Category: #Sunnyside365 (Page 28 of 39)

“We wake up to the sound of drilling, pavement being torn apart, diesel engines being fired up. The warnings of equipment backing up. cement trucks revving up their loads.

And then we go to sleep to it. It’s really getting too much to handle. I hope it’s over soon.”

“You have to run the gauntlet of: construction vehicles, workers, materials, fences, trenches, bridges, poor lighting, angry bystanders… They should just leave the roads this until Remembrance Day so people can re-enact World War I conditions.”

“You know what you should focus on? The trees. They’re the real long-time residents of Sunnyside. Some of those trees were planted before the First World War. Can you imagine? What would they say if they could talk?”

“We’ve been in business here for twenty-four years. Yeah, we’ve seen this neighbourhood in all it’s cycles.

It’s a village in the city. I know that’s a hack phrase, but it’s a great community. There’s a great group of people here and some really tremendous support. Working down here is great.” Edward Cavell, Proprietor of Livingstone & Cavell Extraordinary Toys, Kensington.

“It’s like in soccer: at the end of the game, when the referee gives more time to play based because of stoppage from penalties, injuries and whatever. Summer has given us stoppage time to use in October. I say take what you can and use it as much as possible, the game will be over soon. Ha ha, how’s that for a metaphor?”

“I have been creating a series of copper skulls based loosely on the five elements and four Seasons. I’ve been at this for almost a year. I think it’s the first of its kind at The Roast, usually the art that goes up there is two-dimensional. Stuff like paintings or photographs. It’s awesome that the stars aligned for my turn to put up art was in October and that it’s the Roasterie’s 30th anniversary of business. I think the piece fits the time and place.

This series was created as a challenge to myself, I have been practicing metal work as my main discipline for the last 4 years. Before that some people may remember me cutting out intricate designs and drawing at The Roasterie.” Markus. “Momento Mori” is on display in the month of October at The Roasterie. See the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1646337365634071/

“Actually yes, there was an Ikea here when we opened in 1987. My wife worked there when we came from Germany.

We got here in the early Eighties. Things weren’t good in Calgary at the time so we laid low and then we purchased this building.

Kilian is a family business. Our dad was doing the same thing in Germany with a very similar sized store. We grew up in a furniture store and when when our family moved to Canada, our parents, Frank and me, we started this business.

The neighbourhood has been very good to us. We were in here early, we put probably one of the first nice buildings into the area. We’ve always been attracted to the European flair of this neighbourhood. You could walk around and go to the coffee shops. Downtown was closed at four o’clock–it’s not like it is now. We didn’t want to go and open a flat store in an open field, we wanted a vibrant neighbourhood with a mixture of people. It’s nice to have a small town feel in big city.

We’re retiring. Everything in the store has been marked down and we’re planning on selling the building. It’s time.” Gunnar (left) and Frank (Right), Owners of Kilian International Design.