Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Naked Bike Ride
A naked man riding a rented Bixi bike in the Toronto Naked Bike Ride through Kensington a few weeks ago. I hope he wiped down the seat...
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Queen and Sorauren 1958
Looking west on Queen across Sorauren in 1958. This is a frame grab from a super 8 film that was shot. The full version can be found here and is worth watching.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Toronto Vintage Bicycle Show This Sunday
Response to the show has been very positive and we're expecting a good turn out.Come on down this Sunday, July 29th from 12:00 noon - 6:00pm. Bring your vintage bike.
buy a vintage bike or just have a look around.
Hope to see you there.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Art Deco in Arnprior
This fantastic Art Deco lunch counter made of Vitrolite is located in Arnprior.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Tweed Art Deco
Passing through the village of Tweed last weekend I spotted this fine example of Art Deco Architecture on Hwy 37 just south of the village.
More Art Deco, this time in Kitchener.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
North Bay 1960's
Some great vintage signs.
As it turns out, my Uncle, Don Spratt was most likely working at
the Household Finance office pictured here when this photo was taken...
As it turns out, my Uncle, Don Spratt was most likely working at
the Household Finance office pictured here when this photo was taken...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The New York Marble Cemetery
On a recent visit to new York I discovered The New York Marble Cemetery.
This small burial ground in Manhattan's
East Village is sometimes
called the Second Avenue Cemetery. It is the oldest public non-sectarian cemetery in New
York City. Most of the 2,080 interments took place between 1830 and 1870;
the last was in 1937. All burials are in 156 below-ground vaults made
of solid white Tuckahoe marble. Although there are no gravestones, the
names of the original owners are on plaques in the surrounding walls. Their
descendants may still be buried here.
Click the above link to learn more.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Parkdale Dairy/Harris and Sons
A bottle from the old Harris & Sons Dairy in Parkdale with the old phone exchange.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
Half Beat Harold's
Half Beat Harold's Record Store. Does anyone know where this was?
Somewhere in Toronto I'm sure.
Thanks to Mark Moore for this photo.
Located at 2 Granby.
Thanks to William Mewes for this scan from the 1967 Yellow Pages.
This photo from Mark Moore.
This would appear to be it today. Note the brick detail around the windows.
Thanks to Mark Moore for this photo.
Located at 2 Granby.
Harold was Harold Fagan (see comment below).
On Monday, March 6th, 1978, Harold and Florence Fagan, 63 and 62 respectively, were found shot to death in their home on Dewbourne Ave., near Bathurst St. and Eglinton Ave. W. Their chauffeur found their bodies when he came to pick up Mr. Fagan at 8:30 a.m. They are believed to have been killed late Sunday, the 5th. They were last known to be alive at 8 p.m. Sunday when their daughter telephoned.
Harold was a well-known, well-liked entrepreneur and concession stand owner at the Canadian National Exhibition, and police believed the killer’s motive was robbery and that he was familiar to the victims. The Fagans were reported to have kept $500 in their house, and police theorized the killer thought he would find more cash.
A year and a half later, the triple murder of the Airst family (see case #1 above) brought renewed interest to the murder of the Fagans because of the superficial similarities between the two crimes. Both sets of victims lived in the same area (about 1.5 km apart), were well-off, and were prominent members of Toronto’s Jewish community.
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