The building at 299 Queen Street West went up in 1913 as the Wesley Building, home of the Methodist Book and Publishing Company (later the Ryerson Press). In 1987, this building became the home of City-tvand associated channels like Much Music, Bravo! and Space.
The building is currently known as CTV Queen Street, the corporate head office of CTVglobemedia.
But the initial tennants — the Methodist publishers — are the ones for whom the variety of terra cotta characters along the upper exterior of the building were carved. There are scribes, readers, and a figure representing ignorance (neither reading nor writing) all repeated around the building.
One of the characters had the rare honour of being animated for TV, inthis early 90’s intro for City-tv’s Great Movies.
(Source: sculptedtoronto.blogspot.com)
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