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Bregman + Hamann: Spaces for People 19 May 2012 | 09:25 am
By the late 1970s Bregman + Hamann had become one of the largest and most prolific architectural firms in Canada. Founded in 1953 by University of Toronto graduates Sidney Bregman and George Hamann, t...
Imperial Oil’s Parthenon of petroleum 1 Feb 2012 | 01:41 pm
Imperial Oil’s Ontario regional headquarters was truly a building of the Automotive Age, meant to be perceived not by pedestrians strolling the sidewalk, but from behind the wraparound windshield of a...
Season’s Greetings from the first Four Seasons 11 Dec 2011 | 12:53 pm
Designed by Peter Dickinson Associates, the first Four Seasons Hotel opened in 1961 at 415 Jarvis Street. One of budding hotelier Isadore Sharp’s many innovations, suggested by landscape architect Aus...
Six scenes of Toronto City Hall 26 Nov 2011 | 07:42 am
Opened to great fanfare on September 13, 1965, the New Toronto City Hall represents Toronto’s break from its parochial past and its emergence as a dynamic, forward-looking international metropolis. Th...
Five sculptures at the University of Toronto 15 Sep 2011 | 05:27 am
Recognizing the potential for public art to enrich the campus environment, during the 1960s and 70s the University of Toronto commissioned or accepted as gifts a number of notable outdoor sculptures f...
The long-lost Lord Simcoe Hotel 2 Sep 2011 | 03:25 am
Opened on May 15, 1957 at 150 King Street West and University Avenue, the Lord Simcoe Hotel was one of Toronto’s first postwar downtown hotels and certainly the shortest-lived. In October 1979, after ...
Toronto Islands Modern 27 Aug 2011 | 04:54 am
Located just across Toronto’s inner harbour from the downtown core, the Toronto Islands have long been a popular summertime retreat from the heat and noise of the city. While the 17 or so islands are ...
A second life for the Mackenzie Building 29 Jul 2011 | 05:18 am
As the Government of Canada expanded during the postwar decades, so did its need for office space in cities across the country. In Toronto, several federal departments and agencies were consolidated i...
Simpson’s two-in-one tower 20 Jul 2011 | 04:50 am
Prominently located opposite Old City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square at 401 Bay Street, the 32-storey Simpson Tower, completed in 1969 for the Robert Simpson department store chain, punctuates the no...
The first Four Seasons 14 Jul 2011 | 05:30 am
Opened in the spring of 1961, the Four Seasons Motor Hotel at 415 Jarvis Street launched the Four Seasons empire of luxury hotels. Builder and budding hotelier Isadore Sharp approached architects Pete...
