An 1884 mansion <ABOVE – ON THE RIGHT>, once belonging to HENRY GOODERHAM, a distillery magnate, will soon be uprooted and moved forward a few metres to accommodate a 50-storey condominium tower.

 The neighbouring James Cooper Mansion <PHOTO ABOVE> went through a similar procedure.

The large structure behind, once part of a Clarion Hotel and former home to BOOTS, one of the city’s largest gay dance halls, will be demolished.

While ERNEST HEMINGWAY worked as a reporter for the Toronto Star, he made his home here, at 592 Sherbourne Street, south of Bloor Street East. The book ‘Ernest Hemingway Dateline: Toronto (1920-24)’ contains all 172 pieces that Hemingway wrote for the Star.  <RENDERINGS – bKL Architecture, Chicago>