I was just taking a gander at tomorrow's Toronto Preservation Board meeting, and saw that there's an item coming up to designate buildings on the east side of Fraser and south side of Liberty. There's no application on those yet, so this may be an odd case (very odd) of TPS acting to designate something before it's actually threatened. That's not their usual modus operandi though, so I'm actually supposing the corollary: that there is a good chance that these buildings (which a quick googling shows are owned by Allied REIT—they call it 'The Castle') makes me suspect that Allied is at minimum thinking of up-zoning, but maybe we'll see a proposal along the lines of QRC West or their more recent plans for 379-391 Adelaide West & 96 Spadina project. Maybe it's even in their annual report? (Haven't checked.)
Here's what Google Street View has for…
41 Fraser (I love the Streamline Moderne front on this)
47 Fraser (interesting entry, would like to see restored windows on this, and I wonder if it's lost a cornice)
135 Liberty (here you can see why they call it 'The Castle', including the crenellations more prominent in the back-side pic. This all could look amazing restored.)
So, I wonder what the plan is…
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Here's what Google Street View has for…
41 Fraser (I love the Streamline Moderne front on this)
47 Fraser (interesting entry, would like to see restored windows on this, and I wonder if it's lost a cornice)
135 Liberty (here you can see why they call it 'The Castle', including the crenellations more prominent in the back-side pic. This all could look amazing restored.)
So, I wonder what the plan is…
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