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U of W, Thames Hall

File contains photographs depicting interior and exterior views of Thames Hall at University of Western. Interior shots feature a lecture hall, a seating area, and a gym containing workout equipment and a small training pool. Exterior shots feature the masonry facade with signage that says "3M Centre" above the entrance.

Burley, Robert

True West at Soulpepper

Item consists of a program for a play called True West by Sam Shepard, presented by Soulpepper at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, in March 2013. Item includes newspaper clippings for this performance.

Trolley restaurant

Photographs of the exterior of a trolley streetcar built into a glass enclosure on the side of a building, operated as a restaurant. A TTC streetar can be seen exiting the station adjacent to the restaurant in one of the photographs. An article on the interior decoration was published in the May 1980 issue of Canadian Architect magazine.

Applied Photography Ltd.

Trinity Square park

Photographs of design drawings showing the church and proposed park, with details of the arches and fountain. One photograph of the area before landscaping.

Trinity Community Centre

File consists of 23 images of the Trinity Community Centre, located at 155 Crawford Street in Toronto. Views include the exterior of the building at night, the main entryway, and the pool.

Burley, Robert

Tribes at Canadian Stage

Item consists of a program for a play called Tribes by Nina Raine, presented by Canadian Stage at the Berkeley Street Theatre between February 2-March 2, 2014. Item includes clippings from this production.

Treatment at the Theatre Centre East

Item consists of a theatre program for Treatment by Johnathan Moore, presented by Taul Tales Theatre Company at the Theatre Centre East. Includes a newspaper clipping with a review of the production and a newspaper section with a feature on the cast and the play.

Travelling Light at The NTLive at Cineplex

Item consists of a hand-written note that reflects the details of a performance called Travelling Light, by Nicholas Wright, presented by the NTLive, screened in cinemas on February 9 2012. Item notes that there was no printed programme, and that there was a discussion afterwards.

Travel office

Interior views of an unidentified travel agency office, showing hallyways, reception areas and offices. Example of a renovation of a linear space. Some glazed walls and brightly painted trim.

Leith, Ian

Transit of Venus at Canadian Stage

Item consists of a theatre program for Transit of Venus by Maureen Hunter at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. The production was presented by The Canadian Stage Company in co-production with Theatre Calgary and the National Arts Centre.

Trace at Canadian Stage

Item consists of a program for a dance presentation called Trace, presented by Canadian Stage at the Berkeley Street Theatre between October 30-November 11, 2018. Item includes a newspaper clipping from this performance.

Toronto, Toronto French School

Photographs of the exterior of a three-storey brick school building with bay windows located at 101 Mildenhall Road in the Don Mills neighbourhood of Toronto. A piece of paper adhered to the verso of one of the photographs gives details of the building's submission to the OMRC Annual Design Awards in 1971. A loose paper gives details of a Merit Award received (possibly OMRC). An excerpt from the jury report: "Located on a difficult by very beautiful site in a well established residential part of Toronto,... The Jury felt that the architects had succeeded in creating with the simplest forms of construction and the most economical finishes interior and exterior environments conducive to the learning process, to a feeling of well-being and to a greater awareness of the empathy that can and should exist between student and the natural world."

Panda/Croydon Associates

Toronto, Toronto Design Centre

Illustration of a 5600 square metre showroom for interior design and contract furnishings, with a 2-storey granite and glass entry lobby, a landscaped inner courtyard and a 185 square metre exhibition space.

Toronto, Toronto Ballet Opera House

Photographs of the winning design for the 1987 competition to design a combined opera and ballet performance space for the National Ballet of Canada and the Canadian Opera Company. A plot of land at the corner of Bay and Wellesley Streets in Toronto was donated by Ontario Premier Bill Davis and the buildings were demolished. In 1992, the new Premier Bob Rae cancelled the project due to excessive cost. The land was sold to commerical developers. The 'Opera Place' condominiums now occupy the location. In 2002 a new competition was launched with substantial funding from the Four Seasons hotel chain, and the house opened with a more modest design based on European opera houses in 2006 at the corner of Queen Street and University Avenue.

Rosenthal, Steve

Toronto, Tartu College [student residence]

Exterior view of a high rise residential building. A piece of paper adhered to verso gives details of the Canadian Housing Design Council Award for Residential Design that this building received in 1971. Extract from Jury report: "The jury admired the planning approach which resulted in the living groups formed by the plan of this building. It is a good, competant structure which is clean in appearance, positive and strong. Its relationship to the street is very good." Designer: Elmar Tampold, J. Malcolm Wells Architects. The building is located at the corner of Bloor Street and Madison Avenue in Toronto and is a co-ed housing complex for post-secondary students, founded by the Estonian community in Toronto.

Panda/Croydon Associates

Toronto, Sutton Place hotel

Photograph of the Sutton Place Hotel, taken from the corner of Bay and St. Joseph Streets, looking South on Bay Street. Two car dealerships are visible on opposite sides of the street, advertising car brands Imperial, Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Valiant.

Jowett, Henry Roger

Toronto, St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church

Parish church located at 701 Bloor Street West in Toronto. Exterior view of solid brick construction with interlocking brick corner detailing and bell tower. A piece of paper adhered to vero lists the details of the building's submission ot the OMRC Annual Design Awards in 1967. Name of Building: St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church. Location: Corner Bloor St. W and Indian Grove Rd., Toronto. Date of Completion: April, 1967. Architect: William Saccoccio. Consulting Structural Engineer: E .J. Beauchamp & Associates. General Contractor: Smid Construction Ltd. Masonry Contractor: Smid Construction Ltd. Source of Structural Clay Products: Domtar Construction Materials Ltd.

Geerling, Hans

Toronto, Queen's Quay Terminal building

Exterior views of terminal building after conversion to multi-purpose building, from the water and interior views of south atrium with shopping concourse. One architectural drawing with caption: Architectural rendering of Terminal Warehouse façade when Queen's Quay Terminal at York is completed. One reprint of a newspaper photo of the terminal building when still in use as railroad terminal and offices of CN Rail.

Spalding-Smith, Fiona

Toronto, Hilton Hotel

Architect's model for a hotel tower on the South side of Queen Street, situated across from Nathan Phillips Square and Toronto City Hall. Published in an article in Canadian Architect magazine indicating this was the winning design. The location is now home to the Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel.

Jowett, Roger

Toronto, Cityscape

View of the city skyline from one of the Toronto Island docks. A sailboat and harbourplane are visible in the picture.This image was featured in an article discussing outdoor spaces in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.

Legg Brothers Ltd.

Toronto, Bank of Montreal, 30 Yonge Street

Toronto, Bank of Montreal, 30 Yonge Street

Built in 1885 for the Bank of Montreal, this branch bank was one of the few buildings in the are to survive Toronto's Great Fire of 1904. Designed by Darling and Curry, the architects who had recently completed the equally august Victoria Hospital for Sick Children on College Street, the Bank of Montreal's head office was the most striking of Toronto's nineteenth-century bank buildings. The building remained a branch until 1982. The Hockey Hall of Fame officially opened in this building, incorporated into the BCE Place development, in 1993. The new $35 million facility has almost 60,000 square feet of floor space. There is access from shopping mall concourse level at BCE Place. The Hockey Hall of Fame is a world-class sports and entertainment facility and is one of Toronto's prime tourist attractions drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. "Hockey Hall of Fame - About Us," Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum, 2010. Accessed on October 21, 2010. http://www.hhof.com/html/gi20300.shtml

Toronto, 250/260/270 Queen's Quay West

Photoprint of model buildings. 1 photograph is airview of the constructed buildings. Verso: The Canadian Architect Magazine 1985 Award of Exellence to James A. Murray, Norman Hotson, Alfred C. Roberts. B&W. photograph of the buildings and York Quay Park at lake Ontario.

Spalding-Smith, Fiona

Toronto album

Black textured cover album with black pages. Handwritten notations in white ink. Photographs are glued in.

Inside cover has what appears to be a very small, very thin horseshoe mounted to the page; also, a small card is mounted to the page - contains two poems: "In Flanders' Fields" written by Colonel John McCrae from Canada serving in France 1917, and "America's Answer" written by R. W. Lillard appearing in the New York Evening Post.

On the third right-hand page, centre photo "Belle of a Masquerade", bottom left corner, faded date 1919. Other handwritten notations include summer 1911, summer 1913

Other items include newspaper clippings of marriage announcements,

Locations include: Simcoe, Humber River, Kew Beach, Toronto "Ex", Scarborough Bluffs, Scaroborugh Beach Park, Lake Ontario, Allan Gardens, Canadian Rockies, sites in Frisco [San Francisco], California, "Moore's Ltd" 380 Yonge - Toronto;
Thmes include: casual portraits, dogs,

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