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    Toronto 1079 Bathurst | 18.25m | 5s | Old Orchard Properties | Melillo Architects

    An unfortunate history on that site - was formerly the Children's Storefront, a non-profit resource centre for young families. It burnt down in 2009, with one resident of the building dying in the blaze. It's sat empty since; I wondered walking by that hand painted sign in the photo above...
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    Toronto Architecture From The 1960's and 70's

    Tax incentives exist for owners of heritage properties, with the exact credit amount being determined by individual municipalities. In Toronto, you can receive up to a 40% property tax rebate (credit) - this is applicable to properties that are provincially designated, not listed. There is also...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    The building is still there - the picture above makes it appear as though demolition was in sight, however it was simply under repair. It's been nicely maintained and the McLuhan Centre is still located within the building. Unfortunately the surrounding parking lot has also been maintained -...
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    Toronto Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    What's the reason for reconstructing the heritage buildings elsewhere? Where else would he move them - Mirvish Village? If you refer to the buildings' designation by-laws it's laid out what makes them relevant, and why they were designated. The Eclipse Whitewear Building's value lies in its...
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    Toronto Pan Am Village in the West Don Lands | ?m | ?s | DundeeKilmer | KPMB

    I think that the name "West Don Lands" was never really intended to be a neighbourhood name, but rather a way in which to divide Waterfront Toronto's extensive development area. The area encompassed by the West Don Lands has historically been stitched into the fabric of what we now know as...
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    Toronto Pan Am Village in the West Don Lands | ?m | ?s | DundeeKilmer | KPMB

    Agreed - and Paris' situation is far from ideal. While it might be aesthetically pleasing to a certain degree, it's plan was largely influenced by a desire to create strong geographic divisions between classes, expelling the poor from the urban core, and ridding the city centre of inconvenient...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    What a loss! Thank you for compiling that information, I knew nothing about the Lawton estate. Interesting to note how they used landscaping to accentuate the wrap around verandah, and the inclusion of the window awnings on the 1878 sketch. Also how close the greenhouse at the rear was to the...
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    Church conversion at College & Palmerston (Kosoy/Brennan)

    It wrapped up a while ago, although one of the units seemed to take longer to complete than the others. I lived right across the street from here for two years, and was baffled at what exactly was taking them so long to wrap up. The unit on the north side was for sale for a long time, and ended...
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    Costco (42-46 Overlea Boulevard) Demolition of Heritage Building, Former Coca-Cola HQ

    You can read HPS' report on the building for its inclusion on the inventory here: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-57382.pdf
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    Each entrance of Old City Hall has its original use indicated - wonderful how they were able to incorporate signage into the architecture and design so well, as opposed to some of the more... interesting ways we now see it done. Source: TGMinto1, Wikimedia Commons
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    The building didn't always look so spiffy - turns out it just needed a good scrub, but I can understand looking at the pictures below how some might have thought it to be demode.
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    Gibson Lane - formerly Rosedale Lane. One of the lost paths down to Park Road, along with the cut off Severn Street just south of it. Here are better photos of that house on the right side of the image - taken by the Department of Health, 1913.
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    I noticed on the map above that St. Joseph's Convent is indicated where the present-day hospital is, and did some looking into the history of the site - Sunnyside Villa, 1859 Sacred Heart Orphanage, 1907 Sacred Heart Orphanage, 1911 St. Joseph's Hospital, 1930 You can still see the...
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    Evocative Images of Lost Toronto

    BlogTO ran a feature on the old Park Hotel - built as a summer hotel in 1884, expanded 1885 by Thomas Scholes of the (lost) Scholes Hotel on Yonge Street. http://www.blogto.com/city/2010/04/nostalgia_tripping_the_ocean_house_hotel/
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    Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

    UT covered the return of the Keewatin to Port McNicoll last summer: http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2012/06/maritime-icon-returns-ss-keewatin-docks-port-mcnicoll

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