Caption: TTC CLRV streetcar 4025 heads westbound on Dundas Street East just past Bond Street, passing the Imperial Pub right where Dundas takes a jog to the north before crossing Victoria Street (also note the track continuing straight, ending at Victoria). On the right is the Bond Place Hotel.

Opened in 1944, the Imperial Pub was an institute on the doorstep of Yonge Street and Dundas Square that would serve patrons in Toronto for decades, including many Ryerson University (TMU) students that often came to drink, study or hang out upstairs in the library/lounge area. It was finally closed in November 2025 after 81 years, as the site was sold to TMU and will be redeveloped into a student residence building (leaving said students with one less local watering hole to frequent). So goes the Imperial Pub the way of many iconic Toronto venues, including Honest Eds and Sam the Record Man (the latter site also purchased by Ryerson and redeveloped). The Bond Place Hotel was purchased by the City of Toronto in recent years, and is now a shelter building.

William (Bill) Hood photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.