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antiques

Business 

Poor health forces antique dealer to put passion on hold

September 29, 2015 Brian Baker antiques, Antiques on Mt. Pleasant, Chris Katirai

Antique dealer Chris Katirai is known in business circles as the lamp doctor. He shared this moniker behind a large

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Business 

Antique market a success

August 15, 2011June 19, 2019 Town Crier staff antiques, Evergreen Brick Works, Persian Rugs, Rosedale Valley Anti, War Rugs

Afghani and Pakistani war rugs prove big sellers for one vendor

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NEWS 

Arts & Letters Club to hold fun sale

October 22, 2009 Town Crier staff antiques, sale

Antique collectors are eagerly anticipating the Inside Out sale Oct. 24, 10–4p.m. at the Arts & Letters Club on 14

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Business 

35-year-old curiosity shop to close

October 15, 2009 Town Crier staff antiques, closing, shop

Fritz Lev wasn’t trying to sell antiques when he opened his store on Bayview Ave. in 1974.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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