Friday, January 7, 2011

Doors Extraordinaire


These incredible steel doors are found on the Globe and Mail (Canada's largest national newspaper) building on Front St. Originally installed in 1937 at the King St offices, the doors were rescued when that building was demolished in 1974 and then placed at the new building. They are wonderful - such super Deco details!
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10 comments:

  1. LúciaJanuary 7, 2011 at 3:01 PM

    These doors are so imponent!
    Very appropriate for a big and powerful company.
    Have a good weekend! ;-)

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  2. João de SousaJanuary 7, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    No doubt, extraordinary ones!

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  3. EG CameraGirlJanuary 7, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    I LOVE them!

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    Very Impressive!
    Are these designed by Charles Comfort as well..?
    I looked up an older post you did in december, last year! so to speak :)
    Nice one Red Pat!
    Have a great weekend!

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  5. Leeds daily photoJanuary 7, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    Was great that these lovely old doors were rescued and live on in the new building. So often our shared history gets thrown out with the trash. Thanks for visiting my Leeds daily photo and your comments. Paul

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  6. RandyJanuary 7, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    Very impressive indeed. Love the art deco look.

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  7. JackJanuary 7, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    Wow. Those are wonderful art deco doors. I'm glad they saved and redeployed them.

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  8. RedPatJanuary 8, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    Eyeliquor - I couldn't find any info on the designer - maybe because the original building is gone.

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  9. Stefan JanssonJanuary 8, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    Very impressive.

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  10. LindaJanuary 8, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    Superb. That era had such style.

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