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Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada Building

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From City of Toronto Preservation Board

From Google Street View, 2011

From City of Toronto Preservation Board

Elevation drawing of Totem Condo

Rendering of Totem Condo from Worsley Urban Partne

BUILDING INFORMATION

Name & Location:

Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada Building
17 Dundonald Street
Toronto
Church-Wellesley

First Owner:

Commercial Travellersâ€™ Association of Canada

First Occupant:

Commercial Travellersâ€™ Association of Canada

Year Destroyed:

2016

OTHER IDENTIFICATION

Alternate Name:

Totem Condominium

Notes:

The building is being incorporated into a condominium building, ´Totem´ in 2016. The facade of the original building will remain at the base. An additional entrance to the Wellesley subway station will be created. The Commercial Travellers´ Association of Canada was incorporated in 1874 as a society to support commercial travelers: “a man, whether employer or employee, who travels statedly as a salesman for a wholesale business to take orders from dealers or manufacturers for goods which shall be sent afterward.” The association moved into the Dundonald building in 1955.

Status:

Demolished

Map:

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Companies:

The following companies are associated with this building

Architect - Weir, Cripps and Associates <-- More buildings by this architect.
Architect - Raw Design <-- More buildings by this architect.

BUILDING DATA

Current Use:

Condominium

Former Use:

Commercial

Main Style:

Modernist <-- More buildings in this style.

Sources:

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Condo tower in the works for site of heritage office building on Dundonald St. near Yonge & Wellesley
Author - TOBlogEditor
Date - August 20, 2011
Page - TheTorontoBlog.com
Notes - "This office building at 17 Dundonald Street was built in 1956. Included on the City's inventory of heritage properties, it is considered culturally significant as an early example of the Modern style of architecture."
More information
17 Dundonald Street â€“ Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act
Author - the City of Toronto
Date - April 1, 2010
Notes - Notice of intention to designate 17 Dundonald under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Document - 17 Dundonald Street â€“ Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act
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Demolition of a Designated Heritage Property â€“ 17 Dundonald Street (Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada Building)
Author - the City of Toronto
Date - August 9, 2013
Notes - This report recommends that City Council refuse the proposed demolition of the
designated heritage property at 17 Dundonald Street (Commercial Travellers' Association
of Canada Building).
Document - Demolition of a Designated Heritage Property â€“ 17 Dundonald Street (Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada Building)
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Loss of heritage building to condo renews call for preservation panel
Author - Dennis Hanagan
Date - March 25, 2014
Page - The Bulletin
Notes - A developer's plan to reduce a heritage building on Dundonald Street to just its faÃ§ade is a tragedy, says Paul Farrelly of the Church Wellesley Neighbourhood Association (CWNA)
More information
17 Dundonald Background File
Author - City of Toronto Staff Report
Document - 3ce6647cf5e59a0c68cdf316d7d54c85.pdf

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