Discover Toronto's history as told through its plaques

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Crosse & Blackwell Building

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006

Here at the southeast corner of Bathurst Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West stands the impressive Crosse & Blackwell Building. This 1979 Toronto Historical Board plaque attached to the building has this to say:

Coordinates: 43.636417 -79.399159

Established in London, England, in the early 18th century, Crosse and Blackwell Ltd., manufacturers of food products, built this factory and office in 1927, to a design by Chapman and Oxley, Architects and Engineers. It is an impressive example of site planning and factory architecture, uniquely detailed, featuring a stained glass lantern on the hexagonal entrance pavilion. Occupied by several businesses from 1936 until 1950, the building was then acquired by Loblaws Ltd. In 1973 it was taken over by Harbourfront and, in 1979, was restored and became the multicultural media centre and studios of multilingual television.

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Iannuzzi Street

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted June, 2011

In the sidewalk at the northwest corner of Fleet and Iannuzzi Streets can be found this 2011 Heritage Toronto plaque. Here's what it says:

Coordinates: 43.636344 -79.400965

Daniel Iannuzzi (1934-2004) was a pioneer in multicultural communications and the founder of OMNI Television, the world's first multilingual television station, located at Bathurst Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West.

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