Mustapha
Senior Member
The school is amazingly still in business up on Keele street.
I know a welder personally. He makes bank vice president money; that's after he pays his staff, his fleet expenses,
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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now
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The school is amazingly still in business up on Keele street.
I know a welder personally. He makes bank vice president money; that's after he pays his staff, his fleet expenses,
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
When I bought my shearling bomber jacket there ( a repro of the famous U.S. airforce one from the 1940s, a very practical design classic ... and warmer than my Canada Goose Expedition parka ) the salesman told me they've been around since the mid-1950s.
Yes, they watch you like a hawk. A young guy came in asking for a gas mask when I was there once. An anarchist itching for a run-in with the riot squad, I like to think.
J T CUNNINGHAM
Senior Member
"and warmer than my Canada Goose Expedition parka )"
QUOTE Urban Shocker.
The parka, with drawstring waist, is only really good if the vest is included, and for
really cold weather, additionaly the coveralls.
Regards,
J T
QUOTE Urban Shocker.
The parka, with drawstring waist, is only really good if the vest is included, and for
really cold weather, additionaly the coveralls.
Regards,
J T
Mustapha
Senior Member
About 10 years ago I bought a pea coat from them; this before they became the 'in' thing these past few years. The label was "Brush Fire - Made in Winnipeg Canada." I seem to recall it cost $80. How cool even then, made right here in Canada. I'm guessing the people that made it are long gone; it even smelled ancient, but it was new, 100% wool and I still wear it. Real military clothing has to be experienced to be believed; they are so strongly constructed. I do believe the Metro Police above a certain rank wear something like them for full dress affairs; I've seen Chief Blair in something like mine.
Mustapha
Senior Member
Yes, a bit of nomenclature to assure the potential guest of a higher class experience. As opposed to the 'bus' hotel contemporary of the day - the Ford on Bay street.
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Re: King & Jarvis
This view, from the Toronto Telegram archives at York, 1974, shows the soon-to-be demolished block west of Jarvis, now St. James Park. The fruit market is the St. Lawrence Hall:
And in colour:
Two earlier views by Micklethwaite:
This view, from the Toronto Telegram archives at York, 1974, shows the soon-to-be demolished block west of Jarvis, now St. James Park. The fruit market is the St. Lawrence Hall:
And in colour:
Two earlier views by Micklethwaite:
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Earlscourt_Lad
Active Member
Also, tended the fire safety sand bucket.
FAC33
Active Member
Yes, a bit of nomenclature to assure the potential guest of a higher class experience. As opposed to the 'bus' hotel contemporary of the day - the Ford on Bay street.
It also dates from the era where vacation travel by car began to be more common. Motor hotels were supposed to provide the amenities and services of an upscale, traditional downtown hotel, but usually away from the downtown core along major highways. Eventually they became known simply as motels.
adma
Superstar
A rare downtown-core example of the sort was the Four Seasons on Jarvis, i.e. that which launched Issy Asper's lodging empire.
Of course, we must remember that the word "motel" not only already existed at this time, but had already taken on negative connotations (let's just say, the Lakeshore and Kingston Rd strips already "had a reputation") that the label "motor hotel" was meant to mollify. (Likewise with the rise of middle-class chains like Holiday Inn.)
Mustapha
Senior Member
Mustapha
Senior Member
Re: King & Jarvis
This view, from the Toronto Telegram archives at York, 1974, shows the soon-to-be demolished block west of Jarvis, now St. James Park. The fruit market is the St. Lawrence Hall:
This picture, taken on its own merits, and not to us UT-ers as just another 'Then' picture, is a real standout. The twilight graininess, the hatted man and the streetcar add up to more than the individual components.
Mustapha
Senior Member
Then and Now for April 30.
Then. 434 University Avenue. c1917. 'Garage, Automobile and Supply Co. Shepard and Calvin, Consulting Architects.' You can just see a bit of the 'RCMI' building on the left edge of the picture.
Now. October 2011. Don't let the hoarding fool you - it's for the RCMI condos construction. Our old 'Garage' is many many decades lost.
Then. 434 University Avenue. c1917. 'Garage, Automobile and Supply Co. Shepard and Calvin, Consulting Architects.' You can just see a bit of the 'RCMI' building on the left edge of the picture.
Now. October 2011. Don't let the hoarding fool you - it's for the RCMI condos construction. Our old 'Garage' is many many decades lost.
FAC33
Active Member
Yep. The ones that stuck with the "motor hotel" monker were specifically playing up the "hotel" part. It used to be one of the big differences was that a motel typically had individual entrances and was built in a strip style, while the motor hotel typically had two or three floors (or more) and entrances from an interior hallway. Motels rarely had bellhops, but motor hotels sometimes did. Motor hotels usually also had an onsite restaurant with some aspirations above that of greasy spoon diner.
J T CUNNINGHAM
Senior Member
"from the Toronto Telegram archives at York, 1974, shows the soon-to-be demolished "
QUOTE thecharioteer.
1974?
Regards,
J T
QUOTE thecharioteer.
1974?
Regards,
J T
