Queen and John/Then and Now

A watercolour from 1851 looking N/E across Queen.

 Sometime in the 1980's and the two little shops have survived. Photo by P. Cummins.

A somewhat current view reveals at least one of the stores has survived .

(St Patrick's Grocery, now a BMV)

The building to the right (Angus McIntosh Groceries) survives today as East! and formerly the Beverley Tavern. The roofline tells the story.

Queen and John/Then and Now

The S/E corner of Queen and John as seen in 1919.

2010.

The five-storey building was originally constructed as the headquarters of the Methodist Church of Canada in 1913 by Burke, Horwood and White.The building was purchased by CHUM in 1985, and was re-opened in May 1987 as the new headquarters for the company and its various outlets, including Citytv Toronto (which was previously located at 99 Queen St. East).

The old CHUM building on Yonge Street in the 1960's with their "fleet".
A small collection of Chum ephemera from this Chum history site.