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Whatever happened to…?

Posted on September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 by stewartlake

It started, as it often does, with a Facebook post. While scrolling through my feed one day, skimming the selfies, memes, and cat videos, a picture from an old Algonquin College friend of mine caught my eye: Wait, what? Mark’s at a Jack Astor’s in Ottawa smiling under the Avon Motel sign? Anyone who lives […]

Tagged algonquin college, art deco, highway 69, jack astor's, motel, nostalgia, ottawa, route 66

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