More Lost Toronto in colour

[enelemcee]

June 14, 1954:

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I used to work at the building beside the Salvation Army (before it became Hakim Optical)

 

[Goldie]

Additional views of the Don Mills Curling Rink

 

[steveintoronto]

Wow...I'd forgotten all about that...forgotten a lot I guess, only so much space to store memories, and to be honest, as transfixed as I am to studying those pics and reading up on it, it's all a bit frightening, like somehow I belong back there even though it was alien in many respects. (suburbia was always an abstract concept for me, coming from dense housing in Europe, and then first settling in the country near Port Hope as child. It was nirvana, country school, playing in barns, lake, dog, adventure, tomato picking for local farms for pocket money, et al)

Whatever, personal recollections besides, I was intrigued as to the material the trusses were built from. Spent a good half an hour Googling and reading, and I must admit didn't realize the design background on "Dawn Mills" as Barron the cartoonist for the TorStar for years lampooned it as.
http://papertrail.candutch.ca/shopping/pgm-more_information.php?id=378

Some photos clearly show the trusses as laminated wood, possibly Teak as was popular at that the time, albeit that would be very heavy. Glulam was being introduced widely at that point, but if anyone knows of a link describing its use in more detail, please post.

Here are some links I've found, the first one of more interest to most here:

https://robertmoffatt115.wordpress.com/tag/institutional-buildings/page/2/
http://spacing.ca/toronto/2014/08/20/don-mills-curling-rink-lost-modernist-gem-2/
https://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto...city-how-don-mills-changed-city-building.html
http://torontoist.com/2009/05/the_ghosts_of_don_mills_2/

 

[Davidackerman]

Here's a some old pics from My Dad that I just discovered - Ex 1964

 

[donoreo]

(suburbia was always an abstract concept for me, coming from dense housing in Europe, and then first settling in the country near Port Hope as child. It was nirvana, country school, playing in barns, lake, dog, adventure, tomato picking for local farms for pocket money, et al)

Hey, I am from Port Hope! Now I live a few minutes walk from the location of those Don Mills photos.

 

[Koolgreen]

Here's a some old pics from My Dad that I just discovered - Ex 1964View attachment 114115

funny that the cne has a similar overhead ride like the one shown here. I think it is about three years old now.
But as a kid I remember the alpine way....
Does anyone know if Expo 67 used those same cars as the alpine way?
I saw them in a recent youtube about expo...

 

[Goldie]

Answer will be found here: http://www.cneheritage.com/gallery-details-page?image_id=1030&main_category_id=52

By the way, that was a simple search on Google under: "cne alpine way"

 

[steveintoronto]

Hey, I am from Port Hope! Now I live a few minutes walk from the location of those Don Mills photos.

Hey! First house in this nation was on Toronto Rd, then we moved to Lakeshore Rd and Brand's Lane, just east of Brand's Creek. It was nirvana for us kids, even with walking to country school in Port Britain about two miles there and back in a winter we had no idea could be so cold. I'm getting overwhelmed by memories. That was 1959...

 

[Koolgreen]

Answer will be found here: http://www.cneheritage.com/gallery-details-page?image_id=1030&main_category_id=52

By the way, that was a simple search on Google under: "cne alpine way"

Thanks goldie.....I did google it and there was mention of the cne and video's....
I thought maybe since expo was a one year deal, they might have used them there only for that summer.....
i still remember the alpine cars sitting dormant into the 2000's on the cne grounds but they obviously are long gone now...
I also never noticed the Lancaster being taken away as that was such an image from my childhood visiting the ex.....
And by googling that, I found it was removed around 1995 to downsview museum....

 

[donoreo]

Hey! First house in this nation was on Toronto Rd, then we moved to Lakeshore Rd and Brand's Lane, just east of Brand's Creek. It was nirvana for us kids, even with walking to country school in Port Britain about two miles there and back in a winter we had no idea could be so cold. I'm getting overwhelmed by memories. That was 1959...

I was 3.5 in 1973 when we moved to Port Hope. Had to walk up the big hill that is Bedford Street to school at Dr. Hawkins (now condos!)

 

[steveintoronto]

I was 3.5 in 1973 when we moved to Port Hope. Had to walk up the big hill that is Bedford Street to school at Dr. Hawkins (now condos!)

The name "Monkey Mountain" comes to mind, did some digging on that, but must let it go right now, I was too overwhelmed with memories.

In my recent revisits to Port Hope (and I apologise this being a Toronto string) I've been very impressed with 'what they've done with the place':

Both pics by
fotofrysk

"Watsons Guardian Pharmacy" was "Pearl Hutchinson IGA" in the late 50s and early 60s. My father was the "Produce Manager" there at that time. He was very underemployed doing that, but as an immigrant, very willing to to do what was necessary to 'start a new life'.

I'll see if I can find some 'Lost Port Hope' pics to post to tie into this thread.

Here's one of low resolution, and colourized, showing the same location as pics above. Limited quality, I'll see what I can find later. Even though this pic was well before my time in Port Hope, it's highly nostalgic none-the-less.

https://www.archeion.ca/port-hope-archives

 

[donoreo]

"Watsons Guardian Pharmacy" was "Pearl Hutchinson IGA" in the late 50s and early 60s.

Actually IGA was up the street at the corner of Cavan and Walton (above it Ontario Street and Walton). It was still IGA in the 70's.

 

[steveintoronto]

Actually IGA was up the street at the corner of Cavan and Walton (above it Ontario Street and Walton). It was still IGA in the 70's.

You're right! I had to use Google Street View to re-orient my memory. I'd remembered the Midland Railway line still being used for shunts and local delivery, and thought that was the side/cross street, but I was off by a block. What nailed it was seeing the (then) hotel across the street. Thank you! So it was the IGA still until then. It always seemed so large as a kid, now it looks tiny. There was a toy shop a few doors down from there, do you remember that? (As a kid, of course it's something I'd remember, buying Dinky Toys there.)

 

[Davidackerman]

Here's some old pics from my dad. 80's Dundas

and chesnutt

 

[Davidackerman]

University ave. 80's I don't know the buildng