- City of Toronto Archives
- Vik Pahwa fonds
- Canadian Westinghouse building
Where
- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Creator
- Vik Pahwa
- Dates
- March 6, 2016 (indexed as 2016)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- 1 photograph : col., TIFF ; 37.7 MB
- Scope & content
- Item consists of a photograph of the north-west corner of the former Canadian Westinghouse building during its conversion to condominium residences. The building is located at 355 King St. W. at the south-east corner of Blue Jays Way.According to Pahwa's notes on his Flickr site, "This is a great example of the Commercial Style Architecture, also known as Chicago Style as this form was developed in Chicago after the 1871 fire. It’s metal skeleton framing was a new development allowing for buildings of greater height, more floor space and maximum light and ventilation as opposed to the load-bearing brick buildings that came before it. This building has Classical detailing and terra cotta trim – a rare combination in Toronto. Although heritage-designated, property owners are allowed to develop on site. The building’s North and West faces are to be incorporated into the King Blue Condos (48 and 44 storeys) designed by Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects and developed by the Greenland Group. This condominium comes with a Section 37 payment of $1.25 million for public amenities."
- Location
- 355 King St W · address · confidence 90% · address:exact · found as “355 King St. W.”
- Subjects
- King St W (Toronto, Ont.); CONDOMINIUMS; REDEVELOPMENT; CONSTRUCTION
- Genre / form
- Photographs - electronic
- Access & use
- Copyright is not held by the City of Toronto...Learn more about Copyright Details OPEN - No restrictions on these non-government records.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-21T01:36:11Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto
Digital objects at the source
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