Jean's Ceiling Fans Sightings

[Jean Lemieux]

Here are the sightings for January and the first for 2019.

In an Addison Electronique store in Montréal, many Banvil Bronze Lines on long poles from the 2000's. Here are two different from many.





In a chalet in Mont-Tremblant, QC a Canarm Mini-Contempra 107 cm from around the mid 2000's.


Enjoy!

[Jean Lemieux]

Here are the sightings for March. As I mentioned earlier, I might not post as many sightings due to a lack of interest. As you can see there's nothing for February.


In the lobby of a hotel in Québec City, there's a skylight with this cool Kendal Orbit spinning slowly. An awesome installation. We can see the reflection of the top of the fan on the glass.


Here's a short video of it:



A Canac home improvement store in Levis, QC have this Canarm Retro 132 cm on display among other Canarms models.


This location also has two Canarm CP56 and two Canarm CP36 to cool the store.



This is something you've seen before. Here's a better picture of that same fan I posted before in the summer of 2016. An unknown fan in a dépanneur and gas station in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Québec. I remember seeing that same fan in the 1990's, it was on low and it's still the same today.


A French bistro in Montréal have this very cool mixture of two different kinds of older Canarms, two from the early 1990's and three from the 1980's and two current Hampton Bay mixed in. All fans have been painted over in some very dark brown colour. They are seven fans in total. All are grouped by two fans in three contrasting recessed rectangles with indirect lighting, a classic in Parisian style bistro except one Hampton Bay alone in a square shape recessed section. Here's the lone Hampton Bay. It was the closest fan to my table. It makes sense that a Hampton Bay like this would be on it's own as it's 150 cm and the Canarm are 140 cm.


Here's one of the two early 1990's Canarms. The kind with the lineless blades and a slightly thicker motor than today's Canarms.


My favorite fans there are of course the three 1983 Canarms 140 cm. Here are two of them.



Here's a general overview of almost all the fans except the lone Hampton Bay.


A shoe and clothing store in Montréal has two or three early 1990's Canarms. They are pretty much always on high speed.


Enjoy!

[Jean Lemieux]

Whoa! Seeing the lack of activity here, I was right to reduce the amount of sightings for this year.

April:

A new restaurant in the Village (Montréal) have three teal painted Banvil Bronze Lines installed close together spinning slowly in the front of the place.

[Jordan U]

That French bistro is really cool!

[philippe1995]

that french parisian bistro is interesting... guess they got the fans all at the same time? bought some used fans and painted them/installed them all at once? what do you think?

[Jean Lemieux]

Jun 2, 2019 17:31:14 GMT -5 philippe1995 said:

that french parisian bistro is interesting... guess they got the fans all at the same time? bought some used fans and painted them/installed them all at once? what do you think?

The two Hampton Bay are obviously replacement in the 2000's to 2010's of other Canarms. My idea regarding the Canarms is that they were bought at the same time and the oldest Canarm were old stock left from the 1980's. The fans must have been bought very early in the 1990's.

[Jean Lemieux]

Here are the sightings for May.

This first batch was taken in Toronto, Ontario.

Two 4 Saisons 20th Century at the restaurant of the hotel where I was staying. I stayed at the same hotel I was during my trip of October 2015. Refer to page 48 of this thread to see the photos taken in 2015. Fan no 1:

Fan no 2:



Other parts of the restaurant have these antique brass Monte Carlo Designer Supreme 132 cm that I didn't photographed in 2015. These are different ones from the ones you saw in 2015. They have many of these antique brass Monte Carlo Designer Supremes.




Almost all rooms are equipped with these white and brass Monte Carlo Designer Supreme II 112 cm dated of 1999. 1999 seems very early for a Monte Carlo and they are also pretty rare in this finish. This is a different room from the one I had in 2015 but of course I had the same exact fan in my other room. This one didn't wobbled at all but has a slightly audible hum that the one in my room in 2015 didn't seem to have.

I recorded a quick demo of it since some of you like sightings videos. It's very powerful!



A classic mid century style diner in Toronto have four Modern Fan Co Ball 132 cm in brushed aluminium. Three were spinning slowly and the one at the front was off. I also recorded a quick video of them.

The one at the front.

One closer to me.

The one that was almost right above me.




A restaurant on Yonge Street in the Church and Wellesley area has about three of these unknown 140 cm spinners. I've never seen them before. They seem very rare. They look like a very early and chunky version of Banvil Bronze Lines. The shape of the motor is essentially like a Banvil Bronze Line or CMC but much thicker. Notice how wide the blades are; almost like 1980's Canarm fans! The two photos shows two different fans. Someone knows what these are? Anyone ever seen them before?



A bar in the same area has a screened terrace upstairs have these two very recently installed Westinghouse Industrials 140 cm in brushed nickel. The one with the blades installed on the wrong side is the new generation that probably came out only two or three years ago. I prefer this new version with the different controller and the more classic motor almost like an SMC motor. I guess when they bought them it was the year that they were making the transition and they had a mixture of the older version with the new version already arrived. They are mostly exposed to the elements as above it's only just a screen.
New version with blades installed on the wrong side.

Older version:



A store close by has about two or three of these early 1990's black and polished brass Canarm 107 cm. Someone remembers the name of this model?



A David's Tea outlet close to my hotel has two brushed steel Emerson Heat Fans 120 cm. I love theme in this size. This is the signature fan for David Tea store. Once I saw a location that has white Hampton Bay Quick Connect but normally when they have any fans they are these Emerson in this size and finish. Notice that store slocated of shopping malls do not have have ceiling fans.



A restaurant has this rare Banvil with leather effect blades. The brackets are now bent down and the blades appear to be loose. I believe this model was available around the late 2000's to early 2010's. Someone remembers it's name?



I went back to the Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant and took better photos of the Fanimation Bourbon Streets. They changed the light bulbs in them for LED ones. This one is now missing the central globe. I also met with fan collector Brandon E. Johnson for the first time.



A better photo of this antique copper late 1970's Casablanca Victorian with spiral pole. They are probably five or size Casablanca Victorians in total. Refer to page 48 of this thread to see photos of all the other ones taken in October 2015.


One of many late 1970's Banvil Orange Line. I didn't photographed this specific one in 2015.


A 3rd black painted Canarm CP36 in a very small vestibule of another entrance to the restaurant I didn't saw in 2015.



A café in the Distillery District has these two silver painted Leading Edge or at least that's what to appear to be. Correct me if this isn't the right brand. I'm not sure what's the difference between Leading Edge, Marley and Dayton. It was my first time seeing any Leading Edge or Dayton at all. It's difficult to tell if they are 140 or 150 cm. Brandon have a video of them.




In Gatineau, Québec:

Four General Electric Treviso 132 cm in a vegetarian restaurant.



In Ottawa, Ontario:

Two of these 1990's ventless fans. Notice the longer switch housing. I'm guessing they are a later version of the Nadair Designer. Someone knows exactly? The tip of their blades confuses me as they are more rounded than regular Nadair or even Canarm ones. Not being able to see the canopy makes it more difficult to identify them.


A pub have multiples of these verde Hampton bay Huntington 132 cm from the mid to late 1990's. They are essentially verde SMC Park Avenues. They have a Hampton Bay sticker on the switch housing and a reversing switch. It was my first time seeing them. They are some of the oldest Hampton Bays fans in Canada. They are most common in Ontario where the very first Home Depots stores opened in the mid 1990's. Hampton Bays this old in Québec are very rare.
Fan no 1.


Fan no 2.


Fan no 3:



A restaurant near Byward Market have three Monte Carlos. I'm guessing the name of the finish is Roman bronze but the large ones appear to be a darker bronze than the smaller one. These two Designer Supreme 132 cm downstairs.



Upstairs is this Designer Supreme II 112 cm.


One last restaurant I went to in Ottawa have this set of two pewter finish Fanimation Brewmaster. One motor for two fans. They were spinning slowly. I even had a chat with the owner of the restaurant about the fans. Downstairs are two Fanimation Fitzgerald that I will be posting my portable fan sighting thread.



Here in Montréal, a local pet shop have multiples Canarm CP56. The store was renovated in the mid 2000's. Before it didn't have any fans. This one photographed here, located near the entrance, in a section of the store where the ceiling is lower, is usually on high speed. This time it was off.


I also made a short video where you get to see most of them.


Enjoy and comment!

[philippe1995]

pretty nice sightings there! I love the old industrials, especially thoses older Goldlines. can't wait tosee the sightings we saw together in june!

[Jean Lemieux]

Aug 6, 2019 10:11:49 GMT -5 philippe1995 said:

pretty nice sightings there! I love the old industrials, especially thoses olger Goldlines. can't wait tosee the sightings we saw together in june!

Thanks.

Have you ever seen the unknown industrials before?

The June sightings will also be very diverse and many vintage spinners!

[philippe1995]

Aug 11, 2019 15:25:01 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

Aug 6, 2019 10:11:49 GMT -5 philippe1995 said:

pretty nice sightings there! I love the old industrials, especially thoses olger Goldlines. can't wait tosee the sightings we saw together in june!

Thanks.

Have you ever seen the unknown industrials before?

The June sightings will also be very diverse and many vintage spinners!

I don't recall to see one of those before!

[Jordan U]

I would love to go to that Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant.. It looks beautiful inside and the fan selection is incredible! The Distillery District install is really neat too.
I don't think I've ever seen that model Huntington before, do you know if those were also sold in the US in that version?

[Jean Lemieux]

Aug 13, 2019 14:16:29 GMT -5 Jordan U said:

I would love to go to that Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant.. It looks beautiful inside and the fan selection is incredible! The Distillery District install is really neat too.
I don't think I've ever seen that model Huntington before, do you know if those were also sold in the US in that version?

It's an awesome place indeed and the diversity of fans in there is incredible with fans of all styles and of all decades between the 1970's to the 2000's. Vintage and recent spinners, belt driven fans, vintage Casablancas including an early gear driven model and there used to be a recent tiffany Hampton Bay fan. Did you originally saw my 2015 photos from there?

Do you know if the fans in the café in the Distillery District are Leading Edge, Marley or Dayton? If there's any difference at all and also what size they are.

I searched photos taken by other collectors of the first version of the Hampton Bay Huntington sold in the US and they didn't looked like this indeed and does not appear to be made by SMC at all. It uses the same triple ribbed glass light kit but other than it's a very different fan with wide and flat pretzel brackets and an ordinary housing with skinny vents. The earliest fans sold at Home Depot in Canada were mostly made by SMC and were clearly models of SMC we know with slight modifications with a Hampton Bay sticker and pull chains on them. The Hungintion, the Carousel and Princeton were modeled after the Park Avenue for example.

[Jordan U]

I haven't, I'll have to go back and look through them sometime..

I'm not sure what brand they would have been sold under, I could be wrong but as far as I know it those 3 names all go on the same product. I'd think they'd get the biggest size available for that space, but it's really hard to judge the size without them being on a standard size downrod..

The original Huntington sold here looks a lot like their current Brookhurst model, and I believe both are made by Air Cool. Home Depot sold a number of SMC-made fans here as well, but they definitely seem more prevalent where you are..

[Jean Lemieux]

Aug 23, 2019 8:15:48 GMT -5 Jordan U said:

I haven't, I'll have to go back and look through them sometime..

I'm not sure what brand they would have been sold under, I could be wrong but as far as I know it those 3 names all go on the same product. I'd think they'd get the biggest size available for that space, but it's really hard to judge the size without them being on a standard size downrod..

The original Huntington sold here looks a lot like their current Brookhurst model, and I believe both are made by Air Cool. Home Depot sold a number of SMC-made fans here as well, but they definitely seem more prevalent where you are..

Yes that's right, it's pretty much like a Hampton Bay Brookhurst with different finishes available compared to the 1990's. Interesting that they brought back an equivalent to one of their older models.

[Jean Lemieux]

Here are the June sightings. A lot a them will require identification. All of them were taken in Montréal:

This first batch was taken at Plaza Saint-Hubert when I went fan sighting with Philippe Aubry. He is the one that told me about most of these fans. I love how the Plaza is not too renovated. It reminds me of the Montréal of 20 years ago when they were still so many cool 1970-1980's fans installed.

A clothing store has this awesome 1979 4 Saisons Industrial 120 cm. This is exactly like the one I got in 2016.

Here's a short demo video of it on low speed.


At the back of the store is this mid to late 1980's Banvil Silver 140 cm.


A different store have Hampton Bay Quick Connect.


Another one have these two unknown antique brass ornate 107 cm fans. They have a very small stationary housing, they are not semi-spinners. They are probably from the mid 2000's. Notice the reversing switch. My guess is Walmart/Mainstays. Anyone know for sure?



Another clothing store have three of these very rare 1980 Sanyo 140 cm fans. It's only my second time seeing them in person and my first time seeing white ones. It seems the brown version is slightly more common. I posted two brown ones in this thread on page 30. The fact that they are scratched and seem to reveal brown underneath makes me wonder if they are brown fans painted white but at the same time I'm pretty sure they were offered in white. One was on medium speed and the other two off.

Here are two different ones:



This clothing store have the first room with this awesome installation of four or possibly even five ivory 1984 4 Saisons Industrials in the less common 90 cm version. I prefer them in the bigger version but it was very cool to see this installation. The swirl sticker are still in good condition on their lower canopies as you can see.

Closeup of one:

A different one:

The other room of the store have this mid 1990's Canarm Catalyst III 107 cm and two recent Hampton Bays (not photographed as they are uninteresting). Yes! Ironically the five blade version came out before the four blade version.


An awesome footwear store have this insane row of eleven Hunter Augusta III! THe fans being closer together after the 3rd fan is not an illusion.



Another clothing store have this cool installation of three huggers on a this preserved ancestral ceiling with cool fluorescent uplights with recessed lights underneath. The problem is that the ceiling is 3m tall so they could have used something a lot better. The satin nickel finish with the cedar blades seems original so with this unique finish combination it might be easier to identify them. Someone recognize them?



A suitcase store have the grand classic. 1995-2011 Canarm CP56. They are in superb condition are you can see.


A dollar store have this mid 2000's Nadair Industrial 140 cm at the front of the store.


A French restaurant have two recent Canarm CP36. I might get better pictures eventually.


This next batch is right outside the Plaza but still very close to it.

A small café have this brushed aluminum Modern Fan Co Ball 132 cm with maple blades. We don't see this combination often.


Here's a better photo of this early 1980's Evergo 120 cm with four metal straight blades Philippe took photos of last winter.


Also better photos of these two mid 1980's Canarm spinner 90 cm in a laundromat. Pleasantaire lovers will adore this.




This next batch was taken in Plateau Mont-Royal, a different borough further west still filled with cool fans.

This awesome installation was taken inside a mid century style diner converted in a italian restaurant. It is a genuine one. At first I thought the fans were Banvil New Yorker but they have a different finish, the blades have no lines and the shape of the motor is different. Essentially they seem to be exactly like current brushed nickel Westinghouse Industrials but with different lineless short blades. They are clearly 120 cm. 140 cm would not have fitted in there correctly anyway. Someone knows what they are?



A cool furniture store have two mid 1980's Nadair Industrial 140 cm. I've been wanting to take a photo of these for a while. This one is installed next to a skylight. It has been painted over hence why the fan is matte and the line around the motor is not yellow anymore. These have a yellow line, not a metallic gold ribbon around their motors.


A street corner dépanneur have three of these rare contoured bladed 4 Saisons 140 cm from 1984 like the one I acquired in 2016.


Here are more pictures of this place where they make stained glass with multiples spinners installed inside that Philippe took photos of. They are four fans. The two middle ones are 4 Saisons Montego 90 cm from around 1982-1985. They appear to be the wall controlled version with the short switch housing.

They are also two of these 107 cm spinners. At first I wasn't sure what they were but they seem to be 4 Saisons Galaxy 107 cm from the same period as the Montego. These are 3-speed pull chain though. This one is wobbling.


A glossy black Canarm 107 cm from the 1990's.


A better photo of one of the two 1980's Nadair Industrial Philippe took a photo of.



This last photo was taken further east at the Botanical Garden inside the Japanese pavillon. I had been in this pavillon a few times before but never saw this fan until now. Some of you might remember the photos I took of their Super pedestal fans in 2016 and 2017. It's a Canarm Grand Builder from the very early 2010's. For a short time it seems they looked like this and it appears they came back to the older classic style. It's on a 3-speed Canarm slider wall control despite having a three speed pull chain and being in reach. Here's a quick demo of it's three speeds.



Enjoy and comment.