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Chris E
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 Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject: Erlton |
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ERLTON
The Contenders
Lower Erlton
** These two houses have now been demolished ( Spring 2009) **
Upper Erlton
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McMahon
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:55 am Post subject: Re: Erlton |
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| Chris E wrote: |
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Hi, long time reader, first time poster, etc.
To the left of the building pictured above, there was a small rundown house and what looked like a mechanic's garage. I say "was" because last week, I noticed that they're now gone. Being interested in older buildings, I had always wondered what they were and if they were still being used. Now that they're gone, I'm even more curious about them.
Does anybody have any information about them?
By the way, the removal of the buildings has revealed an old painted advertisement on the wall of the above building. I think it was a cigarette ad but didn't get a close look as I passed on the train. |
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McMahon
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:28 am Post subject: |
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| My mistake! On passing it again yesterday, I see that only the garage has been knocked. The house is still there. |
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Chris E
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe if you get a chance snap a pic of that Ad and post it! |
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McMahon
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Got a chance to get a couple pictures today.
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newsposter
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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I think the building in the middle below may be the same one as above. View of the intersection of Macleod (2nd Street) and 25th Avenue SW, taken from Reader's hill looking NW.
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McMahon
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Based solely on counting the windows on the side and front in the above photos, it would seem to be the same building. |
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newsposter
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| You can really tell in Chris's lightened and enlarged image further up the thread. I think that Harry Sanders' family used to run a store at that site... |
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Chris E
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Looks a lot better without all that crap siding on it. |
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Steely Dan
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McMahon
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| newsposter wrote: | I think the building in the middle below may be the same one as above. View of the intersection of Macleod (2nd Street) and 25th Avenue SW, taken from Reader's hill looking NW.
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I haven't gone by this way in a few weeks, but I happened to be in Union Cemetery at this very spot, and remembered this photo and the discussion of the building. So, I looked down the hill at it, and, well, it's gone! The lot is completely bulldozed, with no sign of there having been a building there.
Took me by surprise. |
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Chris E
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah it was sadly demo'd in the past month or two. |
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