tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433963637381470700.post5015039331027107690..comments2024-01-06T17:34:29.609-05:00Comments on The World of Gord: Ugly Architecture of Toronto - The Lumsden BuildingTeena in Torontohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14875608173791872449noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433963637381470700.post-82135030836653120832023-10-14T12:56:54.755-04:002023-10-14T12:56:54.755-04:00My great great Grandfather's masonry company, ...My great great Grandfather's masonry company, H.N. Dancy and Son, built the Lumsden Building. There are no disagreements with the building being ugly. I only saw it in person for the first time in the last year or so. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433963637381470700.post-14763058793621512712021-04-20T15:19:13.363-04:002021-04-20T15:19:13.363-04:00An advertisement on page 16 (of 1,498 pages!) in t...An advertisement on page 16 (of 1,498 pages!) in the online archived January 1912 edition of “The Electrical News” features a photograph of the Lumsden Building very similar to the last one in this blog post.<br><br />(Link: https://archive.org/details/electricalnews1912/page/n19/mode/2up)<br /><br />Here’s the text that went along with it:<br /><br /><b>Canada’s Greatest Electrical Installations</b><br><br />in which our Conduit is used as an Armored Raceway for Electrical Wires<br /><br />LUMSDEN BUILDING, TORONTO— “A GALVADUCT” BUILDING<br /><br />During 1912 we propose to show in our advertisements a series of buildings, grain elevators, ships, factories and other structures in which “Galvaduct” and “Loricated” Conduits have been used for electrical installations. Conduit protection is a recognized necessity in modern building and engineering work.<br /><br />The longest life under service conditions is assured by the use of the Conduits manufactured by<br />CONDUITS COMPANY LIMITED, Toronto and MontrealErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801568293815741694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433963637381470700.post-46669468434823421612020-08-30T02:27:25.745-04:002020-08-30T02:27:25.745-04:00I noticed this building for the first time today.
...I noticed this building for the first time today.<br />I find it architecturally ugly and interesting.<br />Maybe in the future it will become Toronto’s ugly duckling.Andrea MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772332207944850990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433963637381470700.post-37758280467474347912016-07-07T06:34:58.469-04:002016-07-07T06:34:58.469-04:00Love it. LOVE IT!!! Love it. LOVE IT!!! heritagpolicemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17163811027382205932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433963637381470700.post-22860545126913198282016-07-07T06:34:57.378-04:002016-07-07T06:34:57.378-04:00Love it. LOVE IT!!! Love it. LOVE IT!!! heritagpolicemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17163811027382205932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433963637381470700.post-69737101404235802162016-07-07T06:33:06.833-04:002016-07-07T06:33:06.833-04:00Love it. LOVE IT!!! Love it. LOVE IT!!! heritagpolicemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17163811027382205932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433963637381470700.post-15642600520856475062015-11-18T18:26:34.076-05:002015-11-18T18:26:34.076-05:00As a casual observer walking from Union to my offi...As a casual observer walking from Union to my office each day, I always found this building to be a pleasant anomaly. Sure not pretty, but unique in its style and choice of concrete for the facade. I certainly have wondered what was going through the architect's mind.<br />SmarterPathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09857684190323427755noreply@blogger.com