Above is a map of restaurants and lunch counters, as listed in the 1930 Ottawa City Directory.
Tag: Retail & Commercial
Blog: “For Best Service”: John Lissee’s Appliances on Ossington
Kathleen and I recently took a quick vacation to Toronto (as well as Hamilton and locations across Manitoulin Island) and while walking around, noticed this well-preserved and recently-revealed sign on one of the empty commercial properties along Ossington Avenue.
Continue reading Blog: “For Best Service”: John Lissee’s Appliances on OssingtonNot (D)workin’ Anymore
In 2012, Dworkin Furs announced that it would liquidate its stock and close up business after 111 years. Although sales of fur have continued to fluctuate on a global level, changes in how what was once a staple of the Canadian economy is understood means that it is unlikely that the long-established Rideau business would have ever seen the sorts of lines that it did in the 1950s.
Let’s Go Shopping
The Evans Shopping Centre, located at Evans and Bestobell in Etobicoke, was constructed around 1955.
Toronto-Dominion Sparks a Conversation
When I wrote about the recently demolished TD Bank branch on Sparks Street, I had noted that the one-storey midcentury gem necessitated the demolition of existing buildings. Here is a view of the facades taken on August 8, 1956. It’s all academic now, but I still prefer Mathers and Haldenby’s work to what it replaced.
Borrowing The Mall
Sugarman & Diamond commission a Toast to Miss Harmon
About a year ago, when I wrote about the tragic experience of Ottawa’s Miss Harmon, I intended to continue and write about the subsequent development of this busy corner of Centretown. As it would turn out, the use of 171 MacLaren for educational purposes did not end with Miss Harmon’s suicide.
Continue reading Sugarman & Diamond commission a Toast to Miss Harmon
Then & Now: Brewers’ Retail
Located at 1860 Bank, the Brewers’ Retail warehouse and retail outlet was completed in 1958 and its design is credited to John B. Parkin & Associates.
Then somewhat isolated along Bank St. and south of Walkley, the facility was sometimes an attractive target for theft.
It remains a Beer Store outlet to this day, while the warehousing facility has since been moved out to 2750 Swansea Cr.