Looking towards the southwest corner of Gerrard St E and Jarvis St in Toronto’s Garden District.
The archive photo shows the Avon Smoke Shop alongside a two-storey building that served as the Avonmore Hotel from 1891 until the early 1970s. In the late 1970s, the corner was converted into a parking lot. Since 1989, the present-day residential building has stood at the site.
One notable building visible in both photos is the one on the far left. Originally known as the Haddon Hall Apartments, this six-storey building at 262 Jarvis St was constructed in 1929 and designed by architect Norman Armstrong.
Then and Now
SOURCE
- City of Toronto Heritage Register
- Heritage Toronto
- Ontario Heritage Trust
- Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada
- The Globe Newspaper Archives: Dec 9, 1891, pg 3
- Contract Record: Jan 4, 1928, Volume 42, pg 49
- Photo: Denise Marie for TorontoJourney416
- Vintage Photo: City of Toronto Archives
- City of Toronto: Maps
- Toronto City Directory, courtesy of Toronto Public Library
