![]() ![]() Locke, chief librarian), has been erected at a cost of $18,883.73, the funds, being derived from the proceeds of the sale of bonds, originally bought by the sale of the Lombard Street property." (Toronto Public Library, Annual Report, 1927, p.6). "The new building, a unique one of its kind, the plans of which were designed and drawn by our Superintendent of Buildings, Mr. Riverdale Branch opens, 19 October.īoys and Girls addition opens on 23 January. ![]() Construction contracts are awarded on 16 July.Įastern Branch closes in June with readers tickets issued at this location "honoured at Central until the new Riverdale Branch is ready." (Toronto Globe, 22 June 1910). City Architect Robert McCallum (1851-1916) designs Riverdale Branch. The City of Toronto provides an 85 x 84-foot (25m) site for the new branch on part of the Toronto (Don) Jail Governor's garden on Gerrard Street East at the northwest corner of Broadview Avenue. Riverdale Business Men's Association is organized in April and begins to lobby for a permanent library branch in Riverdale. Eastern Branch opens on 31 October in rented premises at the rear of Poulton's Block, Queen Street East and the northwest corner of Boulton Avenue.Īndrew Carnegie grants $350,000 to Toronto Public Library for a new central library and three branch buildings, 23 January. ![]()
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