By DAVID VAN DYKE Recently, my son Michael and I spent an hour walking around Woodbine Park looking for the two trees depicted in the photo above. Really, how much does a tree grow in just more than 32 years? The tree on the right had been felled and we did find its stump to […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE This postcard above depicts the house designed and built by Herbert Wellard Waters in 1908-1909 at 75 Elmer Ave. The Waters family arrived from Croydon, England to the Beach in 1888. The house was situated half way up the street to Norway Avenue, which was just a footpath at this time. […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE I am delighted to share another image from Ann Patterson in this edition of Deja Views. Ann and her then husband ran Carter & Carter Photography on Queen Street East in the mid to late 1970s. Enrico’s Pizza was across the street from their business, close to Elmer Avenue, on the […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE In the Feb. 23 issue of Beach Metro News, I introduced Ann Patterson. Ann and her husband ran a camera shop on Queen Street East. There were times when Ann’s lunch break was a short walk on Queen with a camera in tow. Ann’s photograph of the firehall was taken more […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE The original photograph above was taken by Ann Patterson sometime in the late 1970s. At this time she and her husband ran a camera store across the street from this location (Elmer Avenue and Queen Street East). Tony’s fruit stand, which later became Ends, and Have a Nice Day Coffee Stop […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE It is with some regret that I share Chris Nicholls’ Iast submission. The Bessborough Mansions (above) on Queen Street East, just past Silver Birch Avenue were photographed in 1982. When Chris was a photo arts student in the 1980s, he documented many of the storefronts in the Beach. Luckily for us, […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE Rebecca Armstrong sent in the slightly damaged photo image (does not bother me at all) above of her mother, Jane, crossing Queen Street East on Lee Avenue. Some would say this intersection is the heart of the Beach. Taken in the mid 1970s, we witness a very humble Beach neighbourhood in […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE Many Beachers will remember when this building was a Becker’s Milk store, on the southeast corner of Leuty Avenue and Queen Street East. I recall shooting the top image in 2006. Quigley’s, a very popular local bar, was looking to expand. They had secured this property and renovations had started. Needles […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE When I look at any photograph taken of the Neville Park Loop, I hear sharp, grinding squeals in my head. There are 40 years between these two images. The top photograph was taken by then photography student Chris Nicholls. If you think Chris was a good shooter in 1980, just check […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE Earlier this year, I asked the readership of Beach Metro News to send me photographs they took of their dwelling places after they first moved into the Beach. Well, thank you Janet Dowler for being the first to indulge me! The house is on Hazel Avenue and the photo was taken […]
