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William McBrien Building

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Address
  
1900 Yonge Street

Owner
  
City of Toronto

Opened
  
1958

Province
  
Ontario

Architectural style
  
Modern architecture

Country
  
Canada

Floor count
  
7

Floors
  
7

Town or city
  
Toronto

Architect
  
Charles B. Dolphin

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Current tenants
  
Toronto Transit Commission

Similar
  
Davisville Yard, Leslie Barns, Davisville, York University, Greenwood

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.

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Map of William McBrien Building, 1900 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4S 1Z2, Canada

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. Earlier plans to relocated to Yonge and York Mills had been rejected due to costs.

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

References

William McBrien Building Wikipedia