![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiML8urZVsxud7MuHHimtLz5GpMs5nuBKnzqdY-wEGw7quaopTMV_AJLNea678A-6LahUPDoOiSMBf8KlkSKRGACZOzzAhTyIMT-tT3gGIFGqXVfX2C1ab2KkbR9alp-v99eyXI_caAliY/s400/s0372_ss0033_it0715.jpg)
Originally built as the International Harvester Showroom, this classic example of Art Moderne or Streamline architecture has managed to survive by re inventing itself through the years.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8w1YvXcJb-c2OSrVoIvaOami-_-NcGlT-a6W4c8N2aIguIS7FpaRApaNbXbli1K0CBvb-wUGCJviJyyjZeOudiSVbySIFQSrb9-DUBgczyBh-wPEgr2CoFkIDiReMUoY73UO2a_jrBiY/s400/4527326640_3b1e852499_b.jpg)
In the 1980's it was home to Crangle's Collision. Photo by Patrick Cummins.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeE7k3ZS0kObEQoNYpcGdKm0XfhxhL7BOZuXi1QE4SVEBuFQ2M1HbO751iusQGbcKHgBFryfXv1gS2VKzTyqfmYvcEiz4jHNGahBB_GD9efpxWgE_NW9cxrix5VuxOG7-z1MXnzBFhpA/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-04-07+at+10.44.05+AM.png)
Even Google maps are now a historic record of the past. This capture from 2010 shows the Thompson Hotel under construction that incorporated the old showroom as their new 24 diner, Counter.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzHC0mp6jjdOnJKpy2eRHNwzEwCkcXOiQkuXru5Pu-6SSEWPKQOh23J3xcMwn1wPP9eYpx8gKURyLkMnjsR2NHKjeVQgZmnz-BDSgfPNlEcey3dv2Q0TXvf0tw6oO1JQY-rN-Hqf_dJ0/s400/harvester.JPG)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VeLBoroOCcA2EuIt17FRCCP1KvoROcmWN27hHHlY6QaEh9oQ7WBKva5B6R7rBoGa5k4foXQlvl9SNSVvdcfHoCtdi4CUR5n2fyW5vkHn73Y21gBfqVNarMNuGedEImFiAEc0Dowk-PA/s400/4526675563_5230e24af1_b.jpg)
1980 or so by Patrick Cummins
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBXfQDxIa1qTc-8gOosOvnmP6QAQiSDnjHd5nmjfFEtpt_eEBDL38n-87UT-aR1UWQ2my9lYMST_EmdfE8SEju0wCH1DUAGwe4PW4SfPj2zpQCe_E9cQlWijEv0aC75f63AC5h2UIs4w/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-04-07+at+10.51.18+AM.png)
2010.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywHwR2u1dRwcSeB3hsI4eIMDnMraz06ntMidv15VrEszMTn8UQ9lflyCXYSeLR9sAJL8-D8sJpVigi9h0xtz0DFIdb4CPuKdDmlxYBOiBL3QDASqebRkU7-mD1naE4Hv73QqOPZ_S7_E/s400/POSTCARD%252B-%252BTORONTO%252B-%252BLYONS%252BFURNITURE%252BSTORE%252B-%252B365%252BWESTON%252BROAD%252B-%252B1952.jpg)
Rick McGinnis was right and a little research found this postcard of a twin of sorts on Weston Road when it was a Lyon's Furniture store circa 1950.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_5BdBEAZM9_d22dnwzrcmKPavPaXyP2TqEPVKLLanrchrqVTgAfKQm8jypFmUYNjqJdV5Bf-KaA94OhOKuC2c2AaYXU19Bv5vy_IAkmP8dPztOq3sVzMKN_XAIBAubCJbErlWCS_QrE/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-04-07+at+10.53.23+AM.png)
2010.