Happy Friday, the first one of 2012!
Today’s old photo shows the Ferry Street entrance to the Coach & Horses, dated October 16, 1979.
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Ford dealership (originally).
This building was previously featured on this site and can be found at http://internationalmetropolis.com/?p=1397
A very interesting history.
It looks like in the original picture that part of the brick was painted a dark colour as well. Maybe back in '79 it looked better than today's hideously faded blue/purple and faded red/pink combination. Inside the Coach and Horses, it has the potential to be an amazing restaurnt/bar/entertainment facility, something similar to the restaurant/hall area of the Old Mill Inn & Spa in Toronto. A bar like this could be restored and fit perfectly in Olde Walkerville.
Anyone remember when that huge metal fish used to hang on the corner of the building?
I love going to the Loop, but the air inside always tastes like people on a good night lol.
The original tin ceiling is still up there, AND they finally installed a sprinkler system!!!
I've frequented this place many times since I was of age.
It's always been a great place to go and have fun, but the state it is in is terrible.
Inside historic reminders are everywhere, but how the building is not condemned escapes me.
This plot of land was originally a fish market (late 1800s), hence its old name, and the fish that used to hang.
The fish that used to hang was from the old fish market restaurant from the 80's, not it being a fish market from the 1800's.
The place is a dump and full of mould. YOu can smell it as soon as you go into the building.
The owner is just another speculator that hasn't done anything with the building since he purchased it (you know who you are).
It would make a great incubator for a multiple retail store. But alas, this will eventually come down like everything else in downtown.
that old diving suit near the Chatham street entrance is left over from the old Fishmarket days
Wow. Feels like you could step into the Rovers Return through an entrance like that. The world needs more proper pubs. I just remember going there (and to the other two bars) and getting plastered. 16-17 years later, and I am only beginning to stomach live bagpiping again. Jack Daniels, not so much.
@ Ken, the site WAS an old fish market in the late 1800s, and yes there was a place to eat named the same later in the 1980s.