The McIntosh, 305 Waverley

   This is one of my favourite Centretown buildings yet I can find nothing about it apart from its name and the fact that it was built in 1927. The name appears in the stained-glass transom window while the  date is blazoned across the "sandstone" escutcheon near the top of the facade.

   I cannot speak to this building's style in any educated way, but apart from being a three storey walk-up, its name conspires with the turret-like bays to evoke something Scottish and solid, though in real life, all that glazing would be hell to protect.

   A few decades ago, a friend occupied the top floor apartment (the one on your left). His front room was the perfect size for an armchair, a footstool, a huge fern in a majolica plant-stand, and a small bookshelf — all blessed with a south-east exposure — indeed, more conservatory than fortress wing.

   I'm guessing that in more genteel times there was a lawn and that people didn't park on it.