As anyone who lives in the Junction will
already be aware, the distinctive old Handyman Shop hardware store at 3077 Dundas
Street West, rumoured to have started out life as a court house, has collapsed
and is being rebuilt.
Though the new owners of the site, Irka Firchuk and Peter Dunn, did not
make themselves available for comment, locals had heard as early as last July
that in the course of renovations, a load-bearing wall had been removed that
had affected the structural integrity of the building.
According to a source close to the project
who declined to be identified pending permission from the owners, the new
building, at the southeast corner of Dundas and Quebec, will be a reproduction
of the old building, complete with curved front, with a third floor added on,
possibly for residential purposes.
There's no word on who the main commercial
tenant will be, and the building is currently for sale.
Writer: Bert Archer