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When University Avenue was extended south from Queen in the early 1930's, it bisected the block bounded by King/Adelaide/Simcoe and York and went right through 186-188 King Street West, photographed on January 28, 1931: The block and its land values at the time: Today:

So true. Unfortunately, the destruction of the historic core was so gradual, building by building, through demolition by neglect, modernist planning theories, changing tastes that looked at these buildings as "old-fashioned" and a shift of civic energy further north (notwithstanding that the...

Wow! Only 13 years ago!

North St. Lawrence Market 1890's 1950's: 1972: Today (pic by rascacielo here at UT):

Spadina, looking north from Clarence Square: 1949: 2022: Photo by UT contributor jackattack on The Taylor thread:

Looking SW from Jarvis south of Gerrard 1890’s, (Notman Studios):

311 Jarvis Street 1923 (demolished):

Personally, I'd like the General Post Office at the head of Toronto Street rebuilt:

They do things different in Europe, of course: https://www.dezeen.com/2020/12/18/humboldt-forum-berlin-museum-island-franco-stella/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenkirche,_Dresden https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/30/gallery/

Very interesting pic, Jer1961! At first I was thinking that it had to be taken from John, not Peter, prior to the construction of Metro Hall, but after going through the following pics, I believe it is Peter Street. The first stop was the 1924 Goad Atlas, given the presence of the train tracks...

My point was that the existing facade of brick, limestone and granite did not have to be removed to achieve a “high-efficiency envelope” given that the same objective could have been achieved with triple-glazed windows and a higher-insulated wall assembly behind the solid portions of the facade...

According to this diagram produced by the feds, the only "green" feature on the façade is bird-friendly glazing, which implies that the green objectives could have been met for the entire project with just new windows in the existing façade. What a travesty...

I think the Ports was a brand new building:

St. Andrew's Playground 1970's (?) 2022:

Waterworks Building 505 Richmond Street West 2015: 2022:

I’m afraid I have to go with the thumbs down crew on this one. Partisans has positioned themselves in the past as severe critics of “developer” architecture, but it’s one thing to be a scold and to design (or over design) a hip restaurant and a sauna in Muskoka, another thing to have the chops...

Spadina looking north at Wellington January 20, 1931. Caption on Archives site: "Clarence Square, Communist meeting, police dispersing crowds" 2022:

University & Richmond looking SW: 1956 (from TPL): 1972: 2022: