By DAVID VAN DYKE Murray Seymour sent me this incredible image along with his text and story. Again, I turn over my pen to our readership. Thank you Mr. Seymour for this time capsule photograph! If you have an old photograph of the Beach, why not share it with our readers and contact me gdvandyke61@gmail.com […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE I thought I’d give writing duties over to Jan who sent me this photograph (above) that her husband took of her in the early 1980s. The facade on this retail space at 1916 Queen Street East hasn’t changed a bit! It was wonderful to meet you and your husband Jan, thanks […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE This archival photo (above) of the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant was captured sometime in the early 1930s. The photo is from the City of Toronto Archives. It wasn’t until 1941 when the treatment plant on Queen Street East at the foot of Victoria Park Avenue was fully completed. It truly […]
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 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 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 […]
