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The gentrification of east-downtown Toronto communities like the Old Town of York has come a long way in recent years, bringing new investment, businesses, and residents to areas of the city considered less-than-desirable in the recent past. This week's Throwback Thursday highlights changes along a stretch of Sherbourne Street south of Adelaide, looking past King Street and towards the Lake.
Back on November 10th, 2001, construction had recently begun at the site of Mozo Condos, a 15-storey, architectsAlliance-designed condominium building by Context Development, containing 200 units. The early stages of construction are visible on the west side of Sherbourne, seen on the right side of the image below.
Construction of Mozo was completed in 2004, and in the time since, the east side of Sherbourne has also been redeveloped between King and just south of Adelaide. Developed by Camrost-Felcorp and designed by du Toit Architects Ltd., Kings Court Condos is a 17-storey, 332-unit condo development that incorporates the restored façade of a former Darling & Pearson-designed 1908-built Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Building at the northeast corner of King and Sherbourne. Both projects have livened up this stretch of Sherbourne with the addition of street-fronting retail units, as well as public realm improvements like the street trees seen in the image below.
We will return next week with another look at the changing face of Toronto!
