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Always look up at 455 Dovercourt when I pass it; would love to see more resi added atop offices.

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And I've always found the resi portion somewhat reminiscent of the towns at Queen and Strachan:

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Very interesting bridge to the U of T Exam Centre

The exam centre was originally the Toronto Board of Education’s central supply warehouse.

155 College was the Toronto board of education headquarters (Peter Dickinson/Page & Steele, 1961). It’s a masterpiece. And the building in the back, constructed in 1912, was the board’s first headquarters. They moved it south from College Street when the new one was built.

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PoMo is usually not my thing, but this one caught my eye on the weekend while out taking photos. Apparently, it was built in 1962 and given the PoMo makeover in the 90s. Anyone have before pics?
Northbridge Place by Jack Landau, on Flickr
 
PoMo is usually not my thing, but this one caught my eye on the weekend while out taking photos. Apparently, it was built in 1962 and given the PoMo makeover in the 90s. Anyone have before pics?
by Jack Landau, on Flickr

It had been the N building for North American Life (the original 1930s S building was demolished in the mid-70s for FCP). Before the makeover, it was basically defined by white brick verticals.
 
I think it got the redo in the late 80s when it was briefly the Central Guaranty Trust Company building - just before all the trust companies failed in the real estate crash and/or were acquired by the banks.
 
Look at the size of that block that Bell owns! (outlined in white)

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That's more than an acre!

The main entry on Sheppard St. to the switching station can be seen here:

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This is the upview of the whole thing, Sheppard frontage:

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This massive street wall is the Temperance frontage:

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All photos from Streetview
 
I've liked to refer to that tightly hemmed-in Sheppard/Temperance aspect as the most "Florentine" urban experience in Toronto.
 
I've liked to refer to that tightly hemmed-in Sheppard/Temperance aspect as the most "Florentine" urban experience in Toronto.
Designed by the office of William John Carmichael, Bell’s chief architect, between 1908 and 1926. Carmichael was also responsible for the exchange building on Asquith, just northeast of Yonge/Bloor; and also the one on Dufferin north of Bloor and the one at Bellevue/Oxford in Kensington Market, among many others.

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