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1955 - Looking southeast from Front St W and Bay St towards the Dominion Public Building. The building was registered in Toronto’s first heritage inventory, which occurred in 1973 and was later listed on the Canadian Register in 2011

Dominion Public Building – On Canada’s Grand Beaux-Arts Streetscape

1910 - The General Post Office once stood at 38-42 Adelaide St E, opposite Toronto St

General Post Office – A Gem That Once Stood at Adelaide...

2022 - Looking north towards Toronto Fire Station 227 at 1904 Queen St E and Herbert Ave

Kew Beach Fire Hall – Today’s Majestic Toronto Fire Station 227

2022 – Looking north towards the building that once was home to the Lombard Street City Morgue at 86 Lombard St, between Church St and Jarvis St. The two-storey Edwardian-style building is clad with red pressed brick and features classic stone details

Lombard Street City Morgue – Toronto’s Third “Dead House”

2020 - Old City Hall at 60 Queen St W in Toronto

Old City Hall – One of Toronto’s Finest & Most Majestic...

1920 – The Water Tanks and the Old City Hall Clock Tower. Notice the advertising of Shea's Hippodrome on one of the Water Tanks on the right

Old City Hall Clock Tower – A Focal Point in Downtown...

2019 - Looking northeast towards the Old Don Jail, now Hennick Bridgeport Hospital Administration Building

Old Don Jail – Toronto’s Intimidating & Imposing Prison on the...

2022 - Looking northeast towards Osgoode Hall during spring blossoms

Osgoode Hall – A Toronto Landmark & National Historic Site

2020 - Looking northwest towards the Legislative Building in Queen's Park. Officially opening in 1893, the Romanesque Revival style exterior features heavy stonework using Credit Valley pink sandstone

Queen’s Park & the Majestic Beauty of Ontario’s Legislative Building

May 5, 2021 - The Filter Building of the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant at 2701 Queen St E in Scarborough

R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant – Toronto’s Palace of Purification

2021 – The St Lawrence Hall is located at 157 King St E and Jarvis St on the southwest corner, in the Old Town, St Lawrence neighbourhood of Toronto

St Lawrence Hall – The Historic Meeting Place in Old Town...

June 5, 2021 - The TORONTO sign and Freedom Arches over the reflecting pool in Nathan Phillips Square with the Toronto City Hall in the background

Toronto City Hall – Its Architecture Launched Toronto into a Modern...

2021 – The Toronto Harbour Commission building is located at 60 Harbour St in the South Core district of Toronto

Toronto Harbour Commission – Once Sat on the Water’s Edge

March 1961 – The front facade of the University Avenue Armouries built between 1891 and 1893 and demolished in 1963

University Avenue Armouries – Downtown Toronto’s Lost Fortress

Yorkville Fire Hall, now Toronto Fire Station 312 at 34 Yorkville Ave in Toronto (2020)

Yorkville Fire Hall – One of Toronto’s Oldest Working Fire Stations

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