Toronto Living Life on the Avenue | ?m | 8s | Living Life Group | P + S / IBI

May 20, 2011.

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That's quite a brutal empty wall facing Avenue (?). Still, the sloped roof is interesting and mimicking of the former church is quite cool.

Does anyone know what the old church looked like?
 
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jje1000 said:
That's quite a brutal empty facing Avenue (?). Still, the sloped roof is interesting and mimicking of the former church is quite cool.

Does anyone know what the old church looked like?
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I wish I'd taken picture of the old church before it came down. There was a token effort to preserve it as a facade by some parties. It wasn't spectacular in the sense of a great presence but that's my opinion. I couldn't find any online pictures...
 
Ian Fleming, who created James Bond, lived in the area during WWII when he was stationed at Camp X in Whitby. Camp X is where he trained to be a spy. Rumour is this church was the inspiration for the name James Bond. For that reason alone it should have been saved.
 
UT's dataBase page for this now completed project here.
 
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