By DAVID VAN DYKE Above photo is a panorama I shot back in 2014 of the Alpine Hotel. The insert photo shows a panorama of the location that I took recently. The hotel was built in 1927 and was located on the sunny side of Kingston Road, just east of Victoria Park Avenue. I remember […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE It is the most photographed landmark in the Beach. How many ways can one shoot a white box with a red roof? Well apparently there are plenty. Lorie Murdoch gave us a unique perspective of the Leuty Lifeguard Station in 1982. It has a long history of being moved around, falling […]
By SHAH RUBY and VANESSA LARKEY Little Kitchen Academy (LKA), the Montessori-inspired culinary school, has cooked up a new location in the Beach. The franchise is owned by longtime Beach residents, Hayley Sexton and her husband Eamon Clark. After having their second child during the pandemic, Hayley and Eamon were looking to start something new […]
By David Van Dyke In 1985, Fauna Coates and her husband purchased a then-condemned cottage on the bottom of Willow Avenue, north of Queen. The cost? $51,000! Certainly, this would never happen in today’s marketplace. Thank you Fauna for sending me this wonderful image. You and your husband did an awesome job restoring this house […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE Lorie Murdoch sent me the wonderful image above. She photographed these businesses (on the sunny side of Queen Street East, just a little west of Lee Avenue) in 1996. Thank you Lorie, I don’t know how many times my son and I strolled into Beach Food Mart to be warmly greeted […]
By ALEXANDROS VAROUTAS Mocha Mocha’s new location at 64 Kingston Rd. is already nourishing the neighbourhood with a selection of lively and healthy meals, all made in-house. Drawing from Latin American and African flavours, you can expect to find a variety of light and healthy options such as their warm brown rice salad, spicy chick-pea […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE This archival photograph (above) depicts the laying down of 42-inch concrete drain pipes in the reservoir of the still to be completed R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant on Queen Street East. The year is 1933, just a year into its construction. Another eight years would pass before the plant would become […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE Thanks to Barbara Myrvold for sending the photo at top of page showing the double duplexes from 48 to 90 Glen Manor Dr. The year is 1929 and these buildings were near completion. They were built and owned by the Price Bros. and built on the site of the former Scarboro […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE Congratulations Beach Metro Community News on your 50th anniversary, to the friendly staff, the board members and all of our readers. That is an incredible milestone to achieve, especially for print media in today’s era. I remember, it’s been more than 20 years now, strolling into the BMN office on Gerrard […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE This archival photograph at the top of this page was taken in 1904. The location is Queen Street East just west of Lee Avenue. In the background, left of the frame, is Kew Gardens which was established in 1879. At the time the above photo was taken, the Beaches Public Library […]
