Notes:
The Canadian Kodak Building is architecturally significant as a good example of the early tall
commercial building type featuring Classical organization and detailing. Located on the north
side of King Street West, east of Portland Street, the building contributes contextually to the
character of the King-Spadina neighbourhood as it developed as an industrial area in the early
20th century. The heritage attributes of the building are found on the exterior walls and roof with attention
focused on the principal (south) facade. Clad with red brick and trimmed with stone, the
structure rises four stories above a basement with window openings. The south facade is divided
visually into two distinct portions. On the west half, banded brick pilasters arrange the basement
and first two floors into three bays. The commercial windows in the first storey have stone
lintels, while the second floor has large segmental-headed window openings with oversized
voussoirs and keystones. The upper two levels are organized into five bays with banded corners.
The third storey contains a mixture of flat- and segmental-headed fenestration with brick
voussoirs and keystones, while the fourth-floor window openings display stone lintels. The east
half of the building is separated into three bays with plain brick pilasters that organize the
openings in the basement and first two stories. The main entrance, recessed in the first (left) bay,
has a simple entablature and separate transom. Large segmental-arched window openings are
placed in the adjacent wall and, in the upper two floors, smaller versions are set in pairs.
Cornices extend above the second and fourth floor windows to unify the two parts of the facade.
The west elevation contains regularly-placed fenestration, while the east wall abuts the
neighbouring building.
