tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887244920706798566.post4857334649207752339..comments2023-06-29T05:00:07.135-04:00Comments on West Hill News: West Hill's "Main Street"Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01428986147495219868noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887244920706798566.post-82176688056324955272009-05-05T12:26:00.000-04:002009-05-05T12:26:00.000-04:00Some local history about the triangle and the West...Some local history about the triangle and the West Hill area:<br /><br />1. Bob Warner, better known as Captain Highliner in commercials that aired during the eighties, used to attend my former church at Lawrence and West Hill Dr. He has since passed on (approx. 15 years ago).<br /> <br />2. The Swiss Chalet managers' training center at one time was at the Swiss Chalet located at Kingston and Lawrence. Yes, that's right, some of the cooks and servers there were managers learning the different stations before they were assigned a management position at another restaurant.<br /><br />3. When Scarborough got low in spots for public housing, refugees were housed in the motels along Kingston Rd.<br /><br />4. I knew an elderly gentleman who died in a hit and run in the triangle area. I'm still not sure if it was at Morningside/Lawrence or just south of it (at the crosswalk), but I always considered the pedestrian crossing improvements at M/L were a direct result of his death.<br /><br />5. In high school cross-country running meets the hill in Morningside Park was known as "Mount Olympus"--and yes we had to run up it.<br /><br />Aaron C.i write for you onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02286418078632774243noreply@blogger.com