From the City's report regarding the inclusion of these properties on the Heritage Registry:
"Located on the southeast corner of Fleming Crescent and extending southward, the properties at 1623-1639B Bayview Avenue contain a row of five two-storey commercial buildings dating to the early 1930s according to the City Directory.

The properties at 1623-1639B Bayview Avenue have cultural heritage value for the design of the commercial buildings as representative examples of “Main Street Rows” identified by the two-storey scale, the glazed commercial storefronts with residential or commercial units in the upper floor, and the modest classical detailing with the decorative corbelled brickwork typical of those dating to the interwar era in North Toronto and Leaside.

Contextually, the properties at 1623-1639B Bayview Avenue are valued for the role of the commercial buildings in defining, supporting and maintaining the historical mid-rise streetscape character of the thoroughfare between Millwood Road and Eglinton Avenue East as the “Main Street” connecting the communities of North Toronto and Leaside. The buildings at 1623-1639B Bayview Avenue are historically, visually and physically linked to their setting on the southeast corner of Fleming Crescent at the north end of the contiguous row of commercial buildings in the extended block between Millwood Road and Fleming Crescent."