Architectural Drawings Toronto

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

J J McLAUGHLIN was a brother with Sam McLaughlin of General Motors fame.
(There was also at the least another brother.)


Regards,
J T

 

[wwwebster]

 

[thecharioteer]

Love those renderings, wwwebster. Do you think they were for what became the "Old" City Hall?

Here's a rendering for a proposed Victoria Square, site of what became Simpson's and today The Bay:

 

[thecharioteer]

 

[thecharioteer]

The 50's (drawings by Bregman and Hamann):

 

[Mustapha]

I much miss the Union Carbide building at Eglinton and Redpath. I had meetings there in the late 80s. The lobby was beautiful. I always wonder why it wasn't converted into condos instead of new construction.

Great thread thecharioteer and wwwebster.

 

[Goldie]

I much miss the Union Carbide building at Eglinton and Redpath. I had meetings there in the late 80s. The lobby was beautiful. I always wonder why it wasn't converted into condos instead of new construction.

I believe that's the same building that collapsed during construction in 1958 - see this reference:

http://torontoist.com/2011/02/historicist_the_collapse_of_the_union_carbide_building/

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

There was another "east of Yonge" collapse on St Clair Avenue during the mid 1960s.


Regards,
J T

 

[thecharioteer]

The 50's Part II (drawings by Page & Steele):

 

[Mustapha]

I believe that's the same building that collapsed during construction in 1958 - see this reference:

http://torontoist.com/2011/02/historicist_the_collapse_of_the_union_carbide_building/

Interesting! Thanks Goldie.

 

[thecharioteer]

The King Edward Hotel:

An image which launched a thousand postcards:

 

[wwwebster]

Love those renderings, wwwebster. Do you think they were for what became the "Old" City Hall?

I believe so. Albert Street and Terauley are both mentioned in the Luce proposal.

In a more modern vein:

 

[thecharioteer]

Very nice! The Forest Hill Library always seemed to me to be influenced by Mies' Farnsworth House, with the open side porch entrance and horizontal composition.

 

[wwwebster]

The 50's Part II (drawings by Page & Steele):

Its predecessor:

Images from the July 1917 issue of “Construction:â€

http://archive.org/stream/constructionjour10macduoft#page/222/mode/2up

 

[thecharioteer]

So interesting that of all the buildings demolished in the 50's and 60's, this one survived by being moved southerly behind the new Board building (and is still there). One wonders how much of the ornate interior still remains.

1959: