William McBrien Building

McBrien Building
General information
Architectural style	Modernist
Address	1900 Yonge Street
Town or city	Toronto, Ontario
Country	Canada
Coordinates	43°41′52″N 79°23′48″W / 43.69778°N 79.39667°WCoordinates: 43°41′52″N 79°23′48″W / 43.69778°N 79.39667°W
Current tenants	Toronto Transit Commission
Opened	1958
Owner	City of Toronto
Technical details
Floor count	7
Design and construction
Architect	Charles B. Dolphin

William McBrien Building (formally known as the W. C. McBrien Building) is the administrative headquarters of the Toronto Transit Commission. Designed by Charles B. Dolphin (1888-1969) and opened in 1958, the seven-storey building is located at 1900 Yonge Street above the Davisville subway station. The building is named for former TTC Chairman William C. McBrien who died in 1954, shortly after the opening of the Yonge Subway. It replaced the old Toronto Board of Trade Building (built 1890 and demolished 1958) at Yonge and Front Streets, the TTC's first permanent home since 1921.

Relocation

TTC has made known its desire to relocate from the building due to on going concerns about the state of the building, and for head office staff to be in one location.^[1] Earlier plans to relocated to Yonge and York Mills had been rejected due to costs.^[2]

Besides 1900 Yonge, the TTC leases 7 other locations to house head office staff.^[3]

References

1. Tess Kalinowski (20 November 2015). "TTC wants to get out of 'hellhole' headquarters". Toronto Star. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
2. "New TTC head office plan draws fire". CBC News Toronto. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2015. TTC commissioners will consider the proposal to build a new head office at 4050 Yonge St., at the intersection of York Mills Road.
3. "TTC, Build Toronto studying future head office needs". Coupler. Toronto Transit Commission. May 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

External links

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