Since I sometimes get inspired, and plan out posts weeks in advance, occasionally things happen, and I miss out… Like this for example. The fire last month on Ouellette Avenue.
The store front that was once home to Valerie’s Ladies Fashions was among my favourite places along Ouellette. It was once of the few unaltered store fronts along Ouellette where you could get a feel for the boom years of the 1920’s.
The window displays retained their art deco lines…
And the floor!
Great art deco geometric patterns. The terrazzo floor was laid by a true craftsman.
When the rub & tug moved in, I was initially worried about a renovation… However…
It looked better once they got in. The ceiling was painted, and all the loose bits removed, and a new fixture added.
It’s all gone now, and another link to the past is wiped away.
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a friend of mine had a souviner shop on the corner of park and ouellette back in the 60's and 70's
where the post office is now
gary is this the building?
http://internationalmetropolis.com/?p=428
That's the building JBM
I thought this was the Nut-House. I vaguely remember going here in the early 1980's with my mom. She told me that she used to go there for treats as a child. I remember I was never too happy about whatever I got at the Nut-House. I preferred a place out in East Windsor called "Aunt Bettys" which was on the West side of Lauzon. With irony, we'd ONLY visit it AFTER the Dentist in Forest Glade. I'd get a candy Apple and Cotton Candy. There was a wooden "toy house" in Aunt Betty's which scared me as a kid. It was creepy because, although you could look through the windows into the inside, the door handle never turned. CREEPED me RIGHT OUT!
they'll never build there again and it's just gonna turn into a place for wino's to drink at and a spot for the drunk kids to fight at230am
Isn't this the place that specialized in imported and very expensive British clothing ?
That was further down the street across from the Palace Theatre.
oops. Didn't mean to hit send. Is McCance the place you were thinking about?
mac phersons nut house was an establishment that you could not walk by and not go in to buy a snack. the popcorn in the front windows always got your attention. then walk in fresh popcorn, peanut brittle, all types of nuts that you bought by weight fudge. where would you start. it was an ouellette ave. icon that puzzles me why it went down. i mean, who could walk past that place. the treats were so inviting. if people didnt support it their taste buds must have been shot. oh those warm redskin peanuts. my dad bought them for us along with all the other treats. it was a great hold you over until supper. or a great after supper treat. if you dont remember mac phersons nut house or oare too young to know, you missed out BIG TIME.