Sugar Plum Tree Distributors of Quebec (1930).
Today the building houses a restaurant.
Sugar Plum Tree Distributors of Quebec (1930).
Today the building houses a restaurant.
Boarded up door and former windows, covered with bricks, on the side of the former 1920s market store.
Another former market. Falle’s market (1920) & Laniel’s market (1940).
Today it is a craft shop.
Winchester avenue near Prince Albert. In the 1900s occupants included: blacksmiths, Canadian Pacific Railways staff and a superintendent of the Singer Manufacturing Company.
Entrance to the Seville apartments overshadowed by adjacent store fronts.
1930s occupants were the Victoria Upholstering Co. Ltd. & Hugman`s Handy Repair Shop.
Easily overlooked old entrance to a 4 unit apartment building. Old copper numerals over the door.
In the 1800s Sherbrooke Street West turned directly into Cote St. Antoine – it did not continue west as it does today.
There was a toll-bar at this junction. It seems it was quite profitable. The Legislative Assembly for the Province of Canada, in 1854, reported that the St. Antoine toll-bar collected 817 pounds, 17 shillings and 4 pence in the period between December 1852 and March 1853.
Former William Bitcliffe store. From the Standard, December 6, 1915:
“Mr. Wm. Bitcliffe saw the great future of the West End, and money was no barrier to the erection of this imposing business structure on Victoria Ave. The finest stock of Groceries and sundries are carried, and in addition a complete Hardware establishment, where is to be found all the specialties and necessaries for Garden purposes, are situated at No. 350 Victoria Avenue, Westmount.“
Today, the building houses the Visual Arts Center.
Morkow Motors Service and Sales (1920). Town and Country Motors Ltd (1956). Brake Service Registerd (1930)