STC150

The city is peppered with neighbourhood parks – playgrounds designed around providing leisure spaces for local families to play, participate in sports, and enjoy some green space. One such park is Fitzgerald Street Park, originally known as Queensway Park a dedicated softball park in the city.

This week's STC150 post looks at In Cremorne Gardens, a popular local destination for picnics and gatherings when St. Catharines first became a city.

One of the most popular locations to cool off at in St. Catharines is Sunset Beach. This week's STC150 post looks at the Port Weller location.

With the hot summer days of August, this month’s posts celebrating the story of St. Catharines over time will look at some places in the city where local residents could cool off, such as the Bartlett Park Wading Pool.

Our final instalment in our series on shopping in St. Catharines takes a walk – or drive – over to the Fairview Mall.

The Fairview Mall was a part of a general move in cities across North America towards automobile-focused development, was a fully enclosed, considered an ultra modern shopping experience and one of the first of its kind in Canada.

This week’s STC150 post continues our series on shopping in St. Catharines and moves out of the downtown to the Pen Centre.

This week’s STC150 post looks back at another staple of early 20^th century St. Catharines shopping—the James D. Tait Co.

This week's STC150 post takes a look at McLaren’s Department Store, describe as one of the most modern and thoroughly equipped department stores to be found in Ontario.