Tag: Business

Blackies, a cluttered utopia.

5123 Queen Mary Road

Blackies (Black & White Stationery) was a corner store run by Joseph Lew and his family. It had its beginnings in the old Jewish neighbourhood...

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Memories of Esther Hoffman’s Ladies Ready-to-Wear Shop

5615 Avenue du Parc

Jack Hoffman shares memories of his mother, Esther Hoffman, and her experiences working as a seamstress, and details of his mother opening up a ladies...

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David Zunenshine and the Family Business

93 Avenue du Mont-Royal Ouest

Listen to Josh Levy tell the heartwarming story of his grandfather, David Zunenshine. Zunenshine grew up the typical Mordecai Richler upbringing around St. Urbaine St....

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The Legendary Boris Kaplan

Sherbrooke and Avenue Parc Lafontaine

A rare recording of Boris Kaplan, a Russian immigrant who arrived in Montreal in the early 1900s without a penny to his name and eventually...

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Part I: Ruth Levy on Escaping the Nazis and Working in the Fur Business in Old Montreal

250 Avenue Clarke, Westmount

Listen to Joshua Levy and his grandmother Ruth Levy tell the story of Ruth's last-minute escape from Nazi Germany and her new life in Canada...

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Part II: Ruth Levy and the Decarie Hotel

Boulevard Décarie

Listen to Josh Levy and his grandmother Ruth recount stories from their family's hotel business during Expo 67.

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