LowPolygon
Senior Member
A question: does anyone know what accounts for the sad and desolate condition of the little area on the east side of Sherbourne St. just south of Bloor?
It’s a strange and lonely little stretch—Howard St and Glen Road are particularly bleak.
Many of the houses are late 19th—early 20th century and quite lovely, yet they have been deserted for decades.
Glen Road in particular is really quite strange. It has the grimy entrance to the Sherbourne subway, and the tunnel to the Rosedale foot bridge on one end. The entire West side of the street is bricked up Victorian houses.
Glen, Howard and Bleecker were all really beautiful back in the day, until St James Town destroyed the neighbourhood. But that was 45 years ago. You would think this area would have been resuscitated by now.
The area is due for a re-look as Howard St is right across the road from the James Cooper Mansion—the site of the new Tridel condo.
Actually I find it kind of amazing that Tridel is putting a spiffy new condo in this stretch of downtown. Its certainly the grittiest location for a trendy new condo that we’ve seen.
Ok, its not as extreme as a Spire on the corner of Queen and Lansdowne—but its tilting in that direction.
here are some photos of the area from the other day:
It’s a strange and lonely little stretch—Howard St and Glen Road are particularly bleak.
Many of the houses are late 19th—early 20th century and quite lovely, yet they have been deserted for decades.
Glen Road in particular is really quite strange. It has the grimy entrance to the Sherbourne subway, and the tunnel to the Rosedale foot bridge on one end. The entire West side of the street is bricked up Victorian houses.
Glen, Howard and Bleecker were all really beautiful back in the day, until St James Town destroyed the neighbourhood. But that was 45 years ago. You would think this area would have been resuscitated by now.
The area is due for a re-look as Howard St is right across the road from the James Cooper Mansion—the site of the new Tridel condo.
Actually I find it kind of amazing that Tridel is putting a spiffy new condo in this stretch of downtown. Its certainly the grittiest location for a trendy new condo that we’ve seen.
Ok, its not as extreme as a Spire on the corner of Queen and Lansdowne—but its tilting in that direction.
here are some photos of the area from the other day: