I hope so too! There's a lot of older building stock in the East end that I hope can blend in with the newer buildings, as you've mentioned. Some good opportunity for cool re-use.

Welcome to the neighbourhood. What you're describing is pretty par for the course within the area.

Last drink at pennies is such a sad thought. Such a unique spot.

I think they were comparing to beaver lake in Montreal, not Lake Ontario. As far as the comparison is concerned, Beaver lake is much larger. The average depth of the lake is approximately15m and is said to cover approximately 1.5 hectares (15000m). That seems like a huge undertaking to drain...

From today. The scale of the building and the vantage point from Berczy park are kind of giving me NYC vibes for some reason. Super cool.

What a nuanced POV 🙄

The slower the better IMO - I really enjoy Pennies. Great patio, it's always packed!

From today

From today

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I got the impression from the renders that they were going to maintain the heritage brick buildings. I guess it's just demo and partially rebuild then, given the plan above?

Got a pic or two of this yesterday as well. Seems like it’s fitting into its surroundings on Lombard relatively nicely 👌.

++ for more landscape lighting

To each their own I guess. I'm not sure what a park needs to be for other than relaxing in a nature-oriented space 😅. I am nor an office worker nor someone eating their lunch and I appreciate the spots for me to hang out and read in (relative) tranquility.