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Thank God that red & blue makeover of the office building never happened.
For some reason, I always mark the beginning of our long real estate boom with the construction of the Royalton in 98-99. It's hard to recall now how little was being built in the prior 6-7 years.
Sorry. Something going wonky with my system. Broadview, East side, North of Dundas, South of Gerrard. I believe the address was posted earlier.
Then and Now for Nov 7.
Then. 19 Duncan Street. c1909. New Southam Press building.
Now. May 2011. Not sure what this building is used for now... not any single purpose I think; it's probably tenanted with various businesses of the creative sort that are drawn to these types of buildings..
In your "Adelaide West from Simcoe" pic, the door into which the men are entering, is/was the
Blackhall & Company offices/plant.
Bookbinders.
203/205 Adelaide Street West.
Regards,
J T
I dare to say that in the same pic, at the "end" of the streetcar tracks and to the left thereof is
the building from where we then/now have the scene of Adelaide Street looking east from Spadina.
(S/W corner, Spadina & Adelaide)
Regards,
J T
And from Spadina (centre):
I'm curious about the tall white building on the right-hand side distance. I'm guessing this might be the Dominion Bank building (1 King West)? None of the other early towers would have that wide an aspect from that direction. If it is the Dominion, it's definitely post 1914 and pre-1929, when you would see Commerce Court, the Star building, and the Canada Permanent all in construction in the environs. I think I see the tower of the Mail building at King and Bay just in front of it. Anyone know what the arch-like structure to its left is?
The tall white building is actually Traders' northern neighbour, Canadian Pacific, in its original terra-cotta-clad form (it was reclad in limestone some 20 years later). And the arch, I believe, belonged to the original Canada Life Building...
The tall white building is actually Traders' northern neighbour, Canadian Pacific, in its original terra-cotta-clad form (it was reclad in limestone some 20 years later). And the arch, I believe, belonged to the original Canada Life Building...