: The Early Years : 32 Davenport Road : 30 Years at 32 : Changing Seasons : Credo For An Office :

Raymond Moriyama and David Vickers

Ted Teshima

30 Years at 32 - 1966 to 1996:

July 25, 1996 marked the 30th. anniversary of the office moving to it's present location at 32 Davenport. The year 1966, was when many long time staff members came on board. The list includes Mary Sabat, Anson Finlay, John Snell, Joni Inouye, Ted Teshima and Aubrey McIntosh. Don Cooper was still in and out during those days as was Tom Motomochi.

These were the days of carbon paper and Gestetner copying machines as the Xerox copy machine was just becoming popular. Most drawings were done on 1000H paper as mylar drafting film was just coming on the scene. The metal angle frame drafting boards that some of our computers sit on now were equipped with the latest in Mayline parallel rules.

An opening party was held in December 1966 that appears to have been quite an event. Anson Finlay and Bon Mueller went up to the Rouge Valley to get some large rocks to put around the outdoor fish pond from which Anson still claims he has sore muscles from to this day! There were no fish in the pond, so they next went down to Kennsington Market and purchased some questionable carp which only lasted a couple of weeks.

Apparently during the party itself, which just happened to be Aubrey's first day, one of the women on staff fell down the stairs while being chased around by the city parks commissioner of the time and some people took a dip in the fish pond, or were thrown in. I guess all those legends about the swinging sixties are true!

In December, 1996 a special celebration on the 30th anniversary of the move to 32 Davenport was held to honour people's long term contributions to the firm.