What is this toast master bread ? And the church fake ? Can’t read what that one says
Vintage Toronto
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Was that where the Horseshoe Tavern was? Or Queen and Bathurst? It still exists and I was there few months ago to see Jim Cuddie and his band, was terrific but still a dump.
Ah, Bloor St. West, the Concord Tavern at age 19, saw Levon Helm and The Band with the best guitarist on the planet, imo, Robbie Robertson.
The Horseshoe is on Queen, a few doors east of Spadina. Dan Aykroyd is part owner, or so I was told.
There was a TERB meet there years ago.
In early 70's , my elementary school class was invited down to the Horse Shoe Tavern to be the audience as Stompin' Tom Connors filmed his movie , "Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors".
Here I am in grade 6 in the legendary Horse Shoe Tavern watching Stompin' Tom doing the "Hockey Song", how awesome is that!!!
I remember that around Christmas time, Simpsons had the most spectacular displays in their windows.
What was that other iconic shop at Yonge and bloor a few years ago they tore it down. On the west side. mens clothing store
You cannot have a discussion of vintage Toronto without it's most distinguishing feature, that being the vast, overwhelming amount of land utilized in service of the car.
Acres upon ugly acres paved over to please the eyes of discerning car drivers. Truly a wasteland of epic proportions that defined Toronto back then as an ugly, grey city.
To wit, when car drivers ruled Toronto:
Area along the St. Lawrence Market
Acres upon ugly acres paved over to please the eyes of discerning car drivers. Truly a wasteland of epic proportions that defined Toronto back then as an ugly, grey city.
To wit, when car drivers ruled Toronto:
Area along the St. Lawrence Market
Was it the Ports or the Ports of Call? It was on the east side, pretty close to the CHUM building.
This plaque is between 337 and 339 Parliament Street, east side north of Gerrard Street East, about twenty feet above sidewalk level. There are only a couple of places from which it can be photographed without obstruction - this is from the street, in front of 337. Most locals have walked past this plaque thousands of times, without noticing it.
The completely bullshit, but plausible story I tell about it:
In 1885, when Toronto was a 'wild west' town known mainly for the distillery business, Parliament Street was the edge of town, and the East side of the street would have housed mainly saloons and brothels. New immigrants, literally fresh off the boat, who were not White English-speaking Protestants would initially live in a shanty town east of Parliament street, over to the Don River, which would be their water source for drinking, bathing, and sanitation. They'd be quarantined there for a period to assure that they were in-diseased. The Irish Catholics in Cabbagetown provided a buffer between the unwashed and the social elite living westward.
The stone cutter's apprentice knew how to carve letters, but he couldn't read. He added a second 'P' to the word leper, a word with which he was familiar from hearing Bible stories.
Morley S. Bedford funeral parlour on the unseen corner, where a buddy of mine used to work night shift - I kid you not - to put himself through college!
Family friend is a retired pilot and no doubt has some pics of the city, I'll post them when I get them. Great pics, Toronto really was amazing from the 60s on up until the 2010s.
The best decades were 70s +, I wasn't around then but it seemed edgy but with personality compared to today's stressed out clinical look.
The best decades were 70s +, I wasn't around then but it seemed edgy but with personality compared to today's stressed out clinical look.