This is one of my favourite storefronts in the city. Located on Dundas just west of Keele.Formerly May Brothers Hardware.
To the left of the main display window is a separate hall with entrances to, the apartments upstairs, another small space (bar/coffeeshop) and stairs to the basement.
Glass block (Vault Lights) in the tiled entrance way allow light into the basement which I think used to be a barbershop. These same glass blocks are found in Seattle as part of their Underground City. The blocks were originally clear but have dis-coloured over time.
Seattle Prism Glass
May Brothers is visible in this photo from 1923
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I've seen the same prism glass in the older core section of Vancouver and Victoria. Mostly Victoria though. Pretty cool to see this in Toronto as.
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