1910: 1924: 1931: 1957: 1972:

View 1914:

Certainly would have resulted in more interesting pedestrian traffic:

1852: Sketch of a design for laying out the north shore of the Toronto Harbour in pleasure drives walks and shrubbery for the recreation of the citizens 2023:

South side of Richmond Street East (formerly Duchess Street) between Sherbourne (formerly Caroline Street) and Ontario: 1858: 1924: Today (approximate):

The other big burlesque house on the block was the Casino, which hosted stars like Gypsy Rose Lee and Sally Rand: 1937:

Especially if her name was Jane Dobbins...

There were burlesque theatres west of Bay, which were all demolished for the Sheraton Centre.

Well, it could theoretically be retail or a gym or any use that “employs” people. However, the only access to these lower floors seems to be by elevator unless combined with the ground floor non-res space (or carving out part of that space for escalators). One wonders given Toronto workers’...

To me, height is not the issue here but the quality of the design. While I'm all for Toronto expanding its base of architectural firms producing towers, this firm does not have extensive experience in tower design and unfortunately it shows. The crudeness of the brick balconies in terms of...

The St. Lawrence neighborhood was particularly devastated post-war. This is the north side of Front, now occupied by Berczy Park, all demolished in the 1960’s: Early 60’s:

Note also that the original location for the St. Lawrence Centre was on the site of Market Square and that it looks from this 1964 pic in the TPL that the historic block on the south side of Front between Scott and Church would remain:

Thought in would be interesting to have a look back at the original when it opened in 1970:

I think the idea that there was an underground connection between the Eaton's complex of buildings (between Queen and Dundas) with the Eaton's College Street complex (between College and Hayter) probably an urban myth of which I was unaware. There were a blocks of private buildings on Edward...

A drawing titled “Massey Hall” from the 1890’s by Frederick Henry Brigden (1871-1956). TPL

Richmond and Brant: 1932: Demolition of the old St. Andrew's Market: Waterworks Building, 1932 (under construction): 1936: 1950's: Now:

Richmond Street West looking west towards Spadina: 1912: Now: Interesting how that building straight ahead in the 1912 pic vanished when Richmond was lined up to cross Spadina: 1913 Goad Atlas:

1972:

Wonderful painting. Pity that the City's art collection is mostly not available for viewing by the public, being squirreled away in Councillors' offices and boardrooms.