Davis
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That's such a shame. It looks like there's a pretty nice building next door on College that's getting tagged up thanks to the dilapidated building beside it.
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Abandoned or neglected buildings in Toronto
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Davis
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Yeah, Buffalo definitely has some rough patches. These are prime for a loft conversion.Toronto is definitely lucky in comparison to other North American cities. Was recently in Buffalo and there are soooo many cool buildings that are just barely hanging on by a thread:
Buffalo Central Terminal by Jack Landau, on Flickr
WOnDeR bREAD by Jack Landau, on Flickr
Towered
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Not to worry, Harry Stinson is on it.
CityStay
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Not sure which is uglier, the grey monstrosity or the crumbling dump.
The Heritage Hydro Pole complements the two quite nicely.
AlbertC
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Fire damage has left many of the scars in Toronto's urban fabric.
These are no longer buildings structurally, but this lot on Oxford Street just west of Spadina, remains fenced off after a fire burned down the row of Victorians back in 2014. Shame that the site is still in this state after 5 years.
This would be ideal for a missing middle type building somewhere around 4-6 storeys.
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These are no longer buildings structurally, but this lot on Oxford Street just west of Spadina, remains fenced off after a fire burned down the row of Victorians back in 2014. Shame that the site is still in this state after 5 years.
This would be ideal for a missing middle type building somewhere around 4-6 storeys.
Rowhouse fire in Kensington Market causes $1M in damage - CityNews Toronto
Fire officials say a dog alerted the man who lived in the home where the fire originated by barking, allowing the man to escape the fire.
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Towered
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Probably a typical case of insurance stalling and delaying as long as possible.
AlbertC
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Photo from yesterday. The fence in front of the house on the south looks to have been added in recent months, based on the Google street view from May 2019.
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AlbertC
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On Queen East, just east of Sherbourne:
Towered
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Wooden shutters - that building must be extremely old for Toronto standards. I hope it has heritage designation, though I have a gut feeling it doesn't...
AlbertC
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243 Queen St E should be its address, but I can't find any info available info to indicate its heritage recognition status. If restored properly, it reminds me of the building at the SE corner of Sherbourne & Adelaide E (below).
The area of Queen E, Dundas E, Sherbourne and side streets of Moss Park have a high concentration of neglected buildings.
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AlbertC
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Are old downtown buildings arson magnets or the answer to the city's housing crisis?
Developers should be required to keep buildings occupied as long as possible, councillor says
Michael Smee · CBC News · Posted: Feb 20, 2020 5:00 AM ET
After a series of suspicious fires at vacant downtown buildings, Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam is calling for stricter rules governing developers.
Wong-Tam's motion, passed by the housing and planning committee last week, calls on staff to research possible new rules that would make developers keep tenants in their newly-acquired properties as long as possible.
In a letter to the committee, Wong-Tam maintained that too many developers are pushing tenants out as quickly as they can, "accomplishing demolition by neglect."
Developers should be required to keep buildings occupied as long as possible, councillor says
Michael Smee · CBC News · Posted: Feb 20, 2020 5:00 AM ET
After a series of suspicious fires at vacant downtown buildings, Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam is calling for stricter rules governing developers.
Wong-Tam's motion, passed by the housing and planning committee last week, calls on staff to research possible new rules that would make developers keep tenants in their newly-acquired properties as long as possible.
In a letter to the committee, Wong-Tam maintained that too many developers are pushing tenants out as quickly as they can, "accomplishing demolition by neglect."
adma
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I *think* they're "fake", or at least connected with the restaurant that used to be at that location.
AlbertC
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The former Alcoa Bakery on Davenport Road, just west of Ossington has been boarded up for a few years now:
kali
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What's the abandoned structure just south of Sunnybrook Hospital's campus? Image credit Google Streetview. Can't really see it in that pic, but it's a small rectangular building with one floor. There's a fence around it and a sign saying it's private property. The windows are knocked out and walls are tagged.
Northern Light
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Interesting question.
More sleuthing required!
Here is an aerial photo from the City's mapping software, taken in winter.
The pink lines denote a discrete lot. So it shows as a different lot than Sunnybrook, or the City's parkland.
However, if you google the street address it does show as being Sunnybrook Hospital.
The black liners suggest an attempt at soil retention/erosion prevention. But unclear to me why. Photo is 2018.