FAC33
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And the new Globe and Mail building was completed in 1937. I'm not sure how long the old one sat before being torn down, but it seems to be pointing at a mid-30s date for the Imperial.
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Evocative Images of Lost Toronto
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And the new Globe and Mail building was completed in 1937. I'm not sure how long the old one sat before being torn down, but it seems to be pointing at a mid-30s date for the Imperial.
thecharioteer
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Another interesting shot of the Imperial Bank from the Star archives 1968, just prior to its demolition. Something was lost in terms of setting off Mies' pavilion when these masonry-clad, built-to-the-lot-line buildings were replaced by Commerce Court's rather awkward plaza on King Street:
Caption: 1968 caption: Strangled in winter's grip, Toronto downtown intersection of King and Bay stands empty except for gently falling snow yesterday while city snowplows fought to cope with the blizzard's effects and get traffic moving again. On Friday and Saturday, a total of 7 inches of snow was dumped on Metro streets, and cost to the city of digging out and carting snow away was estimated at more than $1,000.000. Last Published: 12/30/1968
1948 view down Bay. Note the old Woolworth store is being excavated at Adelaide and the Bank of Nova Scotia is under construction at King.
Caption: 1968 caption: Strangled in winter's grip, Toronto downtown intersection of King and Bay stands empty except for gently falling snow yesterday while city snowplows fought to cope with the blizzard's effects and get traffic moving again. On Friday and Saturday, a total of 7 inches of snow was dumped on Metro streets, and cost to the city of digging out and carting snow away was estimated at more than $1,000.000. Last Published: 12/30/1968
1948 view down Bay. Note the old Woolworth store is being excavated at Adelaide and the Bank of Nova Scotia is under construction at King.
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thecharioteer
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1959:
adma
Superstar
It's only one spire. The other one's a shadow.
thecharioteer
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From The Toronto Daily Star Sat. Dec.27, 1969 (Special Edition on "The Challenges of the 1970's"):
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Goldie
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Don River circa 1900
thecharioteer
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From The Telegram, Thurs. Feb. 28, 1963, special supplement upon the opening of the University subway line:
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chriskayTO
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That's very interesting concerning the proposed evelopment atop the bus terminal at Eglinton station! I really hope they're able to lock down redevelopment of that land soon - it's been languishing for too long.
BeeRich
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15¢. Isn't that Rob Ford's proposal for increase?
Uncle Teddy
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I wonder why the apartment didn't get built at Y&E??
FAC33
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Now that you mention it, it sure is....
thecharioteer
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Not sure, but there are two Brutalist apartment buildings that did get built as part of the Yonge/Eglinton Centre complex on the north side.
Also, the City has been "studying" the block for the past decade:
http://www.toronto.ca/planning/yonge_eglin.htm
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thecharioteer
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Two more shots of the Imperial Bank from 1947 (FAC33, look what you started). Looks like the Cawthra House has just been demolished and the rest of the site is being cleared for the BNS Building:
DTowner
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From The Telegram, Thurs. Feb. 28, 1963, special supplement upon the opening of the University subway line:
Holy American spelling, Batman!
Goldie
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I don't intend to read all that newspaper copy - can you give me some examples of the "American spelling?"