Charles Pachter has worked as an architectural designer, restoring more than 20 buildings in downtown Toronto in the 1970s and 80s, and a studio in Miami Beach where he wintered from 1993-1999.
In 2003 he converted a former ice storage warehouse on Lake Simcoe into a summer studio and residence where he painted for 12 years. In 2013 he converted a former auto repair shop in downtown Orillia into a studio and showroom for his work. A new residential addition was completed in March 2016. In 2017 two adjacent properties were restored, one brand new, the other a re-build of an 1890s Victorian.
In 2019-21 a new 2.5 storey wing was built at the rear of his residence and studio at 22 Grange Ave in downtown Toronto.
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1232 Shaw St 1968-1974
ARTISTS ALLIANCE & ARTERY Artists’ Co-op,
24 Ryerson Ave, 1974
Charles’ loft, Artists Alliance
24 Ryerson Ave 1974-78
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2 Grange Place residence & studio 1978-2004
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GRACIE’S Restaurant, 508-10 Queen St W, 1980-82
The Scarborough Room, Margaret Atwood & Peter C. Newman
IGA supermarket at 567 Queen St W converted to galleries.
THE PAINTED FLAG Exhibition opened here, Nov. 1981
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80 Beverley St, restored six-plex, 1987-1999
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4 Sullivan St, Toronto 1980-81
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Miami Beach 1993-1999: Trompe l’oeil “pool” painted over cement patio
Lake Simcoe ICE HOUSE studio and residence – 2003-2014
MOFO -MOOSE FACTORY OF ORILLIA 2012-2015
NEW GALLERIES & RESIDENTIAL ADDITION TO MOFO in Orillia, built July 2015-Mar 2016
SCOTTELGIN, new house built in 2016-17 on the historic street in downtown Orillia where Group of Seven painter Franklin Carmichael grew up.
2017-2018 PACHTERPLEX -Derelict Victorian gutted and re-built with galleries, conference rooms and residential facilities overlooking garden of existing MOFO, Moose Factory of Orillia
New wing under construction in 2021 at 22 Grange Ave in downtown Toronto:
