Showing posts with label Spadina and Adelaide/Then and Now. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

More Spadina and Adelaide/Then and Now

The N/E corner of Spadina and Adelaide in 1911.
2010. The Balfour Building was built in 1930 and was named in honour of the Earl of Balfour, who, in 1917, had committed the British government to support a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Arthur Balfour, the first Earl of Balfour.
The Balfour Building.
The entrance.
Just for fun.

Spadina and Adelaide/Then and Now

Looking west along Adelaide from Spadina during track work in 1911.
Things have changed by 2010.
The current building on this corner is the Tower Building and built in 1927. Designed by Benjamin Brown.
The Tower Building.
Just for fun.