Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Retail Stores

Address: 100 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Dominoin Typewriters
Notes: Formerly the Ritchie Plumbing Building.


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Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1988 April 52

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Address: 107 Baldwin Avenue
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Reingewirtz Paint Store


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Liberty Gleaner 2001 Nov. 9

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Address: 55 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Bay Bloor Radio
Notes: Situated in the Manulife Centre

Dates
Building completed 1987

Architects: Moriyama & Teshima (firm)
Designers: Yabu Pushelberg, (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 1996 May/Jun 24-26 12 106
Governor General's Awards for Architecture 1990 1990 n/a 60-63
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1991 June 10 5 3
Process: Architecture 1992 X 98-10 107

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Address: 89 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: MAC


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AZURE 1996 Nov/Dec 24-26 12 109

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Address: 110 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Chapters Bookstore


Architects: Petroff Partnership Architects
Taylor Hariri Pontarini (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 1997 Mar/Apr 9

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Address: 426 College Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores

Dates
Building completed 1892

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Historical walking tour of Kensington Market... 1993 n/a 30

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Address: 430 College Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores

Dates
Building completed 1887-88

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Historical walking tour of Kensington Market... 1993 n/a 31

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Address: 138 Cumberland Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Karir Fashion Eyewear

Dates
Building completed c2001

Designers: Piccaluga, Francesco &
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 2001 Mar/Apr 47-48 38 2

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Address: 445 Danforth Avenue
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Percy Waters Florist


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ETC News 2002 April 1 14 11th
East York / Riverdale Mirror 2002 April 10 Fri 26th
Historical Walking Tour of the Danforth 1992 n/a 24

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Address: 11 Hayden Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Uptown Nuthouse


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Toronto Life 2002 March 122

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Address: 33 Hazelton Avenue
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Hazelton House
Notes: Originally the Olivet Congregational Church. Remodelled as a commercial block in 1972-1973 to contain shops, galleries and the architect's (Sheldon Rosen) own offices.

Dates
Building completed 1890

Architects: Dick & Wickson (firm)
Rosen Sheldon
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1974 Nov. 42-27 19 11
Toronto Star 1979 sept. A8 Sat. 29th
Yorkville in pictures 1853 to 1883... 1978 n/a 20

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Address: 33 King Street East
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Golden Lion

Dates
Building completed 1866-1867
Demolished 1901

Architects: Irving William
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Critic : Monthly Journal of Law, Medicine - - - 1883 Sept. 60 1 4
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 97-10
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 99+

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Address: 20 King Street West
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Manning Arcade

Dates
Building completed 1885-1885
Demolished 1962

Architects: Lennox Edward
Designers: Mollington, William
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 6,17
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1982 n/a 122

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Address: 400 King Street West
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Mountain Equipment Co-op

Dates
Building completed 1998

Architects: Ferris & Quinn Associates (firm)
Stone Kohn McGuire Vogt (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 1998 Jul/Aug 14
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1999 Feb/Mar 10-11 49 1
Canadian Architect 1999 Jan. 22-23 44 1
Canadian Architect 1998 May 13 43 5
Globe & Mail 1998 April C16 Sat. 11th
Globe & Mail 2000 June A15 Mon. 19th

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Address: 4587 Kingston Road
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Musonic Store

Dates
Building completed 1940s

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Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1992 APril 40

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Address: 108 Main Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Pinnell & Duffield


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Toronto Star 2001 Nov B7 Sun 4th

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Address: 8 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Peoples Optical

Dates
Building completed 1945
Demolished 1995

Architects: Allward & Gouinlock (firm)
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Clearcut : Woolworth Building Toronto, 1949-1997 1997 n/a 69

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Address: 92 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Richard Bigley Store

Dates
Building completed c1889

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 106-7

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Address: 2 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Tower Records
Notes: Originally the home of Jamieson's Clothiers. Later, Woolworth's moved into the building. In 1980, after 65 years the store was closed, and in the 1980s, a $4 million restoration began. The building is now home to a fitness club and Tower Records. Not to be confused with the 1949 Woolworth Building that was demolished in 1997.

Dates
Building completed c1986
Altered 1980s

Architects: Alter & Ireland (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1999 March B2 2nd

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Address: 262 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Caban


Architects: Burdifilek (firm)
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Canadian Interiors 2001 Jul/Aug 41 38 4

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Address: 267 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Walkin Shoe Store


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Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 101-2

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Address: 367 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Silver Snail



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Address: 37 Sherbourne Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: B.B. Smith & Son
Notes: Building initially occupied street numbers 37 and 39, and functioned as the stables and grooms' and drivers' quarters for the National Hotel which was up the street.

Dates
Building completed c1868

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1986 Dec. 40

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Address: 118 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Notes: Originally part of the Elgin Buildings, a Georgian terrace built in 1850 by Jesse Kethcham, philanthropist and land developer. Here, William Lyon MacKenzie published the WEEKLY MESSENGER. Altered in 1910 by Matthew Sheard for the Ryrie Brothers jewllers and in 1910 by James Havill for Holt Renffrew & Co.. Restored in 1987 by Sandra Seligman.

Dates
Building completed c1880s
Altered 1901, 1910
Restored 1987

Architects: Havill James
Seligman Sandra
Sheard Matthew
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TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1991 May 26

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Address: 145 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: R.S. Williams Building
Notes: Williams sold pianos and other musical instruments from this 10-story building.

Dates
Building completed 1912
Demolished 1988

Architects: Chapman & McGiffin (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Alfred Chapman : the man and his work 1978 n/a 4
Construction 1913 March 87-96 6
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1912 Nov. 62-63 26 48
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 100

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Address: 201 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Notes: Occupied nos.201-203 Yonge Street. Was built by developer John Enoch Thompson in 1888 and contained first-floor stores, second-floor offices and a third-floor photographic studio. First floor also the site of the Athlete Hotel, operated by John F. Scholes. Name later changed to Scholes Tavern until 1947/48, when it became the Colonial Tavern (see instance #2 at the same address).

Dates
Design conceived 1888

Architects: Dick David
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kawamata: Toronto Project 1989 1989 n/a 33-37

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Address: 340 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Thornton Smith Building

Dates
Building completed 1922

Architects: Lyle John
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
John M. Lyle : toward a Canadian architecture 1982 n/a 93-94
Year-Book 1933 n/a pl.89

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Address: 347 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Sam the Record Man Store


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Toronto Star 2001 Nov B1,4 30th

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Address: 454 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Notes: Nos. 454-468 Yonge Street reburbished by developer Joseph Bogoroch.


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National Post 2001 Jan. A22 Tues 16th

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Address: 526 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Notes: 526-528 Yonge Street are part of a block (522-528) that are being refurbished by developer Joseph Bogoroch.

Dates
Building completed 1881
Restored 2001

Architects: McCaw & Lennox (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
National Post 2001 Jan. A22 Tues 16th

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Address: 906 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: Ridpath's Furniture Store


Architects: Thom Partnership (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1979 May 21 16 4

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Address: 2657 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Name of Building: HiVi

Dates
Altered c1990

Architects: Baldwin & Franklin Architects
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1990 Oct. 28-30 35 10