I'm generally not that interested in individual architects, but this was very cool to learn about. I don't think I'll see those buildings the same way again.
Toronto would be a much much different and poorer place without E.J. Lennox's contributions. And to think Old City Hall nearly got torn down for another wing of the Eaton Centre!!
I enjoyed this a lot. I think you should make a video on street name origins or what streets used to be called in the 1800s. Or even why some streets jog like Dundas and others don’t like Queen Street.
Thanks! A couple of my videos have touched on some of this - have a look at the Disappearances In Toronto video - and I have something planned (when the weather gets warmer again) that I think you'll like.
Lennox designed a summer home for Pellet in Orillia as well. It is still there (Bay Street) but the spacious land that surrounded it not too long ago has been sold off and now the house has neighbours snuggles around it on all sides.
That one building where they are just using the facade of it, ugh, really boils my blood! I wish we would stop tearing down/destroying history just to make way for expensive ass cubicals that nobody can even afford anymore! Hah.
That was really interesting. Lived in TO for decades and am familiar with all these buildings but didn't know they had the same architect.
I'm generally not that interested in individual architects, but this was very cool to learn about. I don't think I'll see those buildings the same way again.
Another interesting presentation. Thanks
Really interesting video. Learned a lot, thanks!
just found your channel. subscribed. thank you for the Toronto history and details that slip past us daily
thanks! I will be doing a walk soon to visit all of these :)
Toronto would be a much much different and poorer place without E.J. Lennox's contributions. And to think Old City Hall nearly got torn down for another wing of the Eaton Centre!!
i live at 287 jarvis..massive red house..built 1897
I enjoyed this a lot. I think you should make a video on street name origins or what streets used to be called in the 1800s. Or even why some streets jog like Dundas and others don’t like Queen Street.
Thanks! A couple of my videos have touched on some of this - have a look at the Disappearances In Toronto video - and I have something planned (when the weather gets warmer again) that I think you'll like.
@@notsmoothsteve awesome. Can’t wait. And I’ll check out the videos.
Lennox designed a summer home for Pellet in Orillia as well. It is still there (Bay Street) but the spacious land that surrounded it not too long ago has been sold off and now the house has neighbours snuggles around it on all sides.
I was told that the church St. James of Norway on Woodbine and Queen was built by Lennox
Did he happen to also design the Arts and Letters Club building at 14 Elm Street?
No - secure.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2434618&propertyRsn=219855
Canadian painter Lawren Harris was connected to Massey-Harris also no?
Is that first house on Madison Ave?
That one building where they are just using the facade of it, ugh, really boils my blood! I wish we would stop tearing down/destroying history just to make way for expensive ass cubicals that nobody can even afford anymore! Hah.
Yeah, well, it seems that's what we do here in Toronto. There's another one in the background of part of a video I'm working on at the moment.
@@notsmoothsteve Excited for the video, sad about the buildings!