Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Office Buildings

Address: 1 Abbey Lane
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: TEST1MARCH252002

Dates
Design conceived 1990
Foundation started 1992
Building completed 1998

Architects: Edwards Robert J.
Designers: Craig & Sparling, (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architects House Themselves 1998 Apr 213 16 4

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Address: 0 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Freehold Loan and Savings Co.

Dates
Building completed 1889-1890

Architects: Lennox Edward
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 36,45
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 109-

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Address: 6 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Lumsden Building


Architects: MacKenzie J.A.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Ontario Association of Architects. Proceedings 1912 x 68-69 11th

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Address: 10 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Building completed 1908

Architects: Gouinlock George
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1986 Summer ? 11 2
Construction 1910 Sept. 85 3
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1986 May 5
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 79-82

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Address: 20 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Equity Chambers

Dates
Building completed ca 1878

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Gothic Revival in Canadian Architecture 1980 X 174-7

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Address: 32 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Chambers
Notes: Occupied street nos.32-34 Adelaide Street East.

Dates
Building completed 1874-1875

Architects: Langley Langley & Burke (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1996 Mar. ? 16 1
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 104-6

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Address: 39 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Millichamps Building

Dates
Building completed 1875
Restored 1983

Architects: Smith & Gemmell (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1989 Nov. 38
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1988 April 6-7
Toronto Star 1987 May ? 30th

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Address: 252 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Bank of Upper Canada

Dates
Building completed 1825-1827

Architects: Baldwin William
Cumberland & Ridout (firm)
Howard John
Langley Henry
Stone & Kohn (firm)
Designers: Ryce Brydone, Ltd.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
252 Adelaide Street East : a profile... 1980 n/a all
Canadian Architect 1982 April 29 27 4
Canadian Interiors 1983 Jan/Feb 34-35 20 2
Canadian Interiors 1982 Jan/Feb 8 19 1/2
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 258
Iron: Cast and wrought iron in Canada.... 1982 X 119
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 234
Money Matters 1990 X 33-34
Rotunda 1992 Spring 47-49 24 2
Toronto Star 1978 July ? 2nd
Toronto Star 1975 July ? 21st
Toronto Star 1985 April ? 20th
Toronto Star 1978 July G9 Sat. 15th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 x 12

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Address: 311 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Manta Sound


Architects: Moffat Moffat & Kinoshita (firm)
Designers: Kanatta, D.K.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1974 May 34-36 19 5

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Address: 100 Adelaide Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Concourse Building
Notes: Archway features symbols of Canadian industry and was created by J.E.H. Macdonald in 1928. The building's owner, Oxford Properties, plans to replace the building with a 41-storey office tower, keeping the facade of the first three floors and restoring the lobby. The name of the new building will be the Richmond Adelaide Centre.

Dates
Building completed 1928

Architects: Baldwin & Greene (firm)
Designers: Macdonald, J.E.H.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 2001 Spr. 15-16 26 2
ACORN 2000 Spring 8 25 1
ACORN 2000 Spring 8 25 1
Construction 1930 Mar. 74++ 23
Construction 1929 Mat 138+ 22
Contract Record. -- 1928 Nov. 52 42 14th
Contract Record. -- 1928 Feb. 175 42 15th
Contract Record. -- 1928 Aug. 94 42 22nd
Contract Record. -- 1928 June 624 42 6th
Contract Record. -- 1928 Oct. 49 42 24th
Contract Record. -- 1928 Aug. 49,52 42 15th
Contract Record. -- 1928 May 545-6 42 30th
Contract Record. -- 1928 April 70 42 18th
Contract Record. -- 1929 Jan. 15-16 43 2nd
Eye Weekly 2000 March 11 30th
Globe & Mail 2000 May R3 Wed. 17th
Globe & Mail 2000 March A18 23rd
Globe & Mail 2000 may A20 Wed. 3rd
Heritage 2000 Fall 14-15 3 4
Heritage 2000 Sum. 30 3 3
National Post 2000 May A23 Mon. 8th
National Post 2000 March A20 23rd
National Post 2000 May A20 Thur 11th
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1999 Fall 4-5
Toronto Star 2000 March M6 Sat. 18th
Toronto Star 2000 March B3 Fri. 24th
Toronto Star 2000 June B1+ Sun. 18th
Toronto Star 2000 May B3 Thur 11th
Toronto Star 1999 Sept. E1,E3 Mon. 6th
Toronto Star 2000 May B9 Mon. 8th
Toronto Star 2000 May B1,B4 3rd
Toronto Star 2000 May A32 Thur 18th

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Address: 120 Adelaide Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Zeidler Roberts Partnership
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1999 Fall 6

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Address: 130 Adelaide Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Zeidler Roberts Partnership
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1999 Fall 6

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Address: 200 Adelaide Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Notes: Originally a jewellery factory at the turn of the century.


Architects: Dunlop Farrow Aitken (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1980 Decembe 32-35 25 12

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Address: 0 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ontario Medical Council Bldg.

Dates
Building completed 1886

Architects: Lennox Edward
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 34,41

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Address: 20 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Waterpark Place

Dates
Building completed c1986

Architects: Bregman + Hamann Architects
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Copper = Cuivre Canadien 1986 Fall 2 106

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Address: 181 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Gluskin Sheff + Associates
Notes: Situated on the 46th floor of the Bay-Wellington Tower.

Dates
Building completed 1995

Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 120-7

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Address: 182 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Temple Building
Notes: Address also is given as nos.62-67 Richmond Street West. Originally was the North American headquarters of the Independent Order of Foresters (a men's service club), and was one of the first true sykscrapers in Toronto. It was demolished in 1970/1971 to make way for the 32-storey Munich Reinsurance Building.

Dates
Building completed 1985
Demolished 1970

Architects: Gouinlock George
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1994 Oct. C2 Thur ?
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 129-
Metallic Roof Co. of Canada Ltd. 1900 n/a f.142
National Post 2000 Aug. F6,F7 Mon. 19th
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 12
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 14-15
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 128-9
Toronto Star 1999 May B5 5th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 116-7

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Address: 220 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Bay-Wellington Building


Architects: Page & Steele (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 1950 n/a unpgd

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Address: 243 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Toronto General Trust Building

Dates
Building completed 1909
Demolished 1969

Architects: Miller George
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 83-85

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Address: 313 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Woolworth Building

Dates
Building completed c1949

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Eye Weekly 1996 Nov. 8 Thur 21
Toronto Sun 2002 Feb. 54 Sun. 17th

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Address: 320 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Canada Permanent Building
Notes: Architects vary in some sources.

Dates
Building completed c1928

Architects: Mathers & Haldenby (firm)
Sproatt & Rolph (firm)
Westneys & Stern (firm)
Wilkes F. Hilton
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Beaux-arts Toronto 1973 n/a 19-20
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 66
Year-Book 1933 n/a pl.94

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Address: 347 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: National Building

Dates
Building completed 1928

Architects: Chapman & Oxley (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Alfred Chapman : the man and his work 1978 n/a 28

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Address: 401 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Simpsons Tower
Notes: See also: 160 Yonge Street (Simpson's Department Store)

Dates
Foundation started 1964

Architects: Parkin John B.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1978 May 14 15 5

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Address: 483 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Bell Trinity Square

Dates
Building completed 1983

Architects: Parkin Partnership (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1982 April 28 27 4
Canadian Architect 1983 Oct. 22-25 28 10

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Address: 801 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Ghanim Zak
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1997 Spring 8 5 1

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Address: 2 Berkeley Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Berkeley Castle
Notes: Originally the Toronto Knitting Factory, the city's first knitting mill. Initial date varies in some sources (from 1866 to 1868). Additions by Charles J. Gibson in 1896, 1898, 1905 and 1909. Remodelled by A.J. Diamond & Partners, 1979-1982.

Dates
Building completed c1870

Architects: Diamond A.J. Donald Schmitt
Gibson Charles
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 103
Cabbagetown: The Story of... 1998 n/a 88
Canadian Architect 1985 May 40-43 30 5
Globe & Mail 1998 Aug. C15 Sat. 15th
Globe & Mail 2001 May L9 Sat. 5th
Section A 1985 X 15-17 3 2
Toronto Life 1999 June 106+ 33 9
Toronto Star 1982 June F4 Sun. 27th
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1986 4 10-11
Works : the architecture of A.J. Diamond... 1995 n/a 26-29

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Address: 11 Bishop Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Gottschalk & Ash Head Office

Dates
Design conceived 1984
Building completed 1985

Architects: Myers Barton
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Barton Myers 1994 X 122-
Toronto : le nouveau Monde 1987 n/a 25,30

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Address: 100 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Manufacturer's Life Building
Notes: Part of complex consisting of: Original building at 100 Bloor Street East by Sproat & Rolph (1924-26) with additions by Marani & Morris (1953). North Tower by Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie 91983) and 250 Bloor Street East by Marani Rounthwaite & Dick, 1968.

Dates
Design conceived c. 1924

Architects: Marani & Morris (firm)
Sproatt & Rolph (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Homes and Gardens 1927 Jan. 61 4
City & Country Home 1991 Aug. 12-15
Construction 1934 Oct./No 129 27
Construction 1926 June 172+ 19
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1924 Feb. 218 38 27th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1924 March 223 38 5th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1924 May 537 + 38 28th
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1927 Nov. 393 4 11

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Address: 120 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Crown Life Insurance Co.

Dates
Building completed 1956

Architects: Marani & Morris (firm)
Designers: Horne, Cleeve
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture and Design 1959 August ? 23
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1955 June 208+ 32 6
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 45

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Address: 121 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: New York Life

Dates
Building completed 1983

Architects: Horn David
Page & Steele (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1983 Sept. 26-27 28 8
Canadian Architect 1982 April 35 27 4

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Address: 121 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Alliance Communications Corp
Notes: Alliance offices occupy three contiguos floors in the office building.

Dates
Building completed 1995-1996

Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 116-9

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Address: 160 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Bregman + Hamann Architects
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1982 April 35 27 4

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Address: 175 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Crown Life Place


Architects: NORR Partnership Ltd. (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Building 1998 May/Jun 16-20 48 2

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Address: 200 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Manufacturer's Life North Towr
Notes: Part of complex consisting of: Original building at 100 Bloor Street East by Sproat & Rolph (1924-26) with additions by Marani & Morris (1953). North Tower by Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie 91983) and 250 Bloor Street East by Marani Rounthwaite & Dick, 1968.


Architects: Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1981 March 6 26 3
Globe & Mail 1983 Dec ? 3rd

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Address: 321 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Confederation Life Insurance

Dates
Building completed 1954-1955

Architects: Marani & Morris (firm)
Designers: Jones, Jacobine
Schoen, Peter
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Ron Thom : the shaping of an architect 1997 n/a 83
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 53

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Address: 333 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Rogers Communications Bldg
Notes: Formerly the headquarters for Confederation Life. Was purchased by Rogers Communications in order to function as the new head offices and facilities for Rogers Communications Inc. and Rogers Cablesystems. The adjacent building (no. 1 Mount Pleasant Road -- the former Conferation Life Building) functions as the headquarters for Rogers Cantel. The two buildings are connected via an overhead walkway and a tunnel.

Dates
Building completed 1948
Altered 1997-98

Architects: Zeidler Roberts Partnership
Designers: Jones, Jacobine
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Award Magazine 1998 June 37-40 12 3

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Address: 77 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1987 Jan ? 17th

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Address: 86 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Physicians & Surgeons Bldg.
Notes: Will be torn down as part of a plan to redevelope the site of the former University Theatre and a 26-storey condo will take its place.

Dates
Building completed 1922

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1999 Feb. B2 9th

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Address: 315 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Meteorological Building
Notes: Now serves as the Administartion Office of the University of Toronto.

Dates
Building completed 1909

Architects: Burke & Horwood (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 87-89
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 64

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Address: 300 Bremner Boulevard
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Dome Productions
Notes: Office situated underneath the main structure of the Skydome.

Dates
Building completed 1989

Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 100-3

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Address: 14 Carlton Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Toronto Hydro Building

Dates
Site acquired c. 1930
Design conceived 1932
Tenders called 1932
Foundation started 1932

Architects: Chapman & Oxley (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Alfred Chapman : the man and his work 1978 n/a 21
Bright Lights, Big City 1991 n/a 27
Construction 1931 Aug. 248 24
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1932 Feb. 47 46 3rd
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1932 April 35 46 6th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1932 July 38 46 6th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1932 July 854 46 27th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1931 Oct. 1307 45 28th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1933 Feb. 41 47 1st
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1931 Nov. 1412 45 25th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1933 May 96 47 31st
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1933 March 40 47 8th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1932 Dec. 1439 46 28th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1930 Oct. 62 44 22nd
Toronto Calling 1950 Feb. cov. 1 4
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 40

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Address: 45 Charles Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2001 Feb. N19 Sat. 10th

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Address: 56 Church Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Oil Building
Notes: Occupied street nos.56-60 Church Street.

Dates
Tenders called Nov 1915
Excavation started Nov 1915
Foundation started Dec 1915
Building completed July 1916

Architects: Clinton & Russell (firm)
Mathers & Haldenby (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1955 Nov/Dec 10 1
Construction 1917 March 77-88 10
Construction 1915 Dec. 513 8
Construction 1927 March 93-96 20
Construction 1915 Dec. 516 8
Construction 1915 Dec. 515 8
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1912 April 68 26 3rd
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1923 May 47 37 23rd
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1922 Dec. 50 36 13th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1925 Aug. 802 39 12th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 2000 April 331-2 5th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1919 March 45 33 26th

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Address: 110 Church Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Building completed c1910
Demolished 1995

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Clearcut : Woolworth Building Toronto, 1949-1997 1997 n/a 62

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Address: 717 Church Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: ARIDO Headquarters

Dates
Building completed mid 1950s

Architects: Parkin John C.
Designers: Krismer, Cheryl
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Interior Design Ontario 1992 July/Au 5-6 n/a n/a

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Address: 80 College Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ontario College of Physicians

Dates
Building completed 1983

Architects: Zeidler Roberts Partnership
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1983 Februar 6 28 2
Canadian Art 1984 Fall n/a 1 1

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Address: 155 College Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Toronto District School Board Office

Dates
Officially opened 1961

Architects: Page & Steele (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Liberty Gleaner 2002 Mar. 5
Toronto Star 2002 Jan. B2 Thur 31st
Toronto Star 2000 July B2 26th
Toronto Star 2002 Jan. B4 Fri. 25th

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Address: 30 Commercial Road
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Markson Jerome
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Jerome Markson Architects 1981 n/a 55

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Address: 55 Constellation Court
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Foundation started 1989

Architects: Cowle John
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1989 March 8 34 3

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Address: 175 Cumberland Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Italian Trade Centre


Architects: Scolozzi Francesco
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1983 Nov/Dec 39-41 20 12

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Address: 101 Davenport Road
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: College of Nurses

Dates
Design conceived 1982
Building completed 1985

Architects: Parkin Partnership (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1985 Feb. 2 30 2
Canadian Architect 1982 Dec. 33- 27 12
Canadian Architect 1986 Feb. 30-33 31 6

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Address: 825 Don Mills Road
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Oil Ltd.


Architects: Parkin John B.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Forum 1963 Oct. 101 114
Architecture Canada. -- 1967 July 59 46
Architecture Canada. -- 1966 Aug. 27 43
Canadian Architect 1963 Ju;y 22 8
Canadian Architect 1963 June 92 8
Canadian Architect 1962 June 96 7
Canadian Architect 1964 Dec. 41 9
Canadian Architect 1961 Dec. 9 6
Canadian Architect 1963 July 72 8
Canadian Architect 1963 March 41-46 8
Canadian Architect 1967 May 37 12
Canadian Architect 1964 Dec? 93
Canadian Architect 1967 Ju;y 69 12
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1963 Aug. 42 40

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Address: 26 Duncan Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Communique Advertsing

Dates
Building completed c1998

Architects: Sterling Finlayson Archts (firms)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1998 April C16 Sat. 11th

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Address: 19 Dundas Square
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Hermant Building

Dates
Building completed 1913

Architects: Bond & Smith (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 95

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Address: 2975 Dundas Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: James Hall

Dates
Building completed 1887-1888

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Leader and Recorder 1999 Spring 6-7

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Address: 17 Dundonald Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Commercial Travellers's Assn.

Dates
Building completed e1960s?

Architects: Weir Cripps & Associates (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Fashioned From Clay - Hardened by Fire 196? n/a ?

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Address: 103 Dupont Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Altered c1990

Architects: Hamilton Peter
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1991 June 5 5 3

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Address: 20 Eglinton Avenue East
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Designers: Piccaluga, Francesco &
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1974 May 32-35 11 5

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Address: 90 Eglinton Avenue East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Pilot Insurance


Designers: Holmes, Brian
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1978 Sept. 16-19 15 4

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Address: 123 Eglinton Avenue East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Union Carbide Building
Notes: Although building holds an historical designation, it is slated for demolition in the Fall of 1998, to make way for a condominium.

Dates
Building completed 1958-1961

Architects: Shore & Moffatt (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1998 Jan. 7 43 1
Canadian Architect 1995 May 22-23
Heritage 2001 Sum. 10-13 4 3
NOW 1997 Nov. 15 20th
Toronto Star 1998 July D1 Mon. 27th
Toronto Star 1998 Aug. P1 15th

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Address: 562 Eglinton Avenue East
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Markson Jerome
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Jerome Markson Architects 1981 n/a 47

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Address: 53 Fraser Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2000 May R2 Mon. 8th

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Address: 2 Front Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Board of Trade Building
Notes: Occupied nos. 2-8 Front Street East

Dates
Building completed 1889-1890

Architects: James & James (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 N/A 28-29
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 44
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 110-2

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Address: 0 Front Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Northern Railway of Canada

Dates
Building completed 1861-1862

Architects: Storm William
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 33-34

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Address: 123 Front Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: University Place

Dates
Building completed 1993

Architects: Parkin Partnership (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1982 April 24 27 4
Toronto Star 1981 July A14 Sun. 26th

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Address: 0 Gardiner Expressway
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: iT-works
Notes: Project will stretch over 1,000 feet along the northern edge of the Gardiner Expressway. Intended to provide office space for high technology companies on the southern edge of the "Liberty Village" High Technology Communications District.


Architects: Oleson Worland Architects (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 2001 Feb. 7 46 2

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Address: 19 Greenbelt Drive
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ortho Pharmaceutical Plant

Dates
Building completed 1955

Architects: Parkin John B.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1989 May 43-46 34 5
Canadian Architect 1980 Nov. 19 25 11
Canadian Architect 2000 Jan. 22 45 1
Canadian Art 1960 Nov. 347-8 17
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1958 Dec. 451 35 12
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1955 Oct. 379? 32 10
Journal of the Society for the Study 1999 Spring 16-23 24 1
New Buildings in the Commonwealth 1961 n/a 81
Toronto Modern: Architecture 1945-1965... 1987 n/a 58-59

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Address: 60 Harbour Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Toronto Harbour Commission

Dates
Foundation started 1917

Architects: Chapman & McGiffin (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Alfred Chapman : the man and his work 1978 n/a 5
Globe & Mail 1998 April Arts Thur 23rd
Toronto Life 2002 Feb 74-75
Toronto Life 1993 June 23-29 27 9
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 59

End of record
Address: 24 Hazelton Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Southern Pacific Hotels


Architects: Markson Jerome
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1981 Feb. 20-23 26 2

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Address: 7 King Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: National Trust Building

Dates
Building completed 1960s
Demolished 1995

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Clearcut : Woolworth Building Toronto, 1949-1997 1997 n/a 57

End of record
Address: 22 King Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: National Trust Co.


Architects: Gouinlock George
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect & Builder 1900 Aug. 164-5 13

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Address: 145 King Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: King James Place

Dates
Building completed 1989-1991

Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1992 Nov. 25 37 11
Canadian Architect 1993 Dec. insrt 38 12
Canadian Architect 1990 July 6 35 7
Canadian Architect 1993 Dec. insrt
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 58-61
Progressive Architecture 1992 Oct. 96-99
Toronto Star 1991 Dec. H4 21st

End of record
Address: 145 King Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Saatchi and Saatchi
Notes: SEE: King James Place (same address).


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
n/a n/a n/a

End of record
Address: 163 King Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Beard Building
Notes: Regarded at the time of demolition as the city's first skyscraper, despite the fact that it was not constructed with a metal frame.

Dates
Design conceived 1892
Building completed 1893
Demolished 1935

Architects: Lennox Edward
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1988 Nov. ?
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1999 Fall 9-10

End of record
Address: 210 King Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Alias Wavefront Inc.

Dates
Altered 1998

Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 1998 Nov/Dec 38-39
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1999 Summer 24 7 2

End of record
Address: 0 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Canada Life Assurance Co.

Dates
Building completed 1874

Architects: Langley Langley & Burke (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 12-13

End of record
Address: 0 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Canada Life Assurance Bldg.
Notes: Replaced Langley Langley & Burke's building (same name) on the same site after only 12 years.

Dates
Design conceived 1887

Architects: Waite Richard
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 108-9

End of record
Address: 3 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Beatty Building

Dates
Building completed c1885-1886

Architects: Lennox Edward
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 7,18

End of record
Address: 11 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: 11 King Street West
Notes: Originally designed as the headquarters of Montreal Trust. Historical designation from the Toronto Historical Board is pending due to its "Miesian curtain wall".

Dates
Altered 1997/98

Architects: Pellow & Associates (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Award Magazine 1998 June 43 12 3

End of record
Address: 18 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Star Buidling
Notes: Initailly the North of Scotland Chambers. Owned by the Toronto Star 1905-1929. SEE ALSO: Toronto Star Building at 80 King Street West.

Dates
Building completed 1878
Demolished 1935

Architects: Dick David
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1999 Fall 9-10

End of record
Address: 36 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Wood Gundy Building
Notes: Initially the John Kay and Son carpet store. "To make way for the new Scotia Plaza, the architecturally significant terra cotta facade was dismantled [in the summer of 1984] and recycled as part of a new building at 11 Adelaide St. West, also part of Scotia Plaza".

Dates
Building completed 1898
Demolished 1984

Architects: Curry Samuel
Marani Ferdinand
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 30-31

End of record
Address: 55 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Bank of Toronto
Notes: Occupied nos. 55-67 King Street West. Demolished to make way for the Toronto Dominion Centre.

Dates
Building completed 1911-1913
Demolished c1955

Architects: Bird Eustace
Carrere & Hastings (firm)
Designers: Tonetti, -
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Clearcut : Woolworth Building Toronto, 1949-1997 1997 n/a 22+
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1912 Nov. 60-61 26 48
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 124-
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1997 n/a 92
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 138-9
Toronto Star 1966 feb. 6 Wed. 9th
Toronto Sun 2002 Mar 54 Sun 24th

End of record
Address: 80 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Toronto Star Building

Dates
Building completed 1929
Demolished 1972

Architects: Chapman & Oxley (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
80 King Street West 1929 n/a all
Alfred Chapman : the man and his work 1978 n/a 21
Canadian Office 1929 May 14-17 1 1

End of record
Address: 92 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Metallic Roofing Co. of Can.

Dates
Building completed c1896

Architects: Simpson Henry
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1984 Fall 6-7 9 3

End of record
Address: 212 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Union Building
Notes: Later housed Telfer's Restaurant.


Architects: Darling & Pearson (firm)
Designers: Baskey, Kerry
Carpenter, Bill
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1982 Dec. 40-42 19 12

End of record
Address: 645 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Tarnoy Victor
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1991 Feb G8 9th

End of record
Address: 915 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Massey Harris Building
Notes: Initially designed by E. J. Lennox. Rear addition added by architect George Miller. Urbancorp (developers) are turning the building into a 60-unit condominium designed by ERA Architects. SEE ALSO: 954 King Street West

Dates
Building completed 1883

Architects: E.R.A. Architects Inc. (firm)
Kearns Mancini Architects (firm)
Lennox Edward
Miller George
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1990 Dec. 18-19 35 12
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 18-19
Globe & Mail 2002 Mar G8 Fri 15th
National Post 2002 Mar PH1,4 Sat 23rd
Toronto Star 10 June 2000 P1+
Toronto Star 2000 Feb. R1+ Sat. 12th

End of record
Address: 1190 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Pressed Metal Building
Notes: Occupied nos. 1190-1192 King Street West. Functioned as the office building for the Metallic Roofing Company of Canada Ltd.

Dates
Building completed c1906?

Architects: Simpson Henry
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1984 Winter 6-7 9 3
Clearcut : Woolworth Building Toronto, 1949-1997 1997 n/a 66
Globe & Mail 1984 Sept ? 3rd
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1986 April 5
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1987 May 4
Toronto Star 1984 Dec. ? 3rd
Toronto Star 1985 Nov. 26th
Toronto Star 1986 June ? 9th

End of record
Address: 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Crosse & Blackwell Building
Notes: In 1978 it was leased to CFMT - Channel 47.

Dates
Building completed 1927

Architects: Chapman Alfred
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Life 1991 March H28

End of record
Address: 0 Lake Street (not current)
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Cobban Manufacturing Co.

Dates
Building completed 1896

Architects: Lennox Edward
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 39,50

End of record
Address: 180 Lesmill Road
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Saffer, Cravit & Freedman Off.

Dates
Building completed 1964

Architects: Cravit Ortved Architects (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1985 April 46-49 30 4

End of record
Address: 10 Lower Spadina Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Chiat / Day Offices
Notes: Frank Gehry designed the 6th and 7th floor offices.

Dates
Building completed c1988-89

Architects: Fujiwara David
Gehry Frank
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1989 May 26-33 34 5
National Post 2002 jan. B9 Thur 17th

End of record
Address: 250 Merton Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1974 June 66 19 6

End of record
Address: 276 Merton Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Notes: Sunquest Vatations Ltd. office building


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1979 Jan. 34-38 16 1

End of record
Address: 325 Milner Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: 325 Milner

Dates
Building completed e1990s?

Architects: Star Hicks Spragge Archts (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1991 March 40

End of record
Address: 0 Mississauga Road North
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Royal Bank Centre
Notes: Located in the Meadowvale North Business Park

Dates
Building completed c2000

Architects: Adamson Associates (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Award Magazine 2000 Aug. 45-47 14 4
Toronto Contruction News 2000 Nov. 12-13 18 3

End of record
Address: 60 Murray Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ontario Hydro Engineering Bldg

Dates
Building completed 1955

Architects: Sproatt & Rolph (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1989 Sept. 19

End of record
Address: 0 Pailton Crescent
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Notes: Buidling features 7'x5' cast bronze doors with a theme drawn from Orphic and Eleusian mysteries in the culture of ancient Greece.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1979 Dec. 14+ 8th

End of record
Address: 50 Park Road
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ontario Assn. of Architects HQ

Dates
Officially opened 1954

Architects: Parkin John B.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1989 May 43-46 34 5
Canadian Interiors 1978 May 12 15 5
Journal / Art Gallery of Ontario 1955 Dec. 461 32 12
New Buildings in the Commonwealth 1961 n/a 78
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1997 Winter 12 5 4
Trace 1981 Jul/Aug 52 1 3

End of record
Address: 0 Pembroke Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Canadian Institute Building

Dates
Design conceived 1855-1856
Cornerstone laid 14 Nov 1855
Building completed never built

Architects: Cumberland & Storm (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 169-

End of record
Address: 10 Price Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Karo (Toronto) Inc.
Notes: Located on the ground floor of a 1950s building.


Architects: Taylor Hariri Pontarini (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Magazine of Politics… 1999 Nov/Dec 48-50 36 5

End of record
Address: 10 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Alton Building

Dates
Building completed 1909
Demolished 1995

Architects: Brown J. Francis
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Clearcut : Woolworth Building Toronto, 1949-1997 1997 n/a 69
The "Nabes" 2001 n/a 49

End of record
Address: 15 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Small Claims Court


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1984 April ? 20th

End of record
Address: 17 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1984 April ? 20th

End of record
Address: 107 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Queen Richmond Centre
Notes: SEE ALSO: Robertson Bros. Candy Factory (same address)

Dates
Building completed 1870
Altered 2000

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Building 2000 Nov/Dec 16 50 5

End of record
Address: 163 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Building completed 1989

Architects: Jones & Kirkland Archts. (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1989 July 44-45 34 7

End of record
Address: 223 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Idee Inc.

Dates
Altered 2000

Architects: Van Eslander Terence
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2000 Aug. R3 Wed. 2nd

End of record
Address: 334 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Designers: Hirschberg, Martin
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1983 April 24-25 20

End of record
Address: 0 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Manning Chambers

Dates
Building completed 1900
Demolished yes

Architects: Lennox Edward
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 51,63

End of record
Address: 8 Richmond Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Confederation Life Building
Notes: Address varies in literature from no.2 to no.20 Richmond Street East. SEE ALSO: Confederation Square (1980s redevelopment) at Yonge and Richmond Streets.


Architects: Gray J. Wilson
Knox Elliot & Jarvis (firm)
Thom Partnership (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1982 April 31 27 4
Canadian Architect 1984 June 30-33 29 6
Globe & Mail 1977 June ? 8th
Globe & Mail 1981 July ? 4th
Globe & Mail 1982 April R3 Mon. 12th
Globe & Mail 1996 Feb. A8 Fri. 9th
Knox & Elliot 1981 n/a 12
Metallic Roof Co. of Canada Ltd. 1900 n/a f.183
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a all
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 12-13
Section A 1985 n/a 11-12 3 2
Toronto : le nouveau Monde 1987 n/a 38-39
Toronto Star 1981 June A1 18th
Toronto Star 1983 Oct. ? 12th
Toronto Star 1976 Aug. G12 14th

End of record
Address: 20 Richmond Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Confederation Life Building
Notes: SEE: no.8 Richmond Street East; or, Conferation Square at Yonge and Richmond Streets.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
n/a n/a n/a

End of record
Address: 45 Richmond Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Central Building

Dates
Building completed 1927-1928

Architects: Baldwin & Greene (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Real Estate News 1998 Oct. A3 28th

End of record
Address: 73 Richmond Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Graphic Arts Building
Notes: Built for the Toronto Saturday Night Publishing Co. Not to be confused with the art gallery building at the Canadian National Exhibition. Housed "Hy's Restaurant" until Jan. 1998. Being redeveloped into a four-level live and work loft condominium complex.

Dates
Building completed 1911-1913

Architects: Baker Francis
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Beaux-arts Toronto 1973 n/a 14
Globe & Mail 1998 Feb. B1,B4 Tues 17th
Globe & Mail 2001 Nov. G2 Fri 9th
Toronto Star 2001 Aug P1+ Sat. 11th

End of record
Address: 85 Richmond Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1999 Fall 6-7

End of record
Address: 111 Richmond Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Officially opened 1954

Architects: Page & Steele (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1977 Nov. 48
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1999 Fall 6-7

End of record
Address: 121 Richmond Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Bregman + Hamann Architects
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1958 Jan. 25-27 35 1

End of record
Address: 401 Richmond Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: 401 Richmond St. West
Notes: Formerly a tin lithography factory. Constructed in five stages from 1899-1923.

Dates
Building completed 1899-1923
Altered c1999

Architects: Zeidler Margaret
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1999 Oct. F2 19th
Toronto Star 2002 June D5 Mon 24th
Toronto Star 2002 Jan. J1+ Sat. 26th

End of record
Address: 1333 Sheppard Avenue East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: North York Medical Arts Building


Architects: Markson Jerome
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Jerome Markson Architects 1981 n/a 64-65

End of record
Address: 740 Spadina Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 22

End of record
Address: 76 St. Clair Avenue West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Anglo Canada Insurance

Dates
Building completed 1954
Demolished 1997

Architects: Murray James
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1996 Nov. 9 41 11
Canadian Architect 1995 May 22-23
Clearcut : Woolworth Building Toronto, 1949-1997 1997 n/a 44
Globe & Mail 1994 Feb. C2 Wed. 23rd
Globe & Mail 1996 Aug. C1 7th
Globe & Mail 1995 Dec. C2 27th
Toronto Modern: Architecture 1945-1965... 1987 n/a 54-57
Toronto Star 1995 June L10 Sat. 17th

End of record
Address: 84 St. Clair Avenue West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Canada Packers Building


Architects: Fleury Arthur & Barclay (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1955 Oct. 387? 32 10
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1957 June 224-7 34 6

End of record
Address: 95 St. Clair Avenue West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Life Building


Architects: Webb Zerafa Menkes (firm)
Designers: Hymas, Alison
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture Canada. -- 1968 Jan. 66-7 45
Architecture Canada. -- 1967 Jan. 12 44
Architecture Canada. -- 1968 Jan. 17 45
Canadian Architect 1968 May 30 13
Canadian Architect 1971 April 77 16
Canadian Architect 1968 Feb. 68-69 13
Canadian Interiors 1968 June 26-43 5

End of record
Address: 111 St. Clair Avenue West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Oil Building

Dates
Foundation started Feb. 1954
Building completed Apr. 1957

Architects: Mathers & Haldenby (firm)
Designers: Wilson, York
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1956 May insrt 1
Canadian Architect 1957 June 36-43 2
Canadian Architect 1957 Sept. 15 2
Canadian Art 1962 May-Jun 198-2 19
Canadian Interiors 1964 April 61,70 1
Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park 1996 n/a 35
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1957 July 243++ 34 7
Your visit to 111 St. Clair Avenue West 1957 n/a all

End of record
Address: 170 St. George Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Medical Arts Building

Dates
Excavation started Aug 1928
Building completed Sept 1929

Architects: Marani Lawson & Paisley (firm)
Page & Steele (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Forum 1930 June 829 52
Canadian Architect 1982 Nov. 6 27 11
Canadian Buildings / by Anglin Norcross 1930 n/a ?
Canadian Geographical Journal 1931 May 367
Canadian Homes and Gardens 1929 July 109 6
Canadian Homes and Gardens 1929 May 136 6
Construction 1928 Aug. 292 21
Construction 1931 Feb. 64,68 24
Construction 1929 Nov. 357++ 22
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 May 519 42 16th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1929 Dec. 1535+ 43 25th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 July 719 42 4th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Oct. 54 42 24th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1927 Aug. 64 42 8th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Aug. 825 42 8th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1929 jan. 22 43 16th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Oct. 1132+ 42 24th
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1933 Nov. 178 10 11
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1930 ? 55-65 7 2
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1931 n/a 416 8 12
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1931 Mar. 78-99 8 3
Marani, Lawson & Morris, architects 1932 n/a unpgd
National Post 2002 July TO1 Sat 13th
Toronto Star 2002 Mar. B2 Fri. 15th

End of record
Address: 240 St. George Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ontario Medical Association

Dates
Building completed 1968

Architects: Diamond & Myers (firm)
Myers Barton
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Barton Myers 1994 n/a 44-47
Interpretation of Architecture 1986 n/a 9
Works : the architecture of A.J. Diamond... 1995 n/a ??

End of record
Address: 10 St. Mary Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Building completed 1957

Architects: Mathers & Haldenby (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1959 July 242-6 36 7

End of record
Address: 3125 Steeles Avenue East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Steeles Technology Centre

Dates
Building completed c2000

Architects: Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Award Magazine 2000 Oct. 51-53

End of record
Address: 6 Temperance Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Dineen Building
Notes: Address sometimes listed as 14-142 Yonge Street. Initially the compant was located at no.76 Yonge Street. A Factory (nos 10-12 Temperance St.) was added in 1902.

Dates
Altered 1902

Architects: Herbert Frederick H.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect & Builder 1897 Aug. 147 10
Canadian Architect & Builder 1898 Feb. 27-28 11
Contract Record. -- 1902 July 6 13 23rd
Toronto Sun 2002 Jan 46 Sun 13th

End of record
Address: 66 Temperance Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1998 Feb. B1,B4 Tues 17th

End of record
Address: 17 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Consumers' Gas Co. of Toronto

Dates
Building completed 1876
Altered 1882,1899

Architects: Dick David
Grant & Dick (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Houses of old Toronto 1977 n/a 82-84
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1989 Nov. 38

End of record
Address: 19 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Consumers Gas Company
Notes: Attributed to Joseph Sheard. Building later housed the Councel Trust Company. Now houses the Rosewater Supper Club.

Dates
Building completed c1852?

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Life 1998 Sept 14 32 12

End of record
Address: 20 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Excelsior Life Insurance Co.

Dates
Cornerstone laid May 18 1965

Architects: Lennox Edward
Marani Morris & Allan (firm)
Designers: Temporale, Louis
Watson, Sydney
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1964 March 89
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1980 March 20-28 23rd
Mural : historical Toronto : the Excelsior Life... 196? n/a all

End of record
Address: 26 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Union Loan and Savings Co.
Notes: Occupied nos. 26-30 Toronto Street. See also no. 32 Toronto Street for additional office building owned by the Union Loan and Savings Company (1873). Demolished with the Toronto Union Block in 1914 to make way for E.J. Lennox's Skyscraper office tower for the Excelsior Life Insurance Company.

Dates
Building completed 1876-1878
Demolished 1914

Architects: Langley Langley & Burke (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1990 June cov+ 15 2
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 107
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 101

End of record
Address: 32 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Union Loan and Savings Co.
Notes: Occupied nos. 32-40 Toronto Street. Demolished to make way for the a Beaux-Arts Classical skyscraper by E.J. Lennox (1914-1915).

Dates
Building completed 1873

Architects: James & Lalor (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 106

End of record
Address: 36 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Excelsior Life Building
Notes: SEE also: no. 20 Toronto Street. Architects vary with sources.

Dates
Building completed 1915

Architects: Lennox Edward
Strong William
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1985 Feb. 6 30 2
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1980 March 20-28 4 23rd
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 92
Toronto Star 1987 May ? 30th

End of record
Address: 1 University Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Building completed c1986

Architects: Brisbin Brian
Brook Carruthers Shaw (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1985 March 13 30 3
Canadian Copper = Cuivre Canadien 1986 Summer 13 105

End of record
Address: 55 University Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1979 Dec-Jan 20-21 17 1

End of record
Address: 70 University Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Foundation started 1982
Building completed c1986

Architects: Strong William
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1982 April 28 27 4
Canadian Architect 1986 July 38-41 31 7

End of record
Address: 88 University Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Building completed c1960s
Altered c1993

Architects: Foster Leslie
Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture, Batiment, Construction 1958 Feb. 8 12 142
Canadian Architect 1993 June 7

End of record
Address: 393 University Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Bell Canada Building


Architects: Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Art in architecture : art for the built environ... 1982 n/a 42-45

End of record
Address: 481 University Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Maclean Hunter Building
Notes: Became the offices of publisher McClelland & Stewart c1977?. Addition by Marani & Morris from 1961. Post-modern façade addition by William Strong Associates, 1984.

Dates
Building completed 1911
Altered 1961; 1984

Architects: Marani & Morris (firm)
Sproatt & Rolph (firm)
Strong William
Designers: Wyn Wood, Elizabeth
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture and Design 1959 Aug. ? 23
Toronto Star 1987 Feb ? 21st
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 38

End of record
Address: 505 University Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Shell Oil Company


Architects: Marani & Morris (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
New Buildings in the Commonwealth 1961 n/a 71

End of record
Address: 610 University Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Hydro-Electric Building
Notes: Became part of the Princess Margaret Hospital and Ontario Cancer Institute in 1995.

Dates
Building completed 1915

Architects: Gouinlock George
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1989 Sept. 14-20
Toronto Star 1990 June H3 9th

End of record
Address: 620 University Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ontario Hydro Building
Notes: Became part of the Princess Margaret Hospital and Ontario Cancer Institute in 1995.

Dates
Foundation started 1935
Altered 1945

Architects: Sproatt & Rolph (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1992 Oct C1 Wed 28th
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1989 Sept. 14-20
Toronto Star 1990 June H3 9th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 91

End of record
Address: 700 University Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Hydro Place

Dates
Building completed 1975

Architects: Cooper Kenneth
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1975 April 26-28 21 4
Globe & Mail 1976 Aug. 7 Mon. 9th
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1989 Sept. 20
Toronto Star 1975 May ? 12th
Toronto Star 1973 Sept ? 22nd

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Address: 16 Victoria Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Life Insurance Co.
Notes: Occupies street adress No.16-32 Victoria Street


Architects: Mathers & Haldenby (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd

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Address: 73 Victoria Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Comstock Building

Dates
Building completed 1890

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 22

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Address: 297 Victoria Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: O'Keefe House
Notes: Headquarters of Canadian Brewers Limited.


Architects: Chapman & Oxley (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 54

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Address: 215 Wellesley Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Elizabeth Fry Society


Architects: Brook Carruthers Grierson Shaw (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1974 Nov. 4-5 19 11

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Address: 17 Wellington Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Montreal Telegraph Company

Dates
Building completed 1870-1871

Architects: Smith & Gemmell (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 84-85

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Address: 49 Wellington Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Flatiron Building
Notes: Also known as the "Gooderham Building" . Trompe l'oeil mural entitled " Flatiron Mural" by artist Derek Besant, 1980.

Dates
Building completed 1892

Architects: E.R.A. Architects Inc. (firm)
Roberts David Junior
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Art in architecture : art for the built environ... 1982 n/a 84-91
Canadian Architect 1974 Oct. 56-59 19 10
Heritage 2001 Sum. 4-9 4 3
Houses of old Toronto 1977 n/a 18-21
Report on Business Magazine 2001 Jan 18-19
Toronto Life 2000 May 48 34 8
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 30-31
Toronto Star 2000 Sept. P9 30th
Toronto Star 2001 May J8 Sat 26th
Toronto Star 1998 Nov. B2 25th

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Address: 17 Wellington Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Edinburgh Life Assurance Co.

Dates
Building completed 1858
Demolished 1929

Architects: Cumberland & Storm (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 200+
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 20-21

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Address: 95 Wellington Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Building completed c1986

Architects: Pellow Architects (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Copper = Cuivre Canadien 1986 Winter 14 107

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Address: 137 Wellington Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Notes: Occupied street nos. 137-143 Wellington Street (West). May have been know as the "Wellington Building"

Dates
Building completed 1929

Architects: Baldwin & Greene (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1929 Sept. 1075+ 43 37

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Address: 517 Wellington Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Netspec Marketing Ltd.


Architects: Grey-Noble Norman
Moore Thomas
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Royal Architectural Inst. of Canada 1986 Awards... 1986 n/a 91-94

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Address: 0 Weston Road
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: International Woodworkers of America

Dates
Building completed 1961

Architects: Markson Jerome
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Jerome Markson Architects 1981 n/a 96

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Address: 53 Woodlawn Avenue East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Current Publications Building

Dates
Building completed e1960s?

Architects: Weir Cripps & Associates (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Fashioned From Clay - Hardened by Fire 196? n/a ?

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Address: 0 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Carty Building

Dates
Building completed 1914
Demolished 1972

Architects: Mallory F.S.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 101

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Address: 31 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Canadian Pacific Railways

Dates
Officially opened March 1913
Altered 1930-facade

Architects: Darling & Pearson (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Bronze and Iron 1913 n/a 78
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1912 Nov. 64 26 48
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/A unpgd
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 121-6

End of record
Address: 33 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1982 April 32 27 4

End of record
Address: 140 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: W & D Dineen & Co. Ltd
Notes: SEE: Dineen Building at no.6 Temperance St.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
n/a n/a n/a

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Address: 229 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ryrie Building

Dates
Building completed 1891
Altered 1913, 1934

Architects: Burke & Horwood (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 21
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 132-3

End of record
Address: 601 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Gloucester Mews
Notes: Formerly the Masonic Hall, built in 1888. 1972 renovation incorporated a home on Gloucester Street that was once owned by Timothy Eaton.

Dates
Building completed 1888
Altered 1972

Architects: Adamson Associates (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1972 Oct. ? 13th

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Address: 931 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Cossette Office Building

Dates
Building completed c1993

Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (firm)
Quadrangle Architects (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Insite 1994 March 54-55

End of record
Address: 1145 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Page & Steele (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1982 Oct. 6 27 10

End of record
Address: 1901 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: OPSEU Building
Notes: Initially the headquarters for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. Converted to condominiums in the early 1990s.

Dates
Building completed 1960s
Altered e1990s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2001 June P2 sat 30th

End of record
Address: 2200 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings


Architects: Cooper Kenneth
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1974 Nov. 10 19 11

End of record
Address: 5050 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Toronto Board of Education Bldg


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2002 Jan B4 Fri 25th

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Address: 100 Yorkville Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Design conceived c1993

Architects: Zerafa Boris
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1993 Oct. H1,H4 Sun. 3rd