Peter Knox
280 Coxwell
Throwback
Five-pin salute
Toronto real estate agent Peter Knox is trying to find a tenant who wants to run the 1950s Shamrock Bowl bowling alley at 280 Coxwell Ave above the Goodlife Fitness. Mr. Knox discovered the third-floor business, deserted by the operator when he and his girlfriend were walking in the neighborhood recently. Shamrock Bowl appears from time to time in media recollections of quaint spots around town. It was built in 1952. As reported by the CBC this week, Shamrock Bowl still has all of the same mechanisms in place making it a fully functioning retro bowling alley. But the truth must be told there does not seem to be much interest in it. Shamrock Bowl has been on the market ever since a makeover six years ago.
