Tag Archives: hotel

20160225. Toronto’s 1972 brutalist Grand Hotel may be redeveloped into a 45 storey tower.

20160225. Toronto's 1972 brutalist Grand Hotel may be redevelopeERA Architects conducted the heritage impact statement. In short the building is not heritage-listed, not in a Heritage Conservation District and its height is not out of character with coming development. Amexon Development and CORE Architects Inc are behind the proposal.

20160218. Bye Hilton Garden Inn (200 Dundas E), hello Dundas Square Gardens (condos).

20160218. Bye Hilton Garden Inn (200 Dundas E), hello Dundas Squ

The hotel was originally a mid-century modernist office building with some redeeming elements as shown in the image below from the 1960’s. Thanks to Chuckman’s Photos on WordPress (https://chuckmantorontonostalgia.wordpress.com/).

20160218_4615_history