Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Designer: Comfort, Charles

Biography
Date of Birth 1900
Date of Death 1994
Notes Toronto commercial artist and sculptor.

Address: 232 Bay Street
Type of Building: Stock Exchanges
Name of Building: Toronto Stock Exchange
Notes: Moved to First Canadian Place in 1983. See also: the Exchange Tower at 140 King Street West.

Dates
Building completed 1937

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Forum 1983 Aug/Sep 46-47
Canadian Interiors 1988 March 13+
Globe & Mail 1985 Oct ? 23rd
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1987 Jan. 6
Toronto Star 1987 Feb M3 Sat 28th
Toronto Star 1986 May ? 7th

End of record
Address: 234 Bay Street
Type of Building: Design Centres
Name of Building: Design Exchange
Notes: Originally the Toronto Stock Exchange, b.1937, which moved to First Canadian Place in 1983. Forms the base of the Ernst & Young Tower (no.222 Bay Street), which is considered the fifth tower in the Toronto Dominion Centre.

Dates
Officially opened March 1937

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 2001 Fall 17 26 4
AZURE 1994 Nov/Dec 23-24
Architectural Record 1995 Septemb 86-89
Architecture Canada: the Governor General's awards 1997 n/a 114+
Canadian Architect 1995 April 34-37
Canadian Architect 1996 June 20 42 6
Canadian Architect 1994 August 8
Canadian Art 1994 Fall 39
Canadian Forum 1983 Aug/Sep 46-47
Canadian Interiors 1988 March 13+
Designing the Exchange 1994 n/a all
International Contract 1992 June/Ju 22-23
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 50-57
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1989 Nov. 35
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1988 March 44
National Post 2001 May B7 Wed 30th
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1997 Summer 19 5 2
Progressive Architecture 1995 April 19
Toronto Life 1993 April 33-35 27
Toronto Life 1991 March H13
Toronto Star 1994 Jan. H2 Sat. 22nd
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 33