When women patronized milliners
1412 Queen St. W/Sstrong@hotelbaudin
Renovation at 1412 Queen St. W. has revealed the sign of a 1930s women’s hat shop, Parkdale Millinery. It appears the sign, which has been partially disassembled but not yet destroyed, belonged to a business run by a man named Arthur Levine. Records show him there in 1931. Many stores have filled the space since then but Gordon Robb, who will open a cycle store there in March, says he would like to preserve the sign if he can. The sign recalls a time when women, and men too, wore stylish hats all the time when in public. Men visited a haberdasher to buy the necessary headgear. Holy Spaceballs! Sign for Mel Brooks classic on Eglinton W.
