Toronto 900 St Clair West | 43.69m | 12s | Canderel | BDP Quadrangle
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drum118
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Oct 07
AlbertC
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Nov 18, 2020
AlbertC
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They've extended another layer of site barriers so the photo lookout points aren't so great anymore, but you can still kind of see the excavation progress.
Dec 26, 2020
Dec 26, 2020
Northern Light
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Towered
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In the 80's there was an ugly mint green Italian supermarket here. I used to gawk at it as a kid when going to the dentist across the street.
Northern Light
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Towered
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I love mint green as a colour, but that building was ugly and dilapidated!
UtakataNoAnnex
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...I guess would have been the same for me if it were all pink instead. >.<
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AlbertC
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Oldest possible Google street view snippet from 2007 of the previous building, when it used to be Blockbuster Video.
I'd reckon that the general structural shape and roof may have been the same when it was the supermarket, just with the facade in mint green.
I'd reckon that the general structural shape and roof may have been the same when it was the supermarket, just with the facade in mint green.
Towered
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Yes. Just faded and dirty mint green plaster cladding that was cracked and crumbling. I recall there being rounded arches as well.
Northern Light
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The store was called Darrigo's.
It was an Italian grocer.
Found that here, haven't dug up a picture yet:
John Lynch — St. Clair West Oral History Project
stclairwest-oralhistory.com
It appears it was actually part of a small chain.
I see them listed here:
List of supermarket chains in Canada - Wikipedia
Found a photo of a Darrigo's on Parliament at Spruce from 1947
Source: https://cabbagetowner.com/throwback-thursday-darrigos-groceries-1947/
BWV
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The store was called Darrigo's.
It was an Italian grocer.
Found that here, haven't dug up a picture yet:
John Lynch — St. Clair West Oral History Project
It appears it was actually part of a small chain.
I see them listed here:
List of supermarket chains in Canada - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Found a photo of a Darrigo's on Parliament at Spruce from 1947
View attachment 303460
Source: https://cabbagetowner.com/throwback-thursday-darrigos-groceries-1947/
Nice find!!
drum118
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April 10
I'm totally lovin' that mysterious dark portal to… ??? that's not in the architectural plans.
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