Old Photographs

Forest House Tavern

January 31, 2021
Image from SWODA One of the old bars who’s name I hear often, is that of the old Forest House. The Forest House was on the south east corner of Tecumseh Rd E and Forest, just east of the Caboto Club, as shown in the photo above from 1952. In the mid 1990s, I remember this place as the Sitting Bull. After the Forest House, it became Hadley’s in the 1970s, by the mid 1980s it…
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Old Photographs

Changez By Nite - 2007

January 24, 2021
Going through some old photos over the weekend, I came across this one of the old Changez By Nite on Wyandotte St E, opposite the 7-11. This is before the building became a shelter. As i recall a wind storm had knocked the parapet wall down, causing bricks to tumble into the…
Old Photographs

The Talbot House - 1952

January 17, 2021
Image from SWODA Today’s shot is a view looking west along Wyandotte Street West, from Elm Street, shot in December, 1952. The bar at the corner of Wyandotte & Wellington was known at the Talbot House until 1976, when it became the El Morocco. Today the building…
Old Photographs

Walker & Tecumseh - Looking North 1950

January 10, 2021
Image from SWODA A view of the intersection of Walker & Tecumseh roads looking north in April, 1950. Oftentimes the old pictures we feature here are remarkable for the buildings shown that we’ve lost, but this I find remarkable for how little we have going on. Walker & Tecumseh is a major intersection, in what is now the heart of the urban part of the city. Here in this shot…
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Demolition of the CPR Station - 1935

January 3, 2021
April 20,1935 For a long time, I have always been curious about the old CPR station that sat on the waterfront across from where CBC is located today. There are postcards of the station, but little else seems to be be around about it. Designed by Edward Colonna, the…