It was originally home to the Workers Compensation Board of Ontario from 1953 to 1973.
The Ontario Provincial Police moved into a new building in 1995 at 777 Memorial Avenue in Orillia.
It was used in films such as Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Exit Wounds and Ararat.
[1] The City of Toronto had endeavoured to preserve the building as a prime example of the mid-20th century style, but ultimately rescinded its application on the grounds that it had no authority to impose a historical designation on provincial government property.
[2] It has been redeveloped as a mixed-use development consisting of a 37-storey office building fronting on York Street (1 York) and two seventy-story residential buildings with retail at the base.