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Looks more like a religious building than a school.
It was also probably the most extroverted example of Shavian Queen Anne Tudor in town...
Looks more like a religious building than a school.
junctionist, timely of you to post this view; Goldie sent me the two photos below just before your post and asked me to post them.
Goldie took this picture in 1981 when the building was being renovated: The lettering over the south east corner is no longer visible now; either it's been removed or covered up? I'm betting removed, as the close up shows what seems to be a sheet metal panel, and the letters were cemented on - note the missing "E".
Goldie also uncovered this old view showing the lettering intact.
i'm surprised they didn't try to restore the lettering, given how much trouble they went to restoring that corner of the building.
i wonder if the corner might have had to have been at least partly reconstructed with new materials, given how elaborate and all-encompassing the 50's/60's 'modernization' was. its hard to believe that the original stone is 'under' all that, still intact.
i'm surprised they didn't try to restore the lettering, given how much trouble they went to restoring that corner of the building.
i wonder if the corner might have had to have been at least partly reconstructed with new materials, given how elaborate and all-encompassing the 50's/60's 'modernization' was. its hard to believe that the original stone is 'under' all that, still intact.
April 2 addition.
Then: Court Street Toronto Police HQ. Served as such from 1876 to 1902. Another pic from the Toronto Archives by the prolific photographer Mr. Wiley. 1962ish?. Does anyone know anything about him?
Now: February 2010.
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