My apologies for posting a bit off-topic, however this may (or may not) be of interest to someone on this thread. I have two copies of the “December 1991 Metro Briefing for Member of Council”. This is a complete outline of the structure of the Metropolitan Toronto Government at the time, and...

Doesn't the guy grabbing at the rye bottle look a bit like our soon-to-be-erstwhile mayor?

Rita Letendre's mural was on the top of the Neill Wycik residence on Gerrard, east of Yonge. The only other one I remember was Gord Rayner's at York and Front. I forget who sponsored the murals, but they were great.

Gold's moved out Saturday afternoon ... Gold's Gone ... moved out Saturday Afternoon. The quickest "Then and Now" on record.

I'm not sure of the location of the first Spadina photo. The second one is the corner of Nassau and Spadina, looking south. I lived over the corner store for a number of years.

I lived in and around Kensington for years and years ... it really hasn't changed all that much, gentrification fears notwithstanding. I do miss the live chickens ... they gave it that "European" feel and were great for pranks at U of T.

Why?

OldManKensey said: And I, the Uptown Nut House on the other side of the street.

I used to love the "old" Pilot sign, with the plane repeatedly crashing down ...

And the Four Seasons was where I and many other then CBC'ers had many, many drinks when we worked on Jarvis, across the street in the old havergal college building ...

Geez, Mustapha, you're really dragging up the memories ... first it was the Gregory, now Letros. That downtown summer job I had that went on into the fall/winter was at the IBM Datacentre at 36 King St. East, next door to Letros. Big gay hangout back then, before Pride days. We worked...

Ahhh ... The Gregory. I used to have a couple of drafts there for lunch in gone-by years long ago, when I was still quite under-age and working downtown during the summer (18 with ID for 25). I still have memories of their very good Irish stew. And the draft beer.

It seems to me that the streeetcar supporters don't have to rely on the Queen 501, the best reason to dislike streetcars.