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In 1798, King Street was extended further west, to Peter Street. In the 1837 westerly extension of Toronto, King Street was extended west to Garrison Creek. [7] By this time, King Street was the main commercial east–west street of Toronto, having St. Lawrence Market at the
It was situated west of downtown Toronto, on the grounds of the farm of the provincial asylum located to the north on Queen Street. [3] The main building, four-stories tall, oriented north-south was 110 feet (34 m) long and 65 feet (20 m) wide with a 90 feet (27 m) tower at the front, which served as the main entrance.
The William H. Wright Building was a six-storey office building located at 140 King Street West in Toronto, Ontario, at the corner of King and York streets.Designed by the firm Mathers and Haldenby and built between 1937 and 1938, it was one of Toronto's best examples of streamline moderne architecture.
The Princess of Wales Theatre is a 2,000-seat live theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It is located on King Street West, in Toronto's downtown Entertainment District.The theatre's name has a triple meaning: it honours Diana, Princess of Wales, with whose consent the theatre was named; it links the building to its sister theatre, the Royal Alexandra, one block to the east, also named – with ...
Old Toronto [40] 111 King Street East 1842 William Thomas: 111 King Street East St. Lawrence: Old Toronto [40] 125 King Street 1842 William Thomas: Georgian Revival 125 King Street East St. Lawrence: Old Toronto [40] Albany Club (originally Victoria Row) 1842 John George Howard: 91 King Street East St. Lawrence: Old Toronto [40] James McDonnell ...
According to the BC Music Review, it was also one of the venues of Toronto's punk scene. [8] The hotel was renamed the Global Village Backpackers in 1997 and the once seedy hotel became a welcoming youth hostel to Toronto, Ontario. [1] With 190 beds (four people per room) it was the largest youth hostel in Toronto. The hostel closed on January ...
The Union Building is an older building in Toronto that has been described as an "architectural gem". [1] When it was built, in 1908, on the Northwest corner of King and Simcoe streets, it was directly across from the palatial official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
The area was also home to most of the nightclubs in downtown Toronto but have mostly moved to King St west of Spadina Av just beside the Entertainment District. The Toronto Entertainment District is represented by Ward 10 Spadina—Fort York along with the federal and provincial ridings of Spadina—Fort York and the postal codes are M5H, M5V ...