KAMINKER, Benjamin (1909-1997), active in Toronto, Ont. where he was born on 6 May 1909 and educated at the University of Toronto. After graduation in 1928 he formed a partnership with one of his classmates Edward I. Richmond in 1933 and continued to work with him until 1937. Kaminker then moved to Timmins, Ont. in 1938 and practised there under his own name until 1942 when he relocated to Ottawa, Ont. After returning to Toronto in 1946 he was invited by James Govan to become a member of the firm of Govan, Ferguson & Lindsay, and their new office, renamed Govan, Ferguson, Lindsay, Kaminker, Maw, Langley & Keenleyside, carried out commissions for hospitals in nearly every province in Canada in the period from 1948 to 1970. Kaminker died in Toronto on 12 February 1997 (death notice Globe & Mail [Toronto], 13 Feb. 1997, C 10; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects).
KAMINKER & RICHMOND
TORONTO, ONT., Mount Sinai Hospital, Yorkville Avenue, major addition, 1932-33, demol. in 1988 except for facade left standing and incorporated into new retail development 2007-09 (P. McHugh, Toronto Architecture: A City Guide, 1985, 202; inf. Toronto Historical Board)
B. KAMINKER
TIMMINS, ONT. McInnes Block, Pine Street North, for Dr. J.A. McInnes, with stores and apartments, 1936 (Porcupine Advance [Timmins], 16 Nov. 1936, Section Two, p. 1, descrip.)
TIMMINS, ONT., department store and apartments for Sam Bucovetsky Ltd., Third Avenue near Pine Street South, 1938 (Porcupine Advance [Timmins], 9 May 1938, 1, descrip.; C.R., li, 18 May 1938, 184; Inventory of Historical Sites in Timmins-Porcupine, 1979, 128)
TIMMINS, ONT., Doyle Block, stores, offices and apartments for P.J. Doyle, Cedar Street at Fourth Avenue, 1938 (Porcupine Advance [Timmins], 9 May 1938, 1, descrip.)
TIMMINS, ONT., Sky Block, a three storey block for Barney Sky, Pine Street South, between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue (Porcupine Advance [Timmins], 10 Nov. 1938, Section Three, p. 1, illus. & descrip.)
PETERBOROUGH, ONT., Cherney Brothers Store, for Myer and Harry Cherney, George Street North at King Street, 1948-49 (C.R., lxi, Sept. 1948, 132)