the grounds really do look like a war zone, partially collapsed floors, titling stair cases, and falling ceilings. the guts of the building torn out and spread out in no senseable order.
P.S. i didnt have much time to play with the photos this morning, ive since updated a couple of the photos above.
I'm usually one to blubber on sentimentally about the loss of old buildings, but not this time. There is nothing distinguished about any in this collection, especially the building at the corner of Yonge and Bloor that housed City Optical. For years I wondered why, even in the 1950's, the developer thought it economically worthwhile to put up a two-story building at such an important corner. Surely the city didn't limit the height?
...especially the building at the corner of Yonge and Bloor that housed City Optical. For years I wondered why, even in the 1950's, the developer thought it economically worthwhile to put up a two-story building at such an important corner. Surely the city didn't limit the height?
I think its because the corner wasn't seen as all that important at the time. The intersection has always been far less dense than Yonge/Queen, King/Bay etc.
The first towers ever built on those corners are the ones that are there now, 2 Bloor West, and HBC--both dating from the 1970's. Before they were built, i'm pretty sure all four corners were low rise.
in other words, the idea that Yonge/Bloor is the most important downtown intersection seems to be a fairly recent idea.
Thanks so much tomms for the pictures, I hope you didn't get hurt trudging through the rubble getting those!
Has anyone heard if sales are still ongoing and what the latest in terms of units sold in the building? Now that there has been a slowdown in the market in the past year, are these units selling at all?
I wonder if people are still paying such sky high rates to buy these units? Shortly after all this hype, someone on this board was saying a 2 bedroom unit selling for 600K was going for 800K!!! Has the price come down since then??