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  1. Koolgreen

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Haven’t thought of Sam Lee in decades!
  2. Koolgreen

    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    I drove by there a thousand times coming home from Chinatown....Never registered as it disappeared after the turn of the century.... what year was it torn down?
  3. Koolgreen

    Toronto Architecture From The 1960's and 70's

    Looking toward the now demolished IBM facilities in what is now the remnants of 60’s don mills....
  4. Koolgreen

    The REAL Niagara Falls

    Truly a shame that there is not enough to keep this part of town alive.......We were there maybe 6 years ago and found a BBQ place and it was pretty good...Not sure of the name or even if it is still in business. But a lot of history here......
  5. Koolgreen

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    My parents had a takeout joint on coxwell from 57 to 91..... after they sold it, it lasted another 16 years and finally disappeared after its 50th anniversary..... I frequented after the sale and miss their unique breaded shrimps to this day!
  6. Koolgreen

    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    Beautiful
  7. Koolgreen

    Scarborough Photographs: Then and Now

    somebody rich and sentimental.....
  8. Koolgreen

    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    was it really? or were those cars with no owners....I graduated that year and there was not a job to be found....Back to school I went with a much better outlook in 1983....
  9. Koolgreen

    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    i remember as a kid in the seventies I bought a bottle of green glow paint for building model kits etc...i spilt some on the sofa and there was a patch of glow for years when the lights were turned off...I wonder if there was any radioactivity in that paint???? I even can remember the smell of...
  10. Koolgreen

    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    the irony of trying to preserve it and accidentally burning it down....
  11. Koolgreen

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Geez, you can still see the outline of that "temperance" sign on the adjacent building!!
  12. Koolgreen

    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    this was my backyard goldie... do you remember Hershey's, the drive tavern? mama josies along that stretch....Loblaws has long disappeared and of course scotts chicken villa.....
  13. Koolgreen

    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    a few familiar faces, but I can only name mr davis and maybe bob elgie?
  14. Koolgreen

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Thanks, I knew it had something to do with loblaws, but did not know of all the other renovations.....The last time I was there, I had to babysit the generator which powered the tv lights exclusively....I remember vividly the leafs and wings were playing but I could only see from the mechanical...
  15. Koolgreen

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    what is the official name of this facility? Still maple leaf gardens? or Ryerson university rink? Who uses it? Only students? Available for rent? Any public skating?
  16. Koolgreen

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Did u ever try climbing the tripodal antenna towers?
  17. Koolgreen

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    It turns out my mother kept it for sentimental reasons.... she said it was one of the first things she and her mother bought at eaton’s shoppers world in 1965 when my grandmother ie popo arrived in canada
  18. Koolgreen

    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    is haddon hall the name of that building? I remember some cookware that my mother had with haddon hall on it...I believe it may have been an Eaton's house brand....anyone remember that in relation to Eaton's?
  19. Koolgreen

    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    unquestionably.....but even the thought of a roll of film for 24 shots is mind boggling considering I can take 24 shots as easily as blinking and see the results instantly now....I still have two enlargers hidden away in the basement from first the sixties and a newer model from the...

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