Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Ross & Macdonald, (firm)


Biography
Notes Established Montreal firm responsible for some large-scale projects in Toronto during the late 1920s and early 1930s.


Address: 725 Bathurst Street
Type of Building: Polytechnics
Name of Building: Central Technical School

Dates
Building completed 1

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture and Design 1959 August ? 53
Canadian Architect 1963 July 40 8
Canadian Buildings / by Anglin Norcross 1930 n/a unpgd
Construction 1915 Oct. 410+ 8
Construction 1915 Oct. 425-4 8
Construction 1915 Oct 408 8
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1912 July 42-43 26 3rd
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1914 Dec. 1511- 28 16
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1915 Sept. 919 29 1st
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1913 May 65 28
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1913 Apr. 61 28
Contract Record. -- 1911 Dec. 55 25
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1963 Aug. 51-54 40

End of record
Address: 60 Carlton Street
Intersection: Church Street
Type of Building: Arenas
Name of Building: Maple Leaf Gardens

Dates
Building completed 1931

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1960 April 33 5
Canadian Geographic. 1994 Jan/Feb 32-41 114
Canadian Interiors 1968 Nov. 4 5
Construction 1931 Dec. 368++ 24
Construction 1931 Feb. 49 24
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1931 June 720 45 10th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1932 Jan. 20 46 6th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1932 Feb, 48 46 16th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1931 Dec. 1544+ 45 30th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1931 Oct. 1235+ 45 14th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1931 Nov. 1341+ 45 11th
Eye Weekly 2002 April 14 11th
Globe & Mail 1999 Feb. C3 Wed. 17th
Globe & Mail 1992 Aug. C1 Wed. 12th
Globe & Mail 2000 may R3 Wed. 3rd
Globe & Mail 1999 Feb. A11 Thur 11th
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1931 n/a 359 8 10
Journal of the Society for the Study 1998 n/a 49-54 23 2
National Post 1999 Feb. D6 Mon. 15th
Toronto Calling 1950 Sept. 24-25 1 6
Toronto Star 1998 Oct. E1,E8 Sat. 10th
Toronto Star 2000 July A1+ 12th
Toronto Star 2000 Nov. A3 4th
Toronto Star 1999 Feb. E10 Sun. 14th

End of record
Address: 65 Front Street West
Type of Building: Railway Stations
Name of Building: Union Station
Notes: the FIRST Uninion Station was built opened in May 1858 on the west side of York Street, south of what is now Station Street. It was demolished in October 1871. The SECOND Union Station was built in September 1871 and was situated between Station Street and the edge of Lake Ontario. The THIRD Union Station is the one standing. For information about the proposed arena for the Toronto Maple Leafs that would utilize Union Station, search under "Maple Leaf's Arena" in the Building Name field.

Dates
Building completed 1914

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
A Street Called Front 1983 n/a 20-21
ACORN 1986 Summer 6 11 2
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1997 June 44 22 2
Canadian Architect 1975 March 26-33 20 3
Eye Weekly 2002 July 14 4th
Globe & Mail 2001 Dec. A25 Sat. 22nd
Globe & Mail 1971 Sept ? 30th
Globe & Mail 1984 Sept ? 11th
Globe & Mail 1992 Feb C1 Wed 5th
Globe & Mail 2001 Nov. A26 Wed. 14th
Globe & Mail 2001 June A16 8th
Globe & Mail 2000 April A19 19th
Globe & Mail 2000 June B1? 7th
John M. Lyle : toward a Canadian architecture 1982 n/a 86-88
Selected Papers / Society for the Study of Arch... 1977 1977 45 2 n/a
Toronto Calendar Magazine 1971 Dec 63
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 58-61 n/a n/a
Toronto Star 2001 July B2 4th
Toronto Star 2001 July E2 3rd
Toronto Star 1998 Feb. E1,E4 Sat. 28th
Toronto Star 2000 June B4 Fri. 9th
Toronto Star 1971 Dec ? 17th
Toronto Star 1997 April A7 Sun. 20th
Toronto Star 1971 Dec ? 7th
Toronto Star 1972 Feb ? 11th
Toronto Star 1977 Feb ? 19th
Toronto Star 1971 Nov ? 29th
Toronto Star 1971 Aug ? 13th
Toronto Star 1998 Feb. B1,B5 Tues 17th
Toronto Star 1972 April 1st
Toronto Star 1971 Dec ? 9th
Toronto Star 1986 Jan A6 Fri 3rd
Toronto Star 1978 May B5 Sat 31st
Toronto Star 1998 May B1,B5 Fri. 29th
Toronto Star 1972 Nov ? 2nd
Toronto Star 1974 July ? 27th
Toronto Star 1981 Match ? 14th
Toronto Telegram 1971 July ? 21st
Toronto Telegram 1961 Aug ? 4th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 21 n/a n/a

End of record
Address: 100 Front Street West
Type of Building: Hotels
Name of Building: Royal York Hotel
Notes: Built on the site of the former Queen's Hotel, then Sword's Hotel.

Dates
Building completed 1929

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Forum 1929 Dec. 609- 51
Architecture, Batiment, Construction 1958 Mar. 72 13
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1997 June 45 22 2
Canadian Architect 1963 March 26 8
Canadian Architect 1960 Nov. 65 5
Canadian Architect 1965 April 30 10
Canadian Architect 1960 March 107 5
Canadian Architect 1956 April 64 1
Canadian Buildings / by Anglin Norcross 1930 n/a unpgd
Canadian Geographical Journal 1931 May 341 11
Canadian Homes and Gardens 1930 Nov. 79 7
Canadian Homes and Gardens 1929 Feb 12 6
Canadian Interiors 1966 Dec. 46-47 3
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1979 June 14++ 17th
Construction 1929 July 208- 22
Construction 1931 July 236-2 24
Construction 1927 April 135 20
Construction 1928 March 93-94 21
Construction 1927 June 185 20
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 July 721 42 4th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1927 July 692-6 41 13th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1927 May 489 41 18th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1930 Jan. 64 44 29th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 April 71 42 18th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1927 Feb. 143 41 9th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1930 Feb. 158 44 12th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1929 Sept. 90 43 25th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1929 Aug. 980 43 21st
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 June 26 42 2nd
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1930 May 67 44 21st
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1929 June 653-7 43 12th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Dec. 1327 42 26th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1929 June 716- 43 19th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1929 March 331- 43 27th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Aug. 94 42 22nd
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 July 63 42 25th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Aug. 917 42 22nd
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Dec. 1343 42 26th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Aug. 53 42 29th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Feb. 250 42 29th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Oct. 52 42 17th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1927 Sept. 985 41 21st
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Nov. 57 42 28th
Globe & Mail 2000 Nov. T9 Sat. 11th
Heritage 2001 Sum. 4-9 4 3
Interiors 1960 May 100+
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1929 Aug. 246- 7 8
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1930 ? 452 7 12
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1928 June 194 5 6
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1930 ? 28 7 2
Report on Business Magazine 2001 Sept 49
Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ont. ? n/a all
Royal York, Toronto, Canada 1959 n/a all
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 98- n/a n/a
Toronto Star 1991 July C1 30th
Toronto Sun 2002 June 47 Sun 16th

End of record
Address: 2 King Street East
Type of Building: Banks
Name of Building: Royal Bank

Dates
Building completed 1913-15

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Building for Beauty 194? n/a 44

End of record
Address: 444 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Department Stores
Name of Building: Eaton's College Street
Notes: See also College Park as a later name for this building.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Historic Theatres' Trust 1996 Fall/Wi 8
Bulletin / Historic Theatres' Trust 1996 Spr/Sum 16
Bulletin / Historic Theatres' Trust 1994 Winter 10
Canadian Architect 1989 Jan. 10 34 1
Canadian Architect 2001 May 11 46 5
Eaton's - College Street : with compliments of... 1930 n/a all
Globe & Mail 2000 June R4 Mon. 19th
Journal of the Society for the Study 1998 n/a 134 23 4
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 200-
Material History Review 1996 Fall 23-44 44
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1990 March 20
Mount Pleasant Cemetery: An Illustrated Guide 1999 n/a 89
Toronto Life 2000 Jan. 75+ 34 1