![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBh3uJZJvwkCGq57tSpSjFeB2tpWnTDusLP-gyvOMYG-PX7InTw4jiebd_gQX0OkTj8pfshnJcdfuS8H4IlrtmJLOKdqIUw91xjPIV-YZE7qyR02hisFMabnDaEvpSHdOMYaguswIPTTs/s400/s0372_ss0033_it0715.jpg)
A good example of
Art Moderne or
Streamline Moderne design. The International Harvester Building on Bathurst south of King in 1940.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiqfb8MdVeTLKrWOQnfeiF5ALzCeLeVkTlaxWsu316qW9XTwgCp7kwFrLVgWDUerRW_HifZSDRHyEzigK_vnCBCrc23wit_2MhiUIBPNoNecKpcRq-UpDUR6SZlsMW_JTkqz2mSjQpCg/s400/harvester.JPG)
The facade has been retained in this new hotel and condo development.
Now the Thompson Hotel and the former showroom is the Counter diner,open 24 Hours.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojvDqR2_18kPp66Py9CQI8QbgwxlUo2SGWgZSiTRqq5ovXDOzA4e_6nMyj0JyaS8-A-DjbcCL9zlTLQG9DkO0wqjN4xD7K1Wv3DeVNU9U96xd9LnpSqU6E80hjF-7TxWcUg9LZY9-1KM/s400/counter.jpg)
Photo courtesy
Hogtown Blues.
It should be noted that the facade was actually torn down, then rebuilt using new materials to carefully mimic the original. The developer received a height variance in exchange for doing this. It's not the original facade.
ReplyDelete