Old Globe and Mail Building, Streamline Moderne newspaper building at King Street and York Street, Toronto, Canada.
The Old Globe and Mail Building stood at the corner of King Street and York Street in Toronto as a newspaper headquarters designed in the Streamline Moderne style of the 1930s. Its facade featured flowing horizontal lines, rounded corners, and stone details that expressed the architectural language of that era.
Designed by Mathers and Haldenby, the William H. Wright Building was constructed between 1937 and 1938 and named for Globe and Mail founder William Henry Wright (1876–1951). It served as the newspaper's home until its 1974 demolition, when the Exchange Tower rose on the site. Its main door was saved and reinstalled at the paper's later Front Street offices, and sculptural elements went to Guild Park and Gardens in Scarborough.
The building carried the name of William Henry Wright (1876–1951), founder of The Globe and Mail, whose name was attached to the paper's 1937–38 headquarters. When it came down in 1974, the main door of the original building was kept and installed at the paper's next home on Front Street.
The building's downtown Toronto location placed it within walking distance of government offices, courts, and financial institutions that reporters needed to access daily. Its position in the business district made gathering news from the city's power centers straightforward.
The building's main door survived the 1974 demolition and was reinstalled at The Globe and Mail's later Front Street offices. Other sculptural elements from the structure are kept at Guild Park and Gardens in Scarborough, and the original plans sit in the Mathers and Haldenby fonds at the Archives of Ontario.
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