Carrying on this little series, in The Littlest Hobo, Season 3, the show’s writers were less likely to ensure that his human companions gave him a name. Of the season’s eighteen episodes, he was named seven times.
A Dog By Any Other Name (Season 2)
I haven’t exactly hidden that The Littlest Hobo is one of my favourite shows. In addition to being a consummate piece of Canadiana, it was the first show I ever really was able to identify and I get to play “where in Toronto is this” when I watch. The other day, Kathleen remarked that it would be funny if someone had tracked all of the names that Hobo was given by his human costars through the series. Although someone may have, after a brief search, I did not find a source. A bit surprised, I figured that I’d go ahead and do it myself.
Continuing on with Season 2.
A Dog By Any Other Name (Season 1)
I haven’t exactly hidden that The Littlest Hobo is one of my favourite shows. In addition to being a consummate piece of Canadiana, it was the first show I ever really was able to identify and I get to play “where in Toronto is this” when I watch. The other day, Kathleen remarked that it would be funny if someone had tracked all of the names that Hobo was given by his human costars through the series. Although someone may have, after a brief search, I did not find a source. A bit surprised, I figured that I’d go ahead and do it myself.
The Gardiner in 1979
I don’t have much to say about this delightful picture, other than the recently-removed Inglis sign is something that I’ll always remember. It was removed in August 2014 to make room for more of the condominium developments in Liberty Village.
May 2012
August 2017
Dartmouth Shopping Centre, 195? & 2017
Dartmouth Shopping Centre, 195?. Image: City of Dartmouth Planning and Development photographs Halifax Municipal Archives 101-80C-1-3-18.
Dartmouth Shopping Centre today(ish). Image: Google Maps.
I think I’ll blog a little more on it later when I have more time, but this Christmas, I had the opportunity to spend time out east in Halifax. It was the first time I had been that far east, the first time I had ever seen the ocean, and the first time that Christmas travels didn’t mean heading up to Timmins. As Dartmouth (Cole Harbour, really) is her homeland, Kathleen and her family were more than happy to show me around. As always, if you take a look at my photos section, you can see some of what I was looking at.
Queen East at Woodbine
At the beginning of the year, I ran a then and now of Queen East and Woodbine from 1972 to the (near) present. While browsing the City of Toronto Archives’ database, I landed on this one of the same view from 1955/56.
The El Ropo Restaurant
Though it may not seem like it today, certain parts of Vanier North and New Edinburgh were at one point a site of industrial activity and the sort of rough living that is often associated with it. Given its location at the corner of Beechwood and Charlevoix in Vanier (then Eastview), close to Betchermann Iron and Steel and the Dominion Bridge Company (to say nothing of the other nearby industrial organizations), it’s probably not a surprise that the El Ropo would attract a tougher clientele.
The View From Up Here (The Highlands on St. Laurent, 1970-73)
Though an award-winning project, the Highlands condominium on St. Laurent seems unremarkable – at least in style – to most. Indeed, in spite my own enthusiasm for this brown brick beauty, I’ve more often than not found that most seats on the bandwagon go unfilled. The same cannot be said for the people who have lived in the Highlands, however. Be it the case that they are current residents or past residents, all of those I have spoken to have shared fond memories related to it. To be certain, while tastes change, Irving Grossman’s early 1970s design has stood on its own.
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A Major Development in Sandy Hill (The Major Apartments, Besserer Street, 1937)
With all of the beautiful and interesting heritage properties that stand in Ottawa’s Sandy Hill neighbourhood, it’s somewhat interesting that the apartments above are (a) the first buildings that I really remember loving in the neighbourhood, and (b) still among my favourite. In a setting filled with delightful institutional architecture and numerous Victwardian houses, for some, it would be a wonder that a small handful of 1930s apartments are what have stuck in my mind.
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Thorncrest Shopping Centre, 1955
It all depends on how you slice and dice it, though it would not be unfair to at least entertain Thorncrest Village’s claim to be Canada’s first planned community. At least not Canada’s first post World War II planned community. To be certain, comprehensive community plans existed previous to the war and, honestly, claims to “first” tend to obscure the realities of invention and innovation. We all stand on the shoulders of giants, after all.
J. Morris Woolfson’s Commissions
If you’ve ever looked into the construction of apartments, small commercial buildings, and industrial buildings in Ottawa during the mid-century period, there is a nearly 100% chance that you’ve come across a building that was either designed by or altered by J. Morris Woolfson.
Ottawa’s Apartments in 1950
Continuing with my use of Might’s Directories to collect data on apartment buildings, above is a map with all of the apartment buildings listed in the 1950 edition. For each of the points on the map, I have given the apartment building’s name (if it has one), its address, and if it has been demolished or replaced, date or date range for when that happened.