Showing posts with label Farhi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farhi. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

London Buildings: Art Deco & Art Moderne

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London, Ontario isn't blessed with a lot of either Art Deco or Art Moderne. Either a lack of private funds or architectural conservatism...
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Sunday, February 18, 2024

Victoria Park: Past, Present, and Future

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Beautiful Victoria Park, downtown London's playground. What a long history it has. What changes it's seen. What events it's witn...
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Thursday, December 2, 2021

Wright Lithographing in the "Good Old Days"

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London Life employees pose before company headquarters ca. 1920. The building became Wright Lithographing. (From the writer's collection...
Sunday, May 30, 2021

No Skyscrapers at the Forks of the Thames

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ACO London  was founded in July 1966, largely because of the threat to demolish these early commercial buildings on the west side of Ridout ...
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Thursday, March 22, 2018

The London Free Press building: Adaptive Reuse?

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The London Free Press building at 369 York Street is going to be renovated as Venture London, a small business and innovation hub that w...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Heritage in the Core

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London's Planning and Environment Committee has received  a demolition request for 199 Queens Ave., an attractive Italianate with a l...
Monday, November 1, 2010

A Sign of the Times

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At last London City Hall plans to clamp down on "Farhi" signs. It's about time. I've been wondering for months why it was...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Good News For Dundas Streetscape?

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For once downtown London has some semi-positive heritage news. Two side-by-side historic gems that came close to a date with the wrecker...
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