Toronto Heritage Plaque: Balfour Building 1930

From the plaque:Designed with Art Deco ornamentation by architect Benjamin Brown, this building was commissioned by Jewish entrepreneurs and occupied by a number of notable clothing businesses over the years, including the Schiffer-Hillman Clothing Co. Together with the Tower Building across Spadina Avenue (also designed by Brown), it formed a gateway to Toronto's garment district, which employed many of Toronto's Jewish residents. The building was named for British statesman Arthur J. Balfour, the author of the 1917 Balfour Declaration pledging British support for a future Jewish homeland in Palestine.