[gristle]

Those damn developers! How could they destroy a vacant old building and replace it with a much more modern, usable replica that has the added benefit of supporting even more development on top?? They need to be stopped immediately!

What are you going on about? The building is destroyed and the facade of the old building will be replaced by some faux rebuild. There are to be many more instances of this in the area, so spare us the pointless sarcasm.

 

[Conrad Black]

By the way the old building was hardly vacant.

 

[ahmad.m.atiya]

By the way the old building was hardly vacant.

Thanks to voxpop for the thread(s) and information.

Aerial view and photos ...

Sorry, I missed the fitness centre taking up 10% of the building's total area on the first floor.

It's really annoying when all the preservationists make out every single building built before the 80s to be somehow special. Apart from the tacky front brick facade, this is just a horribly ugly concrete box. Just look at the side.

So what makes this special exactly?

 

[Logan]

Nothing! Glad it's gone.

 

[Jasonzed]

from yesterday

 

[Red October]

So what makes this special exactly?

I personally like the masonry and brickwork on the front. That and its style goes with the area it's in, despite developers' best efforts.

 

[urbandreamer]

 

[urbandreamer]

13 June 2012

 

[Uncle Teddy]

Lots of progress here. Thanks UD for all the updates.

 

[urbandreamer]

27 June 2012: The moment has arrived. Let the digging begin!

 

[CanadianNational]

The curious, stolid front of this building was definitely worth preserving. It's too bad it's gone.
I don't know what's worse - the destruction of these things (the only history we have here), or the persistence of the insensate drabs in cheering on the destruction of that history. Both are terribly depressing.

 

[Red Mars]

Pic taken Aug 14, 2012

 

[innsertnamehere]

friday:

edit: ha, you actually can't even see the site from the CN tower. oh well.

 

[urbandreamer]

1 September 2012: The Table is set. Let the knifes & forks dig into the "meat & potatos"

 

[someMidTowner]

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