Here’s an old postcard from the early 1960’s, that I don’t think was ever posted to the site before. To me the most interesting part of the card is the bottom half, with the view of Wyandotte/Ouellette. The green TD bank in the lower right was designed by Johnson & McWhinnie in 1959, so the card is at least from 1960.
At one point there was a plan to add an extra two floors to the top of the building. The plans for the addition are available in the archives in the Johnson-McWhinnie collection. The building was recently sold, after sitting empty since the TD bank left, anyone have any idea about future plans for the building?
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I know that the extra 2 floors have gotten the green light. The floors closest to the ground will serve as soup kitchens/welfare offices/government funded Tim Hortons. The floor immediately above will serve as the supercomputer server room for the new Hydro Smart-Meters and will employ 24 self picked CAW computer techs who will learn on the job training appointed by Mr. Dwight Duncan. And the top floor will be Mr. Duncan's campaign headquarters, not only for the coming provincial election, but also the federal and Liberal party Leader Seat as well.
Does anyone know what that is between the Boblo Boat and the Bridge? It looks like the frames of a pair of very large buildings, but I can't see anything that matches today.
Those 'frames' are what was called gasonomter (or similar name) used to store natural gas, Union Gas had one on Howard Ave at the corner of the west bound exit and Third Con..They seemed to disapper in the sixties, or seventies. The ones on the postcard card are nearly empty, when full tank would expand to top of frame.