[Browning Avenue]

Interesting that in brewsters Bloor pictures above can be spied an early Pizza Pizza, before the personality change set in.

Yes, I noticed that too. Almost tasteful, though it looks better in black and white (pace Paul Simon).

Thankfully, they haven't made it out here yet.

 

[adma]

Though wasn't the Pizza Pizza makeover (initially) a Don Watt affair?

 

[Cast_Member]

But also...what was Thrift?!? I kinda remember it, bearded Scotsguy and all; but dunno whether it was specific to this location, or even whether it was a standalone or a mini-chain, or affiliated with any LoblawDominionWhatever whatchamacallits. (And probably didn't patronize it; after all, a store called "Thrift" on Queen East at its early 80s blue-collar-decline nadir wasn't exactly an appetizing prospect. Kinda like how the Parliament No Frills gives people the willies these days--not that Thrift actually was like that, but...)

According to the Canadian Trade-marks Database, the "Thrift" name was owned by Dominion and so yes, the store was affiliated with a big chain.

www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/...26&extension=0&startingDocumentIndexOnPage=11

 

[Earlscourt_Lad]

According to the Canadian Trade-marks Database, the "Thrift" name was owned by Dominion and so yes, the store was affiliated with a big chain.

www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/...26&extension=0&startingDocumentIndexOnPage=11

Interesting to note that the Dominion offices are given as 605 Rogers Road, which was the subject of a Then and Now (I think). Currently a Value Village, a thrifty place........

 

[brewster]

Re-downloaded lost photo's , Then & Now , Downtown.


refrence by Mr T.O., on Flickr


y a d by Mr T.O., on Flickr


sears by Mr T.O., on Flickr


hr 2 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


sam 3 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


uptown 1 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


sam 22 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


sam 2 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Sams by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Massey Hall 1 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Massey Hall by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Yonge and Queen by Mr T.O., on Flickr


king by Mr T.O., on Flickr


yonge street by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Yonge north by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Stock by Mr T.O., on Flickr


the bay by Mr T.O., on Flickr


uptown by Mr T.O., on Flickr


odeon by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Rio by Mr T.O., on Flickr


opera house by Mr T.O., on Flickr


IMG_5091 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


King and Yonge 1912-2011 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


IMG_5089 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


IMG_5066 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


IMG_5063 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


DDDDEDEDE by Mr T.O., on Flickr


GGGG by Mr T.O., on Flickr


eatss by Mr T.O., on Flickr


ger by Mr T.O., on Flickr


college by Mr T.O., on Flickr


eat 2 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


eat 1 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


canon 2 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


hr 1 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


bank by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Canadian by Mr T.O., on Flickr


dundas sq by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Eaton by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Elgin by Mr T.O., on Flickr


canon by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Clipboard by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Yonge 1977-2011 by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Clipboard by Mr T.O., on Flickr


Yonge and Bloor looking south 1 by Mr T.O., on Flickr

 

[Urban Shocker]

The guy in the suspenders walking past Bassel's restaurant is local artist Flavio Belli. The guy with him looks like Michael Levine, who used to work in the OCA(D) library in those days.

 

[ambleDexterous]

The guy in the suspenders walking past Bassel's restaurant is local artist Flavio Belli. The guy with him looks like Michael Levine, who used to work in the OCA(D) library in those days.

What a coincidence. When I opened the previous page to view the latest entries, I wondered if anyone has ever seen themselves or someone they knew in any a street photograp or post card. I then decided I would post that question after I viewed all the recent pics but lo and behold you answer that question without even having been asked the question. I am very very impressed.

 

[adma]

According to the Canadian Trade-marks Database, the "Thrift" name was owned by Dominion and so yes, the store was affiliated with a big chain.

www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/...26&extension=0&startingDocumentIndexOnPage=11

And Dominion itself was at its avoid-this-store nadir in the early 80s (wasn't it a Conrad Black pawn at the time?)--so, Dominion's (pre-Food Basics) answer to No Frills was about what one'd expect, I suppose. (Remember Dominion's answer to "No Name" packaging? Black stencilled lettering on white background, for the no-nonsense "army rations" effect. No wonder they flopped big time.)

 

[AlbertHWagstaff]

I would go with around 1982-83ish. Notice the A.E. LePage sign. It's still a very nice looking building.

Thanks Mustapha for posting.

According to the date stamped on the original slide (which was sold by a friend of mine) it was August 22, 1979, with the photo taken by Robert McMann, who shot thousands of slides of streetcars around the city between 1961 and 1993.

 

[Goldie]

I'm really impressed by the history of landfill at our waterfront.:

 

[Urban Shocker]

What a coincidence. When I opened the previous page to view the latest entries, I wondered if anyone has ever seen themselves or someone they knew in any a street photograp or post card. I then decided I would post that question after I viewed all the recent pics but lo and behold you answer that question without even having been asked the question. I am very very impressed.

I only remember those who are fun between the sheets.

 

[DRKSTR47]

hehehehehe..................you slay me!

 

[BeeRich]

I'm really impressed by the history of landfill at our waterfront.

I bet it's filled with our previous bad mayors. I wonder where they shipped all that water to.

 

[del]

Cobra heads

Stumack-Thanks for the clarification-one thing about car designs from back then was how quickly they changed from year to year...
A notable exception was the Volkswagen Beetle as many know...I believe it was as cheap an import to buy in Canada as it was in the US...

As you mention Studebakers were not common in Canada...were they sold there or all imported from the US?

Being a license plate collector I usually notice the plate colors as I avidly collect Canada's provinces just as I collect US states...

Those "cobra" light brackets looked to me more modern then '63-but they are definitely a '60s design...
Were the lights mercury-vapor bulbs (new in the 60s) or traditional incandesent ones?

LI MIKE

Those cobra heads were designed in the late 40s and started appearing on North American streets around 1952-53

 

[del]

Stumack-Thanks for the clarification-one thing about car designs from back then was how quickly they changed from year to year...
A notable exception was the Volkswagen Beetle as many know...I believe it was as cheap an import to buy in Canada as it was in the US...

As you mention Studebakers were not common in Canada...were they sold there or all imported from the US?

Being a license plate collector I usually notice the plate colors as I avidly collect Canada's provinces just as I collect US states...

Those "cobra" light brackets looked to me more modern then '63-but they are definitely a '60s design...
Were the lights mercury-vapor bulbs (new in the 60s) or traditional incandesent ones?

LI MIKE

The cobra heads are actually a late 40s design, and appeared on North American streets as early as 1949.