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Does anybody out there know anything of the history of this building? For my own reasons, I'm trying to find out when the building was built, but it is pretty much impossible. It makes it all the harder because it's completely covered in some kind of aluminum siding which makes it really hard to date.
Here's what I know about the site:
From at least 1900 to the 1940's, 60 York Street was the site of the Savoy Hotel. I managed to find an air photo from 1930 that revealed that the Savoy was a whitish four or five storey building with oblong windows. You can see what I believe is the Savoy across from the Royal York and Prudential House.
The thirties being what they were, I am now tending to assume that the addition to 12 storeys came after the war, with the name change from Savoy to the Strathcona Hotel (sometimes called New Strathcona House or Strathcona Public House).
This is a place that didn't advertise widely, and I am fresh out of ideas. What I'm trying to verify is the year that it was built up.
Here's what I know about the site:
From at least 1900 to the 1940's, 60 York Street was the site of the Savoy Hotel. I managed to find an air photo from 1930 that revealed that the Savoy was a whitish four or five storey building with oblong windows. You can see what I believe is the Savoy across from the Royal York and Prudential House.
The thirties being what they were, I am now tending to assume that the addition to 12 storeys came after the war, with the name change from Savoy to the Strathcona Hotel (sometimes called New Strathcona House or Strathcona Public House).
This is a place that didn't advertise widely, and I am fresh out of ideas. What I'm trying to verify is the year that it was built up.
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