1928 newspaper ad for the Mandarin Gardens on Ouellette Ave.
The Mandarin was located on Ouellette across the street from the Palace.
Another view, this one from higher up, looking north on Ouellette, the top of the Mandarin Gardens sign is visible here.
I have no listing for them in the 1923 directory, so it must have been later in the 1920’s when it came along. There is no listing in the directory for a Joseph Gan either.
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Andrew's circle above is just to the right of the Boom Boom room, which is in the old Canada Trust (?) building. The building circled, with glass, is quite old -- the glass just masks the old (a kind of stucco-ing, perhaps, but with glass). So perhaps the room that housed the Mandarin Garden is still there. Upstairs? Downstairs? The current starbucks replaced the National Bank.
If I remember correctly it wasn't Canada Trust, but Royal Trust.
Yet we allow more shuffling of the banks in our downtown. Since these banks are traditionally block killers IE: not pedestrian friendly nor the ability to attract retail shops due to their size and few entrance doors, I wonder how long before yet another bank wants to move and we have the same problem again.
Look at most of what the banks have vacated. What could possibly go into them? The shuffling continues.
Darren a Flickr account is needed to see your photos. Too bad because I enjoy what you have captured.
I have a head shot of Mr Gan.
Ric - I figured you might know something about Mr. Gan :)
Before it was Royal Trust it was United Trust but before the renovations we see today it was Zellers', the neglected stepsister of downtown dime stores.
The Zellers is here: http://internationalmetropolis.com/?p=353
It can't be the same building can it?
Boom Boom Room is a much shorter building than the Zeller's building was. You don't usually see them just take a couple of floors off of a building. What was it before Boom Boom Room? I should know this, but I don't.
It was the United Trust branch office. The old Zeller's wasn't demolished but was severely "renovated" to what it is today.