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WEEKLY BUILDING RE~P.RTER. And REAL ESTATE ' REVIEW -;(~6~;;r~~~~~~\~\\' c: ===============================================~~o0N: ' {)'\'0 \,\Q'\\'Jt>\}'\,,\: -=============== Vol. 6-No. 11 TORONTO, MARCH 15, 1930 ,. K\. Price 10 Cents ~-<.1') , Revival in Building NEW ROGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH " Plans Completed for Is Now Forseen Rogers Church r....'-COI. - . n: . C: t .t.t.~'::l .' .O .... !;.o First Week of March Sees Permits Issued .. 'It,t .. ~~,,- ··.o,,·r • "•• ~ New $60,000 Edifice at Woodbine Ave. for Over Million and Half Dollars. and W-olverleigh Blvd. Will be Under Way Soon. Figures for build.ing permi,ts issued by the City Architect's office so far this Tenders will be calle,d early next week month indicate a distinct revival in To by Frederick N oad, architect, 11 Leader r-on'to's building program for 1930. Per Lane, for the -erection of the new Rogers mits issued during February ,totalled $1,- Church at Woodbine Avenue and Wol 288,640 and thos-e issued during .the first 'l-erleigh Blvd. The new church, which ten days of March, be-ing a period about will cost about $60,0.00, will be of Gothic one thi'rd as long, totalled $1,831,333, design, buiJ.ton the cruciform plan with which is over half a milLion dollars more a deep chancel containing the choir and than the month of February. These fig sanctuary, and will s,eat 650 persons. ures for March have been greatly in There will be a basement Sunday School, creas-ed by the indu~,ion of ,the permit for providing accommodation for about 500 an addition to the . Royal York Hotel. pupils. In addition to this, ample pro The cost of this, as specified -in the ap vision has been made f,or vestry, choir plication, will be $839,598. rooms and ladies' parlor, and a modern The 'Weekly Building Reporter has been kitchen is provided to cater to -the ne-eds: in close touch with the industry, and re and the social activities O'f the congrega por,ts fr-om building supply dealers, manu tion. facturers and realtors indicate that the The new struotur-e will have a base of long-delayed revival in building is at New Church to be erected at the corner of Woodbine Avenue and Wolverleigh Credit Valley stone up to a point six hand, and that p,rospects are considered Blvd. Architect, Frederick Noad, 11 Leader Lane. fe-et above. the grade; from this base up favorable for a much bet,ter building sea wards the exterior is O'f red s'tock brick son than was at first anticipated. business dis-turbances separately fr'om the trimmed with Indiana cut stone. The Among the bigger pr-ojects, ,for which cost of repaving the road, laying side Financial Sit u a t ion Gives -frame of the structure is of steel, except· permission has recently been sought, are walks, moving car tracks, etc. By this Promise of Increased the roof trusses, which are of heavy tim a $205,0.00. eight-s,torey, reinforc-ed con method the total cost of the wo'rk is no't ber. The r·oof ~s slate with copper flash crete factory building for Yardley's, Lim~ shown in its entirety. ings. The heating plant will be of the ited, at Fleet and York Streets, and three Building The widened Bloor Stree,t is a good ex- most modern type with concealed radi-: fuel oil storlage tanks on Commiss,ioners ample of ,this at the present time: . ators in the main auditorium of the Stre-ets, near the Don roadway, of steel Cos-t of acquiring pr-operties $1,144,3-68 "Easy MOney" Likely to Give Way to chancel. and concrete construction, each with a Cost of moving car tracks .. 250.,00.0 Tighter Money Market. The first Rogers Church was com capacity of 67,00.0 barrels. These latter Cost of mov,ing hyd_ro po,les 60,000. pleted in December, 1911, and its growth will be erected by the Imperial Oil Com Cos,t of sidewalks, pavements, has been st'eady since that tume. Rev. H. p,any at an approximate c-oS<t of $168,0.0.0. -etc. ................... unkn-own The financial situation, esp'ecially as re T. Rogers was greatly responsible for its' Property owners along Bloor Stre,et gards loans and mor,tgages always has an inception. A new building was completed at Woodbine Avenue and Wolvedeigh are being assessed for their share of the important bearing on building activity. cost of widening. They are -also heing Blvd. in. June, 1925, and has been the New .Automobile Showroom Despite the fact that money rates have assessed separat-ely for pavements, side chur-ch home of the congregation ever F or Bay Street walks, etc. Officials of the W o'rks De been compatatnvely low, one builder re since. The pres'sung need of better Sun par,tment decline to make public the cost marked a Jew days pas,t, that he never day school accommodation made itse~f Upon the compl,etion of the demolition of sidewalks and paving on Bloor St., so knew the market and things in general felt during the latter part O'f 1928, an~ 1,t was decided to erect the fine new bUild of St. Luke's Anglican Church, at the that while the residents are heing asses to be so difficult for the builder to cope corner of Bay and S't. Joseph Sts., wo'rk sed now for pavements, etc., they do not ing now under design. Rev. W. S.Gal with as today. This contention, how will begin f.or the erection of the Domin know what the entire cost of the work braith is the present pastor of the church. ion Automobile Company's new show will be. ever, does not seem to be borne out, when It ' is hoped to have the new churc~ room and service station. The new I t is this state of affairs that brought c,onditions are further analyzed. ready for occupancy by September 1st, str.ucture wi-ll 'be three storeys high, of for,th Mayor Wemp's d,eclaration that the "The builder who has a sound building 1930. reinforced ooncrete cons1truc'tion, with people on BIoor Street have some reason proposation can today, as always, obtain stone-trimmed brick face, and will be for their ~rievance. "There should be a the necess,ary financing for his projects," ere-cted at a cost of $200,000. It will have complete picture pr-esented of the entire sa,id Mr. W. A. Suckling, of Suckling & To Commence a fr,ontage on Bay Street of lOo.fee~ and cost of all works arising out of stree,t Garrett, Limited, insuranc-e and mort Gerrard St. Straightening on St. Joseph Str-eet of 185 feet, thus w;idening," declared His Worship. gage brokers, when interviewed recently oocupying all of the site held by the for by the Reporter. Mr. Suckling reports Works Commissioner Harris announced mer owners, except a 25~ft. strip through that already this month they have had a this week that the straightening of Ger to Phipps St. cons,iderable number of enquiries from rlard St. East at Carlaw Ave. wm begin Demoliti,on of the church will begin on Swansea To Have local builders, and in pradically every as soon as weather c-onditUons permit. This March 18th, and the erection of the new New Firehall case the financing was easily arranged. work will necessitate a new ' subway under showroom will commence as soon .as the In considering the present money rate, the C.N.R. tracks at Carlaw Ave., which site is clem. At the last meeting of the Council of Mr. Suckling thought it not improbable will be built by the railwlay company, at the ViJl.age of Swansea, it was decided to tha,t it might tighten up this spring, but an approximate cost of $312,000. Mr. erect a new firehall on the si,te of the that it was a little too early to forecast Harr·is also expressed hi,s intention of present {me on DeForest Road. Reeve the situation accura-tely. pushing the work on the FIeet Street Bloor St. Citizens R. J. Wallace declared that the old fire sewers as soon as the by-law authorizing hall which has served the village ever their c.onstructi>on passes council. This Protest Assessments sinc'e the organization of the fire brig,ade. work will cos't more th:an a million dol is no longer adequaJte to the needs of the lars. Reply:ing to a complaint of residents New Church For Kingsway of BIoor Street, between Sherbourne fire fig.hters. As pointed out at the recent banquet, Stre-et and Spadina Avenue, that they have A site has been purch'ased at the corner by Reeve Wallace, the Swansea Fire De of Kingsway and LamMon Road by the Moves To New Offices been unfairly asses-sed' for the Bloor -partment takes care of over ten million Street widening, Mayor B-er,t Wemp Toronto West Preslbyte.ry of the United dollars' wor~h of property, which entails Church of Canada, and it is expeoted that agreed that there was ground for dis \V. C. McLaughlin, well-known mem the nee,d of more modern equipment and a new- church will be erected here soon. satisfaction. ber of the Toronto Home Builders' As greater aocommodation. The organizi,ng of a new congregation is sociation, has moved his place of business The present method of the city de At the next meeting of the 'Council on in progress at present, and when it is from his former address at 26 Adelaide partments is to assess the .cost of the Mar-ch 18th, an ar-chiteot will be chosen completed an architect will be selected St.