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20241201. Via Bloor vs. St. James Town.
20240103. The foundations of the new Glen Road Pedestrian Bridge (or Morley Callaghan Footbridge) and tunnel under Bloor Street East (from December 12).
20210107. A revitalized block of St. James Town features ultra clean modern towers, a new black tower (previously a No Frills) and townhouses but do these elements match?
20210104. The modern residential high-rises of St. James Town, the largest high-rise community in Canada. From left to right: The Winnipeg, The Halifax, The Vancouver (240, 260, 280 Wellesley St E).
20200103. Fire Station 313, a modern building with brutalist elements, is home to Pump-Squad 313, also known as The Beasts of Bloor.
20170110. Facades of Victorian houses on Glen Road in North St. James Town have been restored from dereliction (http://goo.gl/2NZhAf) as part of a Lanterra Developments’ project.
20160811. The towering modernist forms of St. James Town at night.
Looking west from Parliament Street. Several buildings are named for Canadian cities – the white building with shapely balconies is the Toronto and in the distance the right tower is the Hamilton.
20160810. The tiny New World Laundry is dominated by the high-rises of St. James Town.
In the 1960s, during redevelopment of the area, the then owner refused to sell.