By David Van Dyke Photographer Chris Nicholls took this image of Bert’s Variety back in 1984. Now the Beacher Cafe, it is located on the northwest corner of Maclean Avenue and Queen Street East. Thank you Chris, for sharing this amazing image. If you’d like to see more of Chris’ work, please check out chrisnichollsphotography.com […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE We have a fantastic contribution today from Chris Souwand. Chris was a student back in the mid-1980s who shot restaurant facades in the Beach for a school project. Today’s reckoning: Babbage’s! The building is located on the sunny side of Queen Street East, just east of Silver Birch. Today it’s the […]
By RUSHANTHI KESUNATHAN Its ten minutes to ten and Nancy Huang wipes her glass doors clean before turning her closed sign to open. Huang is the neighbourhood’s newest designer on the block. My Sewing Studio, named after the owner’s wish to be close to the community and easily accessible in the neighbourhood, opened its doors […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE Before the ‘ginormous’ condo, before Lick’s, there was Seaway’s Meat Market. This photo was taken by Ann Patterson who owned and operated a camera store across the street of said image (Kenilworth and Queen). The store was called Carter and Carter Photography, and during the 1970s, on occasion, Ann would take […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE Prior to the Beacher Cafe, we had the Beacher, on the northwest corner of Queen Street East and Maclean Avenue. This streetscape was shot by Chris Souwand for a school study of Beach restaurants in 1985. Luckily for us, this was an extensive project as I intend to share more of Mr. […]
By FIONA BRAMZELL The phrase ‘gig economy’ is a relatively new term that describes the way many people work these days but Beaches local, actor and entertainer Patrick Rose has been living that way his whole life and loving every minute. Born in Manitoba and growing up in Vancouver, Patrick was introduced to music at […]
By SURINA NATH Local writer Ben Stellino just released her first book titled this thing between us. The official launch was at Roseman Bridge in Iowa, and the official Canadian book launch will be on Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Vandenberg House at 1400 Queen St. E. from 2 to 5 p.m. The Sicilian born […]
By CHELSEA ORTIZ LUIZ An athlete is defined as someone who competes in a sport that involves physical strength, speed, and endurance. For Draga Culjak, of the Balmy Beach Canoe Club, this description fits perfectly. Culjak, a professional kayaker who competed in the Canoe Sprint World Championships with the Canadian team in 2013, started falling […]
I remember many years ago, going on a historical walk with Gene Domagala. We walked up to a newly opened bar on Queen Street East, between Hambly and Lee, north side. Gene asked the group if we could guess from the facade what kind of business this store ran in the long distant past. We […]
Kyle and Janice Burden, the owners of local business Nature’s Footwear at the corner of Waverley Road and Queen Street East, are celebrating 40 years of operation this year. Janice’s mother, Lois Coston, opened the shoe store on the same corner of Queen Street in 1978 with her business partner Wilhelmina. When Lois passed in […]
