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- Thread starter LowPolygon
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CDL.TO
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Interesting that the current waiting room was the original location of the bus bays. Seeing the photos of those 1930s "motor coaches" also explains why the current terminal is way too small for modern coaches.
I hope the main terminal building is a designated heritage building. It would make a great condo or office tower lobby one day.
I hope the main terminal building is a designated heritage building. It would make a great condo or office tower lobby one day.
CanadianNational
Senior Member
I found this pamphlet in an antique shop - from the 1930's. Here are some pages from it...
Mustapha
Senior Member
Thanks thedeepend and CanadianNational. Wonderful post guys.
urbandreamer
recession proof
Hey, no wonder I spend so much time in the terminal: it was christened on my birthday! (well, 15 December.)
I prefer those old waiting room chairs to the current ones. Yeah, a nice condo lobby--or maybe even an office tower?
I prefer those old waiting room chairs to the current ones. Yeah, a nice condo lobby--or maybe even an office tower?
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
ya, that lobby was quite the jewel when it was shiny and new - love the art deco style!
ganjavih
Senior Member
Anyone know the status of the main building? It is a heritage building? It sure should be.
adma
Superstar
Listed, but not designated. To wit:
604 BAY ST Miscellaneous 27 Architectural Historical Gray Coach Bus Terminal; 1932 Charles Dolphin -adopted by City Council on May 19, 1987
Which probably helped guide/motivate its renovation in the early 90s. (Unfortunately, the old brick pavers were replaced by contemporary Unilock-type stuff at that moment.)
604 BAY ST Miscellaneous 27 Architectural Historical Gray Coach Bus Terminal; 1932 Charles Dolphin -adopted by City Council on May 19, 1987
Which probably helped guide/motivate its renovation in the early 90s. (Unfortunately, the old brick pavers were replaced by contemporary Unilock-type stuff at that moment.)
LowPolygon
Senior Member
Charles Dolphin was such a important architect in the city. He is responsible for several great moderne style buildings, and many of them are still with us, in one form or another. Around the time of the bus terminal he designed the astounding Consumers’ Gas Showroom at 2532 Yonge Street, (now the Puma store), and later the Postal Delivery Building, which became Air Canada Centre.
Before he began his moderne phase, he designed the lovely stuccoed Crescent Road Apartments on Yonge St, across from Rosedale subway. Following their completion, he designed “The Clarendon,†the fantastic three-block "Tudor" styled complex on the corner of Avenue Road and Clarendon Avenue.
Before he began his moderne phase, he designed the lovely stuccoed Crescent Road Apartments on Yonge St, across from Rosedale subway. Following their completion, he designed “The Clarendon,†the fantastic three-block "Tudor" styled complex on the corner of Avenue Road and Clarendon Avenue.