Mark McNeil
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Carnegie-funded library buildings found new life as court, gallery (opens the original)
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Mark McNeil is a retired, award-winning Spectator journalist who writes about local history and heritage. Heritage buildings need a lot of work to maintain. And it can be very expensive. Thatâs especially true with the 116-year-old Carnegie Gallery, a Beaux-Arts-style beauty on King Street West in Dundas that was nearly demolished in the 1970s. Today, there is a leaky roof, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) issues, as well as windows and floors that need attention. âThe buildi
Legacy in a teacup: Pause Awhile Tea Room in Waterdown remembered nearly 20 years after it closed (opens the original)
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Mark McNeil is a retired, award-winning Spectator journalist who writes about local history and heritage. After my wife and I bought our first house in the late 1980s, we started looking for antiques and curios to furnish the empty rooms and help give the place more character. One of our favourite Sunday destinations was the massive Circle M Antique Flea Market on Highway 5, where we searched for âgems among the junk,â as people used to say. Weâd wander through the half-dozen buildings wit
The day Tiny Tim tiptoed thru Hamilton (opens the original)
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Mark McNeil is a retired, award-winning Spectator journalist who writes about local history and heritage. When it comes to Tiny Tim, the scraggly-haired, ukulele-wielding falsetto crooner who somehow became a pop sensation in the 1960s, there are many legends. For one thing, he famously used a shopping bag to carry his instrument, so he could make a hasty exit if an audience turned on him. He married Victoria Mae âMiss Vickiâ Budinger on âThe Tonight Showâ in front of a television audien
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