Edward Street: Row house to bowling alley

William Charters, the Blashfords, and the Captains, all lived at 26-28 Edward Street at one point. This address is on the north side of the street between Bay and Yonge Street. In the 1930s these houses were knocked down to build a bowling alley; after that, the bowling alley was turned into the World's Biggest Bookstore. Next door (just west of the WBB) is the BMV bookstore, at 10 Edward Street, so it seems fairly clear that the WBB occupied the space where their house was. It was probably a row house like the ones you see below in the picture of Bay and Edward in 1923.

Further west of here, at the corner of Chestnut Street, was Angelo's Tavern (below).

Source: Toronto Public Library

Here is another view from 1952, after the bowling alley was built, and looking west along Edward Street from Yonge Street.

Source: Lost Toronto

You can see from the archival picture above that the older buildings just east of the bowling alley on Edward Street were not demolished right away. Here is a look at 10 Edward Street today.