1931 – Canada Life, Toronto, Ontario
Originally designed to be taller, but the Great Depression ended those plans, the Canada Life building is a fine structure in a stripped down classicism.
Originally designed to be taller, but the Great Depression ended those plans, the Canada Life building is a fine structure in a stripped down classicism.
The Gardens was built by Leafs managing director Conn Smythe in a six-month period during 1931 at a cost of $1.5 million.
The original building was a wooden structure designed by noted architect John W.H. Watts. After several additions this structure proved too small and in the late 1920s a fundraising effort to build the new church was launched.
The Dominion Public Building, to the east of Union Station, was originally built as the customs house for Toronto. Its curved front provides an impressive approach to the station.
The original Toronto Stock Exchange with its magnificent Art Deco interior has been preserved under the massive Toronto Dominion Bank Tower by Mies van der Rohe.
Designed to honor the 60,000 Canadians who lost their lives in World War I and unveiled just prior to the start of World War II.
The Supreme Court building was designed by Ernest Cormier, the Montréal architect who also designed the Quebec Court of Appeal building,
A 1950’s-era, 12-storey office building that was demolished back to its original structure for upgrading.
Interesting modernist building constructed alongside the earlier church. A similar styled extension has also been added to the church.
Construction of the two edifices, originally called “Veterans Memorial Buildings”, began following the Second World War.