adma
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It's probably more that they were "saved" by the demographics around them. So if they didn't turn Regent Parkish, neither did the towers around High Park station turn St. James Townish.adma: I can appreciate the planning philosophy behind those 50's Humbertown blocks, and I'm usually the last person advocating removal of historic built form in Toronto (god knows we've lost, and are continuing to lose, enough of it), but when it comes to these dreary looking buildings I simply can't manufacture any sympathy. I've always considered them to be virtually the ugly epitome of architectural laziness, and were mistake from the start. They remind me of Regent Park, and i'm kind of amazed that they never turned into ghetto.
But given the current urban design culture/grassroots of the neighbourhood, gated retro-schlock's the more likely destiny. Next to that, this ugly epitome of architectural laziness almost becomes old-shoe charming--sociologically, at least...Actually the new plan for Regent Park might be a good inspiration of what could be done here as well.