Goldie
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CORRECTION........the name is Milliken Centre
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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now
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thecharioteer
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Sorry, but the integration of this "heritage" facade has to be one of the most absurd examples of historic preservation run amok. Architecturally, the facade seems to have nothing significant, and its integration by the architect is clumsy at best. (There are so many examples, like Burano, where it is well done).
What were they all thinking?
Goldie
Senior Member
This is just a guess:
Perhaps the Markham City Council insisted that the 'historic' school be integrated into the new structure.
And the builder "went along to get along."
Of course, it could have been accomplished with greater style.
Perhaps the Markham City Council insisted that the 'historic' school be integrated into the new structure.
And the builder "went along to get along."
Of course, it could have been accomplished with greater style.
Koolgreen
Active Member
sadly a waste of money and effort is all it is.....
junctionist
Senior Member
It's good that it was preserved, but that's easily the GTA's worst example of heritage facade integration with a new structure. One day the building behind it might be demolished while preserving the facade yet again.
Goldie
Senior Member
Oops! --- CORRECTION........the name is Milliken Centre.
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Very good, junctionist! One only wishes that the paradigm in heritage had shifted in the 1950's and 1960's when we lost so many of the buildings truly worth saving.
adma
Superstar
Long ago in this thread, I was mulling over the 7-Up "Fresh Up" rooftop neon that used to exist at Bloor & Jane, Broadview & Danforth, and wondering about other locations...as I think of it, wasn't there another one NE of Dufferin & Eglinton?
thecharioteer
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Goldie
Senior Member
Bank of Commerce
Once, "the tallest building in the British Empire," now 'lost' among giants.
Once, "the tallest building in the British Empire," now 'lost' among giants.
Toronto Lad
New Member
Apparently the billiard place in the subway arcade was a classic Leon Redbone hangout.
NB: the church on the left is the one where the arch on Yonge opposite College Park came from.
If anyone has any info on the 5th Avenue restaurant pictured here I'd be interested, my parents took us there numerous times in the early 60's. I've always wondered about it's history as I don't think it lasted too much longer, I remember them being pretty good with kids because you always left with a toy prize, wasn't there a laneway to the right that led back to the parking lot?
edit; the billiard place in the subway, "The Cue", that place was something and even if Leon himself was playing that night I would probably pass.
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Goldie
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Toronto Lad
New Member
Interesting, I wonder how many there were before they were bought out or whatever happened to them, I remember quite a few, seems to me it was mid-70's when the name disappeared as I'm pretty sure the Bathurst and St Clair store turned into to a Shoppers Drugmart about that time.
Anna
Active Member
Bought out by Boots, then sold to Pharma Plus.
http://blog.thecanadianencyclopedia...ermarket-the-life-and-death-of-tamblyn-drugs/
Toronto Lad
New Member
I stand corrected, I totally forgot about the Boots name.