Would love to own that painting. Any details on it?
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- Thread starter LowPolygon
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Yeah, that's a great painting.
thecharioteer
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You do own it (in a sense). It's part of the City of Toronto fine art collection. Only problem is that it's probably hidden away in some Councillor's office or some bureaucratic meeting room.
It's by an artist name Clarence Roy Greenaway and was painted in 1944.
http://www.toronto.ca/culture/fine_art.htm
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thecharioteer
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The other great King Street painting is "Lights of a City Street" by Frederick Bell-Smith, painted in 1894, owned by the HBC and I believe still viewable in the Simpson Tower:
The story of the painting:
http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/collections/art/lights/
The story of the painting:
http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/collections/art/lights/
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thecharioteer
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A few more paintings in the City's collection:
Four more by Greenaway:
Kensington market:
Queen near Spadina:
Holy Trinity Church:
Near Queen and Power:
One by Robert Frederick Hagan of Dundas and Seaton 1939:
Unknown painter of the Don River 1847:
Near Colborne Lodge by John Howard 1864:
Four more by Greenaway:
Kensington market:
Queen near Spadina:
Holy Trinity Church:
Near Queen and Power:
One by Robert Frederick Hagan of Dundas and Seaton 1939:
Unknown painter of the Don River 1847:
Near Colborne Lodge by John Howard 1864:
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Mustapha
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It wasn't around long; the place fell into disrepair quickly., then demolition and the mall we have now.
Long Island Mike
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Late 1970's views of the Royal Bank Plaza (photos by Derek Griffiths):
Charioteer: Neat pics of the then-new Royal Bank Plaza by Derek Griffiths-I have always liked the design of these buildings and they are my favorite new architecture buildings in Toronto...
I feel that the interior and atrium in the center were quite well designed...
LI MIKE
adma
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Emphasis on "were" in the atrium's case.
thecharioteer
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From the US Library of Congress archives:
thecharioteer
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National Trust Building (north side of King, east of Yonge):
thecharioteer
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"Toronto Project" by Tadashi Kawamata 1989:
http://www.artpace.org/aboutTheExhibition.php?axid=38&sort=artist
http://www.mercerunion.org/archive95/277.html
http://csw.art.pl/new/2001/kawamata.html
http://www.artpace.org/aboutTheExhibition.php?axid=38&sort=artist
http://www.mercerunion.org/archive95/277.html
http://csw.art.pl/new/2001/kawamata.html
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Tewder
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Such a crying shame those buildings have been languishing for so long. What an amazing opportunity for refurbishment with an in-fill development. My fear is that the lot is more valuable to developers than the building stock here and that the buildings will be left to go the way of the Empress. Are these listed?
thecharioteer
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Yes, and designated with Heritage Easement Agreements:
http://app.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2437137&propertyRsn=218257
http://app.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2437134&propertyRsn=218253
FAC33
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The one on the left (205/209) even housed Heritage Toronto before they moved to St. Lawrence Hall. It was nicely restored inside. I believe we've heard in the past that the man who owns it is preservation-friendly and would like to buy the buiilding to the south to put together a nice parcel, but its owners (Parasuco, I believe) aren't interested in selling.
Tewder
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Time to put pressure on Parasuco?