E.J. Lennox, architect of the Old City Hall and Casa Loma built the 1913 Postal Station 'G', now the Ralph Thornton Centre.

Ralph Thornton Centre was a project of the well-known Toronto architect E.J. Lennox (designer of Old City Hall and Casa Loma and St. Paul’s Anglican Church) Designed as a federal building, its original use was as Postal Station ‘G’ (1913-1975) though it was also used to house Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers. The turret clock (circa 1913) was restored in 1995. (Source: Ron Fletcher, South Riverdale Lives and Legends)

Interesting facts about Riverside...
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• Three-piece public art installation celebrates the theme of TIME
• Baseball Place is the location of Toronto's first professional baseball field, built in 1885
• The Opera House is one of Toronto's longest operating live music theatres
• In the 1890s, the Broadview Hotel housed a grand piano in its tower
• "Cinderella Man", Russel Crowe and Renee Zellwegger's great depression drama transformed the district in 2004
• E.J. Lennox, architect of the Old City Hall and Casa Loma built the 1913 Postal Station 'G', now the Ralph Thornton Centre