Robert Barron Building in 1938 & 2023

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Looking southwest from Yonge St and Hayden St, straddling the Bay-Cloverhill and Church-Wellesley neighbourhoods of Toronto. In both photos, in the centre background, notice the Robert Barron Building. Built in 1889, the structure originally housed R Barron Groceries, later a Dominion Food Market and by the late-1940s, Coles Books. Since the mid-1990s, the heritage-designated building has been home to Shoppers Drug Mart, located at 728 Yonge St and Charles St W.

May 17, 1938/2023 – Looking southwest from Yonge St and Hayden St, straddling the Bay-Cloverhill and Church-Wellesley neighbourhoods of Toronto. In both photos, in the centre background, notice the Robert Barron Building. Built in 1889, the structure originally housed R Barron Groceries, later a Dominion Food Market and by the late-1940s, Coles Books. Since the mid-1990s, the heritage-designated building has been home to Shoppers Drug Mart, located at 728 Yonge St and Charles St W
May 17, 1938/2023 – Looking southwest from Yonge St and Hayden St, straddling the Bay-Cloverhill and Church-Wellesley neighbourhoods of Toronto (City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1231, Item 2028)
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