Forensic police were at the TD Bank at Laird and Vanderhoof Thursday following a holdup earlier in the evening. Social media reports say the bank is in lockdown with clients and staff inside. The interesting comments of readers and patrons of the bank appear below from the Facebook account Leaside Community. TD Canada Trust renovated and moved into the historic Pease Foundry building in 2011. The structure was built in 1951 and stood vacant for 18 years before TD and others took an interest in it. It’s first occupant was the Pease Foundry Company, which manufactured plumbing and heating equipment there. As industrial conditions changed, it went into a sad period of decline sitting vacant for 18 years. That’s the condition in which most residents under 30 remember it. The building is said to be in the Art Modern style and is associated with the work of Toronto architect Earle Morgan. Morgan was also associated with the design of the O’Keefe Centre.
