Old Parkdale House

Although in need of repair, this old house on Fuller has some interesting period details.

The old kitchen shelves.

Enameled sink with tiled counter and back splash.

Tri-colour asbestos floor tiles.

Some more vinyl flooring.

Odeon Parkdale/Then and Now

The Odeon Theatre in Parkdale was located on the south side of Queen at Fuller Av. These photos were supplied by Eric Veillette, author of this blog: Silent Toronto and definetely worth a visit. This theatre is not to be confused with an earlier Odeon which was located across the street and a little further west.

Closed and for sale at $125,000 some time in the 1960's.

For sale again.

This was taken in 1976 by one of my neighbours. At the time it appears to called the Regal

and was demolished shortly thereafter.

By 2010 the theatre is long gone and has been replaced by a Shoppers Drug Mart.

Queen and Fuller Park/Then and Now

Seen here in 1935, these row houses were later demolished to make room for...

A small park.

Queen and Fuller/ Then and Now

The N/W corner of Queen and Fuller in 1935.
Note the delivery bicycle leaning against the telephone pole.
The same intersection today. The Fish and Chip shop is long since gone
but there's still a butcher shop in the same location.
The Cattlemen Meat Market opened in 1965 and is still going
strong today.
My Father who grew up in Parkdale writes:
" That butcher shop was a butcher shop in the 1940s (I think it was called Ontario Meats). When I was 12 to 14 I had a job as a delivery boy for the Red & White grocery store on Roncesvalles between Marion and Pearson. It was a small store and the owner would take orders for meat from his customers and then buy the meat from that butcher on a Saturday. I was sent to pick it up, usually on the store's delivery bicycle. I remember the big snow storm of 1944 when I had to walk there through waste deep snow in many places and haul the box of meat back to Roncesvalles. My memory says I carried it (maybe about 20 pounds?), but perhaps I had a toboggan to pull. I do remember it as a strenuous journey."