Another old newspaper photo. Today’s shot is Ouellette and University Avenue, from July, 1958.
It’s interesting to see how much this block has changed over the years. The two buildings between the bank and the Kresge’s are now home to Chanoso’s and Oishii, and the Kresge Store has been replaced with a soulless, lifeless glass box Royal Bank building. Look at all the people out milling about, and shopping at stores where you can buy things…
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those buildings sure could use some stucco! ;)
The business signs are the best- somehow we lost our way- giving in to strip malls and moving the retail sector out to the cities' extremities-how about those business signs- probably be deemed against a bylaw today!
You are likely right about the signs, Chris. I remember reading that Million Dollar Saloon is keeping their big sign - even though they are/have completed major changes to the rest of the building - because they would never get permission for such a sign with the current by-laws.
British Flags nonetheless.
Andrew - you've gotta stop posting these pics of "the goold ole days"! It makes people long for something they can't have, therefore creating feelings of abandonment and apathy. If the suicide rate spikes after posting pics like this, there's nobody to blame but IM!
To Chris...
Who says we can't have it. If we put our collective minds to work we can have anything.
Andrew, great stuff! Btw, CHWI used your postcard pictures from 1959 last night that showed the buildings that no longer stand...nice shout out to International Metropolis!
I wish Kresge was still there. Nice place to have lunch at the counter when I lived downtown in the 80s. I think it could still do good business downtown if it was here. It's where I always went to buy Kodachrome 64 film and blank tapes to record CJAM on in the mid 80s.
Before the Red Maple Leaf flag an O CANADA, the Union Jack was also Canadas flag, the national athem was God Save the Queen. The Red Ensign was then and still is Ontarios flag.
In 1958 people in the car plants where recovering from the Ford move to Oakville, and a slow down at Chrysler.
The downtown was busy, as was Ottawa Street and Tecumseh Rd. east, because all the competition was Borwin Plaza with its Kressge store and Dominion store in Sandwitch West township.
Also Kressge no longer exists and K-Mart,may soon follow.
A 50s style diner would be pretty cool downtown... akin to Prince Albert's in London... or, Fran's in Toronto.