Goldie
Senior Member
I think the closest to it (besides St. James Cathedral and University College) would be the St. Lawrence Hall
Let's not forget our beautiful "Flatiron" Building
See attached:
Or Osgoode hall.
I think the closest to it (besides St. James Cathedral and University College) would be the St. Lawrence Hall
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/JeffLow/YongeandAdelaideSWaa.jpg
I have about decided that if one comes out of their abode to find a sidewalk shed and an optic orange Teperman Wrecking sign up in front of the house that it is not a good day
As a sidebar to discussions of the SW corner or Adelaide and Yonge, it's interesting to compare the old Goad Atlas maps to today's, which illustrate the impact of land assembly on built-form (or the other way around!). This block, which once contained both the Manning Arcade and the Grand Opera, has very little left of its 19C past (except for the ghost of the Grand Opera Lane):
1884:Today:
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I'm thinking this facade (below) now hosting a DACKS shoe store on Yonge is one of only two survivors left on the Yonge>Adelaide>King>Bay block in your old map. The other being the old 'Fairweathers' - now a Moores menswear store (not shown in either picture).
August 5 addition.
Yonge looking NW towards Adelaide.
I find it interesting how much the Scotia bank logo has changed. I barely recognized it in that "then" photo of Yonge looking NW towards Adelaide.
Ps, big fan of this thread Mustapha.