[k10ery]

Isn't it ironic that one of the first things people do in these glass pavilions is put up blinds?

These people aren't shy about living in a glass house:

[video=youtube_share;Zat-qwh8OTQ]http://youtu.be/Zat-qwh8OTQ[/video]

 

[adma]

Do you think this was a Parkin, adma?

Scotia in Gore Park? Highly doubtful--too "retardataire", despite its window wall. (Though I wouldn't put it above a Beck & Eadie.)

 

[thecharioteer]

Both the BMO and Bank of Nova Scotia buildings on Lawrence Ave E are heritage buildings. Was the renovation of the BMO building done after it was designated?

Both banks were listed on October 6, 1997. BMO's renovation looks like it happened since then. Another case of Preservation Services (or its predecessors) dropping the ball.

 

[thecharioteer]

there's another Bank of Nova Scotia on the corner of Weston and Lawrence that also has some interesting features, in a different style, possibly earlier i suppose. it's also in reasonably unscathed condition.

Nice example, deepend. Impossible to find any info on it. Hints of the Bloor Street Confederation Life Building.....

 

[LowPolygon]

1121 O'Connor Drive near St. Clair Ave. East. N.D

 

[thecharioteer]

Speaking of The Bank of Montreal and working in a "retardataire" style, Head Office for BMO on the NW corner of King & Bay, begun in 1937, completed in 1948 (note: Panda Archives lists John B.Parkin as the architect; Wikipedia lsting for Chapman & Oxley claims it for them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_and_Oxley):; Dictionary of Architects in Canada credits it to a JV between Marani & Morris and Chapman, Oxley and Facey http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1462)

Under construction:

 

[Anna]

On a side note--does anyone have any information on Greenview Lodge--across the street from the two banks? It's a really attractive building but it seems so out of place in Don Mills. It's ornate brick work is unique in the neighbourhood. The lettering above the main entrance reminds me of Old City Hall. http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=don+mills&hl=en&ll=43.736024,-79.34853&spn=0.00082,0.001742&hnear=Don+Mills,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario&gl=ca&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=43.736024,-79.348786&panoid=oPTr4Ns-RRWr15tjzYGptA&cbp=12,357.94,,1,-1.51

Their website says it opened in 1979. I think before that there was a low-rise apartment there - like the ones next door to it. I think this is it on the right.

 

[Chip?]

Both banks were listed on October 6, 1997. BMO's renovation looks like it happened since then. Another case of Preservation Services (or its predecessors) dropping the ball.

Is there any way that the landlord could be forced to return it to its original state?

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"Is there any way that the landlord could be forced to return it to its original state?"
QUOTE: Chip?.

Only their insurance company knows for sure.


Regards,
J T

 

[adma]

Re the old BMO at Bay + King: if Panda says Parkin, it's a glitch.

 

[Uncle Teddy]

Speaking of The Bank of Montreal and working in a "retardataire" style, Head Office for BMO on the NW corner of King & Bay, begun in 1937, completed in 1948 (note: Panda Archives lists John B.Parkin as the architect; Wikipedia lsting for Chapman & Oxley claims it for them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_and_Oxley):; Dictionary of Architects in Canada credits it to a JV between Marani & Morris and Chapman, Oxley and Facey http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1462)

What a shame. And it only lasted 25 years!

 

[thecharioteer]

What a shame. And it only lasted 25 years!

There was an effort to try to persuade O&Y to preserve the building at the time, given that its location did not interefere with either of the two office towers of FCP and was only to be replaced by a podium. Alas, it was all for naught given the times. Scotia Plaza a decade later reflected the sea-change in attitudes to heritage, with the preservation of the Bank of Nova Scotia building, the relocation of the Wood Gundy facade to Adelaide and the preservation of the Cameron-Jeffries and Fairweather facades on Yonge.

 

[Goldie]

Only recently did I notice the similarity in design between the Allenby and Royal cinemas. Is this a common style?

 

[adma]

Only recently did I notice the similarity in design between the Allenby and Royal cinemas. Is this a common style?

I'm not presently up to researching; but yes, don't be surprised if Kaplan & Sprachman (I presume) had a "formula" going in the mid-to-late 30s...

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"Only recently did I notice the similarity in design between the Allenby and Royal cinemas. Is this a common style?"
QUOTE: Prof Goldie.

FILM WEEKLY YEAR BOOK of the CANADIAN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY - 1951:
(First edition.)

ALLENBY:
1215 Danforth Avenue.
Seating: 770.
Open: 6 days.
(Build: Post 1933.)

PYLON: aka Royal Cinema.
606 College Street.
Seating: 749.
Open: 6 days.
(Build: Post 1933.)

Regards,
J T