tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post1428165719298410019..comments2024-02-20T18:54:23.556-05:00Comments on lost toronto: King and Bathurst/Then and NowGBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14776498578069382503noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-2940411575721923332012-04-12T14:20:06.202-04:002012-04-12T14:20:06.202-04:00The monument workshop was next door, or a couple o...The monument workshop was next door, or a couple of doors south. Not sure if it's still there today.rick mcginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04238756880941710637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-73746059408517352272012-04-08T09:14:28.504-04:002012-04-08T09:14:28.504-04:00Wasn't it a monument (tomestone) store for a l...Wasn't it a monument (tomestone) store for a long time as well?GBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776498578069382503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-55923146561469031142012-04-08T08:04:42.187-04:002012-04-08T08:04:42.187-04:00Same as the Windsor Arms Hotel, though very few pe...Same as the Windsor Arms Hotel, though very few people know that - it was leveled during condo construction and built as a replica, but it's not the same building.<br /><br />The "twin" on Weston by Rogers was opened just after WW2 as a department store - I don't remember the name. It was an optimistic time, and the owners obviously thought that Mount Dennis would be as lucrative a market as Weston or The Junction to the north and south. It didn't last long, and by the time I remember it, Silvano's (who later moved next door, and have just recently gone out of business) had moved their photofinishing business into the building.rick mcginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04238756880941710637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-46138212722726400122012-04-07T17:56:10.465-04:002012-04-07T17:56:10.465-04:00Good information. Probably the same situation with...Good information. Probably the same situation with Bishop's Block.<br />I can't imagine a developer actually marking every piece of a historic building, knocking it down and then re assembling it exactly.<br />Besides, you're not allowed to use recycled materials (historic or otherwise) for structural construction.GBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776498578069382503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715183923584830024.post-75445572240450750612012-04-07T14:25:10.657-04:002012-04-07T14:25:10.657-04:00As you can see by the third and sixth photos, the ...As you can see by the third and sixth photos, the front was actually torn down. The facade was not preserved -- it was recreated using different materials to mimic the original.<br /><br />The reason why Freed bothered to replicate the facade was in order to get a variance from the city for extra height for the hotel.<br /><br />The Crangles site was purchased for $13.2 million in 2006. "The property became more valuable than the business" was Les Crangle's comment.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03157869115716299116noreply@blogger.com