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A stub of Front Street to the east of the bay is shown on an 1834 plan of York. This would align today with Mill Street in the Distillery District. On an 1894 map of Toronto, Palace Street has become part of Front Street, and the street has been extended to the east to the Don River. The Esplanade is shown connected to Mill Street. And in the ...
The Great Fire of Toronto in 1849 caused the northern portions of this building to be pulled down, leading to the building of the current St. Lawrence Market in 1850 a block south at what was then Palace Street, and today is known as Front Street. The vacated area at the corner of King and Jarvis was in the heart of the growing community.
65-71 Front Street West Toronto ON 43°38′44″N 79°22′51″W / 43.6455°N 79.3808°W / 43.6455; -79.3808 ( Union Station (Canadian Pacific Railway and Grand Trunk
The Dixon Building (number 49) and Griffiths Building (number 47) are parts of a heritage building located on Front Street, Toronto, Ontario. The 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-storey building is an example of Second Empire architecture and was constructed in 1872-3 according to the designs of Walter Strickland. Detail of the roof window at 47 Front St.
Extending from present-day Jarvis street to Peter Street (and Blue Jay Way), south of Queen Street West and north of Front Street, this became known as New Town. Sparsely populated in 1815, New Town grew rapidly during the 1820s and 1830s, and a rivalry formed between the two neighbourhoods, especially for the location of the Parliament Buildings.
Old Toronto 11 219 Front Street East 1885 219 Front Street East St. Lawrence: Old Toronto [40] Hockey Hall of Fame (formerly the Bank of Montreal) 1885 Frank Darling & S. George Curry: 30 Yonge Street Financial District: Old Toronto W Massey Harris Office building: 1885, (additions 1899 and prior to World War I) E. J. Lennox George M. Miller ...
The town of York was founded in 1793, on a site of ten blocks north of Front Street between George and Berkeley streets, in present day Old Town, Toronto. Much of the area of today's St. Lawrence neighbourhood was then located in Toronto Harbour, the shoreline being just south of Front Street. The area was infilled to provide more land for port ...
Toronto Board of Trade Building. The Board of Trade Building was one of the first skyscrapers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1892 on the corner of Front Street East and Yonge Street, the seven storey tower was home to the Toronto Board of Trade and the Toronto Transit Commission.