thecharioteer
Senior Member
Then and Now for April 12.
Then. 291 Sherbourne. c1900. Residence of John Ross Robertson. Note the fence. Bottom of the picture. Squint a bit.
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Now. July 2011.
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The fence. Seems to be original.
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Mustapha:
Thanks for the pics of Robertson House. In addition to it being a women's shelter and playing a major role providing social services in downtown Toronto, its renovation and addition in 1998, by what was then Taylor Hariri and Pontarini, is an architectural gem.
From the HPA website:
![rhc_131.jpg](http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa112/thecharioteer/Photography/rhc_131.jpg)
![rhc_121.jpg](http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa112/thecharioteer/Photography/rhc_121.jpg)
![rhc_081.jpg](http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa112/thecharioteer/Photography/rhc_081.jpg)
![rhc_031.jpg](http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa112/thecharioteer/Photography/rhc_031.jpg)
![rhc_011.jpg](http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa112/thecharioteer/Photography/rhc_011.jpg)
![rhc_05.jpg](http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa112/thecharioteer/Photography/rhc_05.jpg)
![rhc_02.jpg](http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa112/thecharioteer/Photography/rhc_02.jpg)
And as a post-script, a picture of the original porch:
![pictures-r-3714.jpg](http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa112/thecharioteer/Photography/pictures-r-3714.jpg)
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