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I have tried to convey, albiet not well, the size of the more urban public space going in between the larger green spaces that are ordering the rebuilt district.

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Great light, terrific tour - thanks!

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Admiral Beez said:
I wonder of the future for St. Bart's and the other churches. The former is under Adminstrarion of the Toronto diocese for being deemed financially unsustainable.
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They really better not mess around with those. I'm a big advocate of demolishing a lot of the junk that others deem "heritage" on this site, but those churches need to stay, and not via means of a facadectomy either!

While we're on the topic of churches, I really wish they would lift the one near St. James park and put it right against the corner of the intersection. It's a beautiful building, and I think more people would appreciate it that way. Yes, I know the funding issue makes this impossible. I'm just saying it would be nice.
 
DtTO said:
While we're on the topic of churches, I really wish they would lift the one near St. James park and put it right against the corner of the intersection. It's a beautiful building, and I think more people would appreciate it that way. Yes, I know the funding issue makes this impossible. I'm just saying it would be nice.
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Do you mean St. James Cathedral? o_O
 
Strikes me that they can do better things with their funds than moving the building 10 metres to the left.

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If they were going to do something bold, they could rebuild the cathedral in a Gothic Revival style as it's not really big or impressive enough for the main cathedral of a metropolitan city of 2.6 million. However, I'd prefer a new Gothic Revival cathedral somewhere else, perhaps on a grand new public square. Alas, religion has declined and we may never see such a project.
 
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