The Broadview Hotel
The Broadview Hotel
The Broadview Hotel is a landmark building at the northwest corner of Queen and Broadview in Toronto’s Riverdale neighbourghood. It functioned as a community hub for businesses, clubs, and athletics, as well as a site for public meetings. The building was completed in 1891-92 for oilman and soap maker Archibald Dingman in the Romanesque Revival architectural style (the architect is unknown).
At one time, the Broadview Hotel stood taller than any other office building east of the Don River. Previously named Dingman Hall, it housed the Canadian Bank of Commerce on its main floor, offices on its middle floors, and meeting halls above. It was a major social gathering spot for the city’s developing East End and now exists as a local landmark within a transit hub, with nearby stops for two TTC routes.
ERA led this multi-award-winning project for Streetcar Developments. Alterations included increasing the existing floor heights and adding two new storeys largely within the existing building envelope. Exterior work included removing fire escapes, replacing windows, reinstating entrances and storefronts, adding glazing and metal cornices to the façades, and repairing masonry.
Night photos by Marcus Mitanus / detail photos by Streetcar Developments / renderings by ERA Architects
En Français >- Location
- Toronto
- Client
- Streetcar Developments
- Partner
- DesignAgency and Seven Haus (interior design)
- Consultants
- Atkins & Van Groll (structural), Novatrend (mechanical/electrical)
- Expertise
- Adaptive Reuse, Accessibility & Additions/Building Conservation
- Sector
- Commercial & Retail/Hospitality & Leisure
Awards
- Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award: Excellence in Conservation, 2016
- Toronto Urban Design Awards (TUDA): Award of Excellence - Private Buildings in Context (Mid-rise), 2017
- Architecture Conservancy of Ontario: Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive-use (corporate), 2017
Media
- Broadview Hotel Rebuild Kickstarting Riverside Transformation
- Broadview Hotel revitalization team receives heritage conservation award
- Hotel on the East Side: Merging Heritage and Hipsters
- Why the former Jilly’s is an architectural showstopper
- Team behind Riverside's Broadview Hotel receives prestigious award
- 10 of the Coolest New Hotels Opening in 2017
- Inside the newly restored Broadview Hotel, opening in June
- This is what the Broadview Hotel will look like
- Team behind Riverside's Broadview Hotel receives prestigious award
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- The 7 most exciting real estate developments in Toronto for 2017
- Five things we're looking forward to welcoming in the east end in 21017
- 9 of the Most Instagrammable Hotels Opening in 2017
- 2017 Preview: 10 Most Anticipated Toronto Venues for Meetings and Events
- What the newly restored Broadview Hotel looks like
- Here's What the Broadview Hotel (formerly Jilly's strip club) looks like now
- Broadview Hotel prepares to strip off its veil
- New face of the Broadview Hotel ready to be revealed
- The Broadview Hotel is About to Solidify the Gentrification of the East Side
- Streecar Developmens Announces Purchase of Toronto's Historic Broadview Hotel
- Hume: the Broadview Hotel
- Post Jilly's, Plans Revealed for the Future New Broadview Hotel
- This is what the new Broadview Hotel will look like
- Here's what Streetcar Developments wants to do to Jilly's strip club