A building constructed on a triangular piece of land is called a 'Flatiron Building' as it resembles a cloth pressing iron when viewed from the top. Such types of buildings are now few and far between in this age of straight-line city planning and symmetry. Most of these are heritage buildings from the past.
According to Wikipedia, there are currently only four Flatiron buildings in Toronto so I decided to visit all of them.
Most famous of these is the 'Gooderham' Building which is situated next to the Berczy Park in downtown. The 'Flatiron Curtain Mural' by Derek Michael Besant is on its back wall. This historic office building is from 1892.
Twenty-Five The Esplanade is a condo building that is situated near the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in downtown. It is at a walking distance from the Gooderham Building.
The building at 553 St Clair Avenue West, Toronto seems just marginally flatiron in shape. This former Dominion Bank building from 1912 currently houses an optical chain.
CIBC branch at 90 Danforth Avenue, Toronto was built in 1918.
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