View of Five St. Joseph from Breadalbane Street: Around 2015: Now:

Always liked this pic of the Royal Visit in 1959 showing the SE corner (which was replaced by the Simpson Tower):

https://www.omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/OLT-22-004195-MAR-01-2024.PDF

Also, the Simpson Tower was completed in 1968 and it does not appear in the archival photo. Notwithstanding its setback, it left only three windows exposed in the Bay/Richmond building, and it the photo there are four windows:

1980's: Proposed:

Front Street, looking east from Bathurst: 1908 (note the dome from Loretto Abbey to the east, now the site of The Well): 1980's: Today (photo by Red Mars):

Wednesday:

There is the master plan for a linear park linking Queen's Park and University Avenue designed by Public Work landscape architects: https://publicwork.ca/projects/to-core-great-streets-transformation?category=civic-infrastructure

These two pics from 1931 show the laying of the re-aligning of the streetcar tracks to link Carlton and College. One can see the exposed side of the buildings remaining on the NE corner of Yonge and Carlton after demolition. Apparently this work was part of a depression relief program set up...

Just realized that this pic of the SE corner of Yonge & Carlton from 1937 shows the interim period between the reconfiguration of the intersection and the construction of Kresge's. Methodist church behind:

The building at its absolute rock bottom, from the Toronto Star 1986:

One positive outcome architecturally from the reconfiguration was the streamlined moderne Kresge building on the new curved lot created on the SE corner. The rendering below and the photos taken in 1950 and 1952 show that the Methodist church survived at least until then. Unfortunately, both...

Two views of Carlton and Yonge pre: reconfiguration: Looking east: Looking west: Goad atlas 1910: Two aerials from 1930:

South side of Carlton, east of Yonge: The Carlton Street Methodist Church 1920: Today: (Impossible to get an exact location due to the 1931 intersection reconfiguration when Carlton was linked with College Street):

Heritage has never been a priority for this developer, as evidenced by his inauspicious demolition of Stollery's at the beginning. In fact, the record shows that his original application on April 21, 2015 was deemed incomplete because he did not even include a Heritage Impact Statement. His...