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moved part of the station from the site to a location across the street at Sir Casimir Gzowski Park. The station was restored and will be repurposed as an eatery and tourist information centre once the current contract with the nearby vendor expires after 2016.
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As of 2020, the station sits vacant. "It was restored a dozen years ago by the city at a cost of nearly $ 400,000 but has been vacant and fenced off ever since, with plans floated along the way that never panned out." The city expects it to re-open soon.
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5675 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec (circa 1944 to 1951), later demolished to make way for a drive-in branch of the Bank of Montreal (itself later closed)
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The last of the Joy Gas Stations was in considerable disrepair in 2007, just prior to its restoration
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of architecture, a style that was promoted as a uniquely Canadian architectural form in the 1930s.
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Flavelle, Dana (May 18, 1986). "High Park residents fail to stop developer from felling trees".
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A station at 910 Lake Shore Boulevard West was demolished in 1977 and replaced with the current
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http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-32962.pdf
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Blueprint for the Joy station at 910 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Toronto
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and Windermere Avenue built in 1937. In April 2007, the City of
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Toronto
Joy Oil Company Limited
Château style
Greater Toronto Area
Lake Shore Boulevard West
Toronto

Bloor Street West
High Park
Kingston Road
Scarborough
Esso
Scarborough
Roncesvalles Avenue
incomplete
adding missing items

Joy Gas Stations
Sunnyside, Toronto
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-32962.pdf
"The city spent $ 400,000 to restore the Joy Oil 'tiny castle' 12 years ago. The historic property is still sitting vacant"
City of Toronto Staff Report
43°38′08″N 79°27′57″W / 43.635605°N 79.46595°W / 43.635605; -79.46595
Categories
Buildings and structures in Toronto
Gas stations in Canada
Châteauesque architecture in Canada
Novelty buildings in Canada

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