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The real design is the one on the hoarding. The rendering is from an earlier date.
Unfortunately I only had an iPhone with me, but I still felt the urge to get a few shots of these hulking giants coming down.
I don't think the loss of the Dickinson buildings are a huge loss either. A building isn't good just because a name is attached to it. These buildings not only had no relationship to the street, they sucked away any life the street had in the first place. It has all the same massive flaws that the rest of Regent Park had, except it was humongous. And horrendous looking. I mean just look at it!
Thanks for the pics!
Dont forget that what is being wiped off the face of the earth had previously wiped rows and rows of old Victorians off the face of the earth too. That was a MUCH more tragic loss. What we are getting now is a very well planned out community based on a neighborhood model found in this city that just works. The previous Regent Park master plan is now the most common example of how NOT to design a neighborhood. Hardly anything to be upset about losing.
I don't think the loss of the Dickinson buildings are a huge loss either. A building isn't good just because a name is attached to it. These buildings not only had no relationship to the street, they sucked away any life the street had in the first place. It has all the same massive flaws that the rest of Regent Park had, except it was humongous. And horrendous looking. I mean just look at it!
Thanks for the pics!
Dont forget that what is being wiped off the face of the earth had previously wiped rows and rows of old Victorians off the face of the earth too. That was a MUCH more tragic loss. What we are getting now is a very well planned out community based on a neighborhood model found in this city that just works. The previous Regent Park master plan is now the most common example of how NOT to design a neighborhood. Hardly anything to be upset about losing.
I don't think the loss of the Dickinson buildings are a huge loss either. A building isn't good just because a name is attached to it. These buildings not only had no relationship to the street, they sucked away any life the street had in the first place. It has all the same massive flaws that the rest of Regent Park had, except it was humongous. And horrendous looking. I mean just look at it!
Peter Dickinson was a prolific, gifted architect. The buildings were innovative and comfortable. The "rows and rows of old Victorians" were nothing more than a gigantic slum.