Sunday, October 20, 2024

Old Homes In Yorkville

 

Three sets of these semi-detached homes were built in the Yorkville neighbourhood in 1877-78 and used yellow brick which was a bit unusual in a city filled with red brick buildings. It is too bad that the pair on the right have had the front painted white but you can see the one on the left is still more period correct. Many of these large homes are now divided into flats.

11 comments:

Sharon said...

They are lovely places. I wonder how many flats are inside this one.

Taken For Granted said...

These are great looking homes with the yellow brick and mansard roofs. Too bad about the white paint on the brick.

Cloudia said...

Toronto is so very like Philadelphia where I grew up. Thank you for sharing your beautiful town with us. Pat, Aloha!

Bill said...

They are lovly homes. I don't understand why people paint over the bricks.

roentare said...

This building is a classic

Anvilcloud said...

I remember once visiting the brickyards in the Don Valley.

Andrew said...

I am not sure if I prefer the unpainted one or not. I do like the small balcony that I guess was added later to the painted one.

Stefan Jansson said...

Nice with the balcony.

eileeninmd said...

They are nice looking homes! Have a great day and a happy week ahead.

s.c said...

They looks great.

William Kendall said...

I like the architecture.