By DAVID VAN DYKE Thank you, Carol Semple for sending me this incredible image from 1954. Carol’s father, John Partington, owned and operated Partington Carpets, It was located on Queen Street East in the Beach, not far from the firehall and across the street. Carol thinks that the car was her dad’s, and what a […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE We’ve never done this before with Deja Views, but today we are publishing four photos. I guess you would call this stretch of Wheeler Avenue, just north of Norway Avenue, a developer’s dream. One by one, over the past 12 years the three homes beside each other were razed and replaced […]
This archival photograph shown, looking southwest on Queen Street East towards Munro Park Avenue in the Beach, was taken in September of 1936. The photographer is unknown. If you have an old picture of the community, why not contact me. I’d love to see it. Please send photos to me by email at gdvandyke61@gmail.com
By David Van Dyke This is the last image of a series of photographs submitted by local historian Clyde Robinson. In the 1980s, a new condo was being built on Queen Street East between Balsam and Beech avenues. Photographer Chris DeBoer was documenting the progress and included other streetscapes close to the worksite. In this […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE This stretch on “the sunny side” of Queen Street East between Herbert and Elmer avenues has seen some changes over the past decades. Not one of the shops depicted in the 1989 photo above is here today. Do you have a photograph of a storefront or business that isn’t around anymore […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE Pat Buchanan’s great grandfather, Herbert Waters, immigrated to Canada from England in 1888. He was a florist and had greenhouses at Elmer and Norway avenues. At this point in time Elmer ended at Norway, and Norway was just a footpath to Lee Avenue. If any of our readership has a photo […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE I love this unique storefront on Queen Street East, just east of Elmer Avenue. So did Ann Patterson, who ran a camera store across the street. Ann took many photos on Queen Street during her breaks. The photo of Nelsons (heavy emphasis on the Nelsons) was taken in the late 1970s. […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE The Donald D. Summerville Olympic Pools opened on June 1, 1963. The facility sits at the bottom of Woodbine Avenue at Lake Shore Boulevard East. Laura Harrison’s father, John Leslie Harrison, often took long strolls along the lake when he lived at the Beaches Lions Centennial Apartments on Norway Avenue in […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE The Beaches Public Library was opened in December of 1916. This archival photograph above was taken in the following year. For me, the Beaches Library has always been a focal point for the community. If you have a photograph you would like to share with our readership, please contact me gdvandyke61@gmail.com
By DAVID VAN DYKE Local historian Clyde Robinson dropped off a bundle of photographs taken in the 1980s on Queen Street East between Balsam and Beech avenues. Things were changing along this stretch of Queen Street East at this time. A condo was being built and photographer Chris DeBoer was documenting the construction, along with […]
