Looking north up Bedford Rd from Bloor St W in The Annex neighbourhood of Toronto.
The archive photo shows the O’Donnell-Mackie Service Station on the left, along with streetcar tracks that once ran along Bloor St.
In 1958, the present-day building, which overlooks Varsity Stadium, was opened at the site of the former service station. Originally named the McColl-Frontenac Building, it served as the oil company’s offices. Within a few years, it was renamed the Texaco Building. Today, it houses the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work.
Then and Now
SOURCE
- City of Toronto Heritage Register
- Heritage Toronto
- Ontario Heritage Trust
- The Globe and Mail Newspaper Archives: Jan 20, 1958, pg 9
- Photo: Denise Marie for TorontoJourney416
- Vintage Photo: City of Toronto Archives
- City of Toronto: Maps
- Toronto City Directory courtesy of Toronto Public Library
