nice old pic of Yorkville St (glimpse of The Riverboat)

[jj]

pic from 1975

The Riverboat Coffeehouse, located at 134 Yorkville Avenue closed its doors for the last time on June 25, 1978.

An icon in the neighbourhood for over a decade, the basement coffeehouse, only able to seat 100 people showcased emerging Canadian artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot and many more.

The closing of the Riverboat ended an era of bohemian coffeehouses in Yorkville before gentrification began in the neighbourhood.

[charlene]

when you GOOGLE map it with street view you can really see how things have changed..The Hazleton is there now...
http://spacing.ca/wire/2009/06/25/throwback-thursday-yorkville-and-the-death-of-torontos-first-scene/

[jj]

if you click on the pic it gives you full resolution

you can see (from the signboard) that Ramblin Jack Elliot was performing there that week...you can only see the RIV part of the coffee house sign

notice the CN truck...the tower was just being constructed at that time

[charlene]

i noticed the truck. too bad we can't see the lovely orange colour..lol
might have been at this time: 1970 - Ramblin Jack was in town, The shirelles, and the righteous brothers. sly and the family stone was heading to town. - i attended that concert!
page 58 - http://books.google.ca/books?id=jikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=ramblin'+jack+elliot+at+the+riverboat&source=bl&ots=cTyEH67qHQ&sig=h2J4IUwCyq42GsTKm0K24RR2GOg&hl=en&ei=gDnLS53KCIH88AaJ_vXLBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=ramblin'%20jack%20elliot%20at%20the%20riverboat&f=false

[jj]

cool link, char....the pic is actually from 1975...here is the full url

http://www.toronto.ca/archives/thismonth.htm