AlbertC
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Post-lockdown assignment: to go check out the inside of that Sleep Country store while pretending to be there for prospectively buying a mattress.
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8 King St E (exterior restoration, KingSett Capital, ERA Architects)
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Post-lockdown assignment: to go check out the inside of that Sleep Country store while pretending to be there for prospectively buying a mattress.
someMidTowner
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Not looking like there's anything visible. In street view from up close you can see much of the interior. Views from across the street show office space directly above, which I'd imagine means the banking hall was filled in to create another level of spacePost-lockdown assignment: to go check out the inside of that Sleep Country store while pretending to be there for prospectively buying a mattress.
AlvinofDiaspar
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Not looking like there's anything visible. In street view from up close you can see much of the interior. Views from across the street show office space directly above, which I'd imagine means the banking hall was filled in to create another level of space
I looked at the Google Map entry for Sleep Country - there are a good number of interior shots, but nothing that revealed much of its past. What columns there are have flat profiles.
I think they have added a second floor in the original banking hall as well - so whatever mouldings are left would be above the false ceiling there.
Further investigation - maybe not - the banking hall is actually on the entirety of the first floor (not the ground floor). From the issue of Contruction:
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Good catch! Now we just need an explorer to go and visit the 1st floor and see - though I would not expect to see much left/ (Question: When did Royal Bank move out??)I looked at the Google Map entry for Sleep Country - there are a good number of interior shots, but nothing that revealed much of its' past. What columns there are have flat profiles.
I think they have added a second floor in the original banking hall as well - so whatever mouldings are left would be above the false ceiling there.
Further investigation - maybe not - the banking hall is actually on the entirety of the first floor (not the ground floor). From the issue of Contruction:
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Northern Light
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I found this Ontario Heritage Trust document related to its designation; but it's quite thin to say the least:
Northern Light
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Hmmm, the Arcitectural Conservancy of Toronto's s page on this is quite thin too, but does list a source..........
P. 87 This book
https://books.google.ca/books?id=tz...ce=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
One of the co-authors is a member here........ @AlexBozikovic might have some insight to what is intact here.
P. 87 This book
https://books.google.ca/books?id=tz...ce=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
One of the co-authors is a member here........ @AlexBozikovic might have some insight to what is intact here.
AlexBozikovic
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What's left is hard to say. In the Sleep Country showroom, there are square columns clad in marble from the mid-20th century. Entirely possible that the original columns are intact within them.
As for the mezzanine, I just don't know. It's now office with dropped ceilings.
As for the mezzanine, I just don't know. It's now office with dropped ceilings.
mburrrrr
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Looks great
MDV3
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I would love to see 33 Yonge bought, demolished and made into an extension of the park one day.
Northern Light
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I love parks...............but if we're getting rid of 33 Yonge, likely at considerable cost...........could be we put back up what we lost to it?
From: https://tayloronhistory.com/2016/06/11/torontos-board-of-trade-building-demolished/
To think, its last occupant was the TTC which moved to its current HQ in 1958.
It was then demolished.......for a parking lot, that remained there till the current building went up in '82
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Bayer
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Today from King and Yonge.
Freddy
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Love me some copper.
Johnny Au
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Here's hoping the copper thieves don't pillage the roof for the copper.
Northern Light
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Update, July 4th, 2021. More of the facade is revealed, though near-grade, we'll have to wait a bit longer.
The thread title has been switched over to 8 King Street East (from 2) as that's the address that the leasing is done through.
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