SWARTZ, Benjamin (1899-1961)
(biography in preparation)
Benjamin SWARTZ (works in Toronto)
DUNDAS STREET WEST, at Centre Avenue, store for Claude J. Halloran, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 24 Oct. 1923, 50, t.c.)
DUNDAS STREET WEST, near Royce Avenue, hotel for an unidentified client, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 30 July 1924, 49)
FIRST RUSSIAN SYNAGOGUE, Bellevue Avenue at Denison Square, 1927 (C.R., xli, 19 Jan. 1927, 47, t.c.)
AUSTIN CRESCENT, residence for Benjamin Cohen, 1927 (C.R., xli, 23 Feb. 1927, 118)
NOVELTY EMBROIDERY LTD., Adelaide Street West near Peter Street, major addition to factory, 1927 (C.R., xli, 25 May 1927, 176)
AUSTIN CRESCENT, residence for Morris P. Greenburg, 1927 (C.R., xli, 29 June 1927, 52)
SPADINA AVENUE, near Queen Street West, garage for A. Swartz, 1927 (Toronto b.p. A2369, 21 Sept. 1927)
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, Yorkville Avenue, alterations to existing building to create a new hospital, 1928; demol. 1988, but facade by Kaminker & Richmond (1933) still standing (P. McHugh, Toronto Architecture: A City Guide, 1985, 202)
YONGE STREET, at Craighurst Avenue, stores and apartments for W.H. Miles & Co., 1928 (C.R., xlii, 1 Feb. 1928, 47)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, at Coulson Street, residence for Samuel Fremes, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 15 Feb. 1928, 51)
ST. CLAIR AVENUE WEST, at Robina Avenue, two stores and apartments for C. Cira, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 7 March 1928, 57, t.c.)
JOURNAL PRESS LTD., Dundas Street West near Spadina Avenue, printing plant, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 14 March 1928, 63)
BAY STREET, at Elm Street, three stores and apartments, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 4 April 1928, 54)
FRONT STREET WEST, near York Street, store for Abraham Willinsky, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 4 July 1928, 50, t.c.)
MODEL KNITTING CO., John Street, north of Queen Street West, a 7 storey factory, 1928; and major addition to factory, 1929; still standing in 2023 (Toronto Daily Star, 25 Oct. 1929, 4, descrip.; and 5 Aug. 1930, 26, illus.; Toronto b.p. B 771, 14 Aug. 1928; and b.p. 12798, 25 Nov. 1929)
BATHURST STREET, north of St. Clair Avenue West, apartment house for S. Fremes, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 9 Jan. 1929, 50)
DOVERCOURT ROAD, near Shannon Street, five duplex houses for the Better Homes Ltd., 1929 (C.R., xliii, 6 March 1929, 56)
CASTLEFIELD AVENUE, at Avenue Road, two pairs of duplex houses for Max Slater, 1929-30 (C.R., xliii, 25 Dec. 1929, 200)
SACKVILLE STREET, at Oak Street, residence for J. Battaglice, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 10 Feb. 1932, 49)
McCAUL STREET, near Elm Street, major addition to factory for Benjamin W. Goldenberg, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 11 Jan. 1933, 37)
DUNDAS STREET WEST, at St. Patrick Street, auto service station, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 8 March 1933, 37)
EGLINTON AVENUE EAST, near Banff Road, store and apartments for V. Cetrullo, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 8 March 1933, 37)
RYERSON AVENUE, residence for A. Jacobs, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 8 March 1933, 38)
TORONTO MACARONI CO., Dundas Street West at Watkinson Avenue, large factory, 1933; renovated and restored 2022-23 (C.R., xlvii, 17 May 1933, 35; Globe & Mail (Toronto), 20 October 2023, H4, illus. & descrip.)
ST. PATRICK STREET, cold storage building for L. White & Sons, 1934 (C.R., xlviii, 4 July 1934, 30)
COLLEGE STREET SHOPPING ARCADE, College Street, between Clinton Street and Grace Street, a covered glass arcade with 20 stores, for A. & H. Schwartz, 1935 (Toronto Daily Star, 21 June 1935, 37, illus. & descrip.)
JEWISH OLD FOLK'S HOME, Cecil Street, opposite Ross Street, major addition, 1936; demol. (Toronto Daily Star, 17 July 1936, 15, illus. & descrip.)
E. HERMAN FUR & COLD STORAGE CO., Bay Street near Gerrard Street West, 1937 (Toronto Daily Star, 14 Aug. 1937, 27, illus. & descrip.; C.R., li, 9 March 1938, 13, illus.)
PYLON THEATRE, College Street near Clinton Street, 1938-39 (Canadian Moving Picture Digest [Toronto], 1 July 1939, 2, descrip.; and 28 Oct. 1939, 5, illus. & descrip.)
LORNE BUILDING, Adelaide Street West, west of Spadina Avenue, for Samuel Hollinger, 1945 (inf. Heritage Preservation Services, City of Toronto)
ROYAL CHESTERFIELD LTD., Yonge Street near Elm Street, retail store, 1946 (C.R., lix, Oct. 1946, 96)
Benjamin SWARTZ (works elsewhere)
WINDSOR, ONT., Inverness Apartments and Killarney Apartments, Erie Street East at Parent Avenue, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 4 July 1928, 51)
NORTH BAY, ONT., commercial block for Mrs. H. Shepherd, Main Street at Fraser Street, 1941 (C.R., liv, 19 March 1941, 31)
CORNWALL, ONT., Roxy Theatre, Montreal Road near Baldwin Avenue, for Samuel Fingold, 1941 (C.R., liv, 30 April 1941, 34)
ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Loblaw's Store, Queen Street, 1941 (dwgs. at St. Catharines Historical Museum)