The Gordon MacKay Company, a wholesale dry goods company, had been at the north-west corner of Bay and Front Street since 1871. After losing their warehouses in the Great Fire of 1904, architect John Francis Brown was hired to design a 5-storey stone and brick warehouse, built in 1905, at an estimated cost of $65,000.00. This building was demolished in 1973 for the Royal Bank Plaza, and the Gordon MacKay Company moved to North York. Learn more at the Toronto Archives’ exhibit “Under the Wrecking Ball: shaping Toronto’s downtown 1960-1989.” 1. Aftermath of the 1904 fire: Front Street west of Bay, April 20, 1904, Fonds 1408, Item 4. 2. Bay and Front streets looking north to City Hall, between 1946 and 1950, Fonds 1128, Series 380, Item 313. #TOhistory #TorontoArchives #Toronto