The move to Bloor Street West was the beginning of a new phase in Chris’s life. The apartment building sat right next door to a dry-cleaning business owned by Michael Colangelo, and Chris and Erik often brought their good clothing to the shop to be cleaned. Michael’s daughter Concetta—Connie—often worked at the shop, and she and Chris soon struck up a friendship, and then a courtship.
Connie Colangelo, ca 1949. (CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P33-1.A6-92,
E2007-00460)