[fiendishlibrarian]

Courtesy of tranplanner at Cyburbia:

www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18212

edit: What a perfect photo (the first one) to see how unobstructed Nathan Philips Square was. And rail tracks all the way up to King!

 

[cdl42]

Great find! Wow!

 

[dan e 1980]

WOW!

did they ever clean the creosote out of all that land?

 

[EnviroTO]

I don't know but the railway pics put the Weston concerns into perspective... that was only 35-40 years ago.

 

[dan e 1980]

I don't know but the railway pics put the Weston concerns into perspective... that was only 35-40 years ago

what kind of perspective?

 

[michaelpfox]

Damn that wall of condos on the waterfront really ruined a beautiful lakeshore!

 

[The Burgher of TO]

i had no idea that telus building beside 1kw was that old

 

[adma]

From the heritage inventory...

11 KING ST W Commercial 28 Architectural Montreal Trust Tower, 1964-65; adopted by City Council on June 24, 25, 26, 2003

 

[Will D SOE]

he mentioned "the soon to be demolished gardiner" good luck with that one... :rolleyes