushey’s in the early 1980s. Image: Ronald Temchuk.
Now home to the Ministry of Coffee, Wine Rack, and Fox & Feather. Early 1980s. Image: Ronald Temchuk.
Now the site of the Zesty’s, corner of Elgin and Maclaren. Early 1980s. Image: Ronald Temchuk.
Recently, on the Lost Ottawa Facebook group, an individual named Ronald Temchuk shared some photographs of Elgin street from the early 1980s. It’s not just because I’m a very happy Elgin resident that these stood out to me: I’ve written stories in the past about a few of these places (with many more in the hopper).