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Seaway Hotel

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photo credit, courtesy of Bob Krawczyk

Postcard of the Seaway Hotel c.1954 before the building was completed - this drawing differs slightly from the final execution of the hotel (Courtesy of Toronto Modern)

Postcard of the Seaway Hotel c.1954 (Courtesy of Toronto Modern)

Seaway Hotel in The Canadian ArchitectÂ´s November/December 1955 issue (Courtesy of Canadian Architect)

Late 1950s postcard of the Seaway Hotel (Courtesy of Toronto Modern)

Seaway Towers (Courtesy of ERR News/Museum of Estonian Architecture)

Postcard of the Seaway Towers Motor Hotel c.1963 (Courtesy of Urban Toronto)

BUILDING INFORMATION

Name & Location:

Seaway Hotel
2000 Lake Shore Boulevard West
Toronto
New Toronto

Year Destroyed:

1993

OTHER IDENTIFICATION

Awards:

1955: Massey Medal for Architecture

Silver medal.

Alternate Name:

Lakeshore Inn / Seaway Towers Hotel

Notes:

This hotel opened in 1955, and was originally three storeys tall. It won a Silver Medal from the Massey Medals for Architecture in 1955. In 1963, the original structure was added to with a tower of 12 storeys. The building was demolished to make way for an on/off ramp for the Queen Elizabeth Way.

Status:

Demolished

Map:

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Companies:

The following companies are associated with this building

Architect - Elken & Beckstead <-- More buildings by this architect.
Construction company - Jordan Construction Management Ltd.
Demolition company - Delsan Demolition Limited
Designer - Russell Spanner
Interior design - National Painting & Decorating Ltd.
Owner - Seaway Hotels Ltd.
Structural engineer - Armstrong, Kingston, Hanson & Associates Ltd.

BUILDING DATA

Building Type:

High-rise

Current Use:

Hotel

Heritage Status:

No heritage status

Sources:

Click to see 9 Source(s)

Canadian Architect
Date - November/December 1955
Page - 37-44
Canadian Builder
Date - February 1963
Page - 50
Daily Commercial News and Building Record Magazine
Date - January 1963
Page - 124
Notes - Advertisement for this building.
Mights Directories
Notes - For address of building.
Toronto Construction News
Date - May/June 1993
Page - 12
Notes - Article about destruction
Seaway Hotel on the Lakeshore
Author - Robert Moffatt, Toronto Modern
Date - 9 August 2010
More information
Marlin Spring Proposes Towers at Lake Shore and Windermere
Author - Craig White, Urban Toronto
Date - 5 January 2018
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Boom-Time Beginnings
Author - Sharon Vattay, Canadian Architect
Date - 1 August 2015
Notes - Seaway Hotel featured in the November/December 1955 issue of The Canadian Architect.
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Exhibition of Canadian-Estonian architects opening in Tallinn this week
Author - Dario Cavegn, ERR News
Date - 4 April 2018
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