South east section of old Normal School buildings. Construction debris can be seen in the foreground and a small piece of Howard Kerr Hall on the left in the background as well.
Vacant lot after building demolition. Piles of cinderblock, wood, and windows are left on site. North perimeter fence and trees are still intact. Gorries used car dealership is visible across Gerrard St. on the left side of the photo. Lot was former site of an on campus cafe, according to the photographer.
Vacant lot full of left over pieces of building after demolition on north end of campus. The Gorrie's Chevrolet building is clearly visible in the background through trees and fence.
Ryerson Hall buildling visible on the right side of the photograph. Cars and parking lot in front of it, as well as the Egerton Ryerson statue looking out onto Gould and Victoria Streets.
Construction pit at North end of property looking towards the corner of Victoria and Gerrard Sts. Gorries Motors building visible on the right side of the photograph. Two men stand at edge of pit looking at it. Old building visible on left side of photo.
Excavation of property in preparation for foundation. Unit I of Howard Kerr Hall visible in the background and remnants of the North Normal School building on the right.
Excavation of North end of property in preparation for Howard Kerr Hall construction. View looking East towards already constructed section of Howard Kerr Hall.
Ryerson Hall building along Gould St. Egerton Ryerson statue has already been removed for storage and there is hoarding along the front of the building.
Series consists of 7,278 photographic negatives or b&w prints created by Ryerson staff and students in the 1950's and 1960's. The photographs were taken for use in the student newspaper, "The Ryersonian" ; the academic course calendar ; the yearbook ; and other school publications. Contact prints for the majority of the collection are available for viewing in our reading room. Negatives are in the process of being scanned.
The photographic images are arranged according to subject :
Demolition of middle building. View of west end. Second story destroyed with exception of back wall and some interior wall fragments. Howard Kerr Hall East and Ryerson Hall visible in the background.
Demolition of middle building. View of looking west. Second story destroyed with exception of back wall and some interior wall fragments. Parts of first story on east end are demolished. Howard Kerr Hall West visible in the background.
Demolition of one of the original campus buildings. All that is left if the metal skeleton. Building was located in the north west section of the old Ryerson Campus.
View of Oakham House on Gould Street. Taken from in front of the old Normal School building. Kerr Hall East and O'Keefe House are visible at opposite edges of the photograph.
Howard Kerr Hall south wing with clock tower. Taken from inside the quadrangle, the facade from the old Normal School building stands across from it. Cars are parked around the outside of the quadrangle.
Looking across the quad from Howard Kerr Hall East to the North section showing the driveway in from Gerrard Street. Cars are parked around the quadrangle. Eaton's College Street store is visible over top of Kerr Hall.
Colour photograph looking south east from Howard Kerr Hall. Photograph taken from the roof of the building. The clock tower is in mid-ground, and the old CIBC building and another tower under construction are visible in the background.
Colour photograph looking south east from Howard Kerr Hall. Photograph taken from the roof of the building. The clock tower is in mid-ground, and the old CIBC building and another tower under construction are visible in the background.
Colour image of the Bird of Spring Sculpture in its original location on Dundas Street. The sculpture is one of a series of 4 sculptures by the artist Etungat, and it and the Devonian pond on campus were created through funding by the Devonian Group of Charities.
Centre section of Unit III or Kerr Hall South featuring the clock/carillon tower. Workers are on the roof working on the tower. On the left side of the photograph "The Graduate sculpture" is visible above the entrance to the Quad.
Exterior walls of Howard Kerr Hall south in the Quad. Section has bell/carrillon tower on roof and Principal's office inside. Bas-reliefs visible along wall.
Bas-relief by Doris Pedery-Hunt featuring a large pair of scissors, a thimble, and a spool of thread. Featured on the south exterior Quad wall of Kerr Hall south. One of a series of 14 created to reflect the nature of Ryerson's programs at the time Howard Kerr Hall was constructed.
Photograph taken from the roof of Howard Kerr Hall looking south west. The partially demolished bell tower of Ryerson Hall is visible at the bottom and the Canada Life Insurance building is in the background.
Photograph taken from the roof of Howard Kerr Hall looking south at the Ryerson Hall building. Third floor roof removed, and roof of cupola in progress on being removed.
Photograph taken from the roof of Howard Kerr Hall looking south. The heating stack, old radio tower, the Ryerson Hall roof, partly demolished, and the Howard Kerr Hall roof and clock/carillon tower lined up in shot.
View looking south at the remains of the Middle building and the third story demolition of Ryerson Hall. Roof is gone on west and east wings. Centre roof skeleton intact but the cupola roof is also gone.
Looking west at piles of debris and one small section of Middle Building that is still standing. Heating stack is still standing. Howard Kerr West in background.
View looking east of Ryerson Hall's west wing being demolished. Third storey and partial second storey are gone. Construction workers along back edge of second storey working.
View looking north of Ryerson Hall's east wing being demolished. Third storey and partial second storey are gone. Construction workers working on second storey. Cloud of dust rising from dump truck below.
Photograph taken from the roof of Howard Kerr Hall looking down onto a trench dug across (east-west) north Quad. Entrance out onto Gerrard Street on right side of photo.
Photograph of the Case Main Building. Originally built between 1882-1885, burned down and rebuilt in 1888. Now part of the Case Western Reserve University.
Colour image of the construction site for Jorgenson Hall and the Podium building taken from the roof of Howard Kerr Hall. Image shows North end of site. Temperance Hall visible at the top of the image.
