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Was a hostel, but currently or recently leased to the City as a shelter.
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Interesting! Completed in 1869!!!
One of Toronto's older buildings!
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Lesser recognized buildings in Toronto that you enjoy
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Was a hostel, but currently or recently leased to the City as a shelter.
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Interesting! Completed in 1869!!!
One of Toronto's older buildings!
christiesplits
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44 North
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Was a hostel, but currently or recently leased to the City as a shelter.
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Interesting! Completed in 1869!!!
One of Toronto's older buildings!
Toronto Architectural Conservancy - TO Built = 76 Church Street
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Well I feel like a fool. Googled the building because was curious if any old photos, and it led me to page 6 of this thread. It's already been brought up
adma
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It'd likely be the frontage that's 1869, of course. The rear part w/the dome is presumably later (and it was a hotel of some sort before the hostel took over).
I'd presume the leasing-out is a momentary pandemic condition: the HI International site says "Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this hostel is closed until further notice." (Though much as with Greyhound, it'd be interesting if the pandemic leads to Hostelling International Canada shutting down operations altogether as well--strike another blow for those late c20 standbys of cheap youth travel)
I'd presume the leasing-out is a momentary pandemic condition: the HI International site says "Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this hostel is closed until further notice." (Though much as with Greyhound, it'd be interesting if the pandemic leads to Hostelling International Canada shutting down operations altogether as well--strike another blow for those late c20 standbys of cheap youth travel)
vic
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Not sure if that qualifies as "lesser recognized". It's pretty well known, and was especially awesome before the turret came down:
Heydon House
Heydon House, corner of St. Clair W. and (Old) Weston Road, Moores Limited Drugs sign, streetcar in loop behind garage. Photographer Arthur S. Goss. Source: City of Toronto Archives Salmon 1110 The…
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LuckyS
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Hugh Garner Housing Co-Op (550 Ontario St)
LuckyS
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Bleecker Street Co-Op (85 Bleecker St) - nice little skybridge.
egotrippin
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Great thread, I'm only just seeing it now (it's also been a while since I've been active here).
I used to live around the corner from the Scarborough Church of God and have always been fond of it. Scarborough has a number of gems hidden away in plain sight, possibly overlooked due to the general downtrodden appearance of most of its streetscapes. Scarborough Junction especially is an area that seems ripe with potential.
I used to live around the corner from the Scarborough Church of God and have always been fond of it. Scarborough has a number of gems hidden away in plain sight, possibly overlooked due to the general downtrodden appearance of most of its streetscapes. Scarborough Junction especially is an area that seems ripe with potential.
egotrippin
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I could probably fill a page or two with Scarborough churches, take for example the lovely and seemingly out of place Italianate St. Lawrence Martyr on Lawrence Ave E near Birchmount. I was quite surprised to find out it was built in 1960 considering Modernism was full steam ahead by then, and it doesn't come across as "schlock-y" for being what some might consider historicist pastiche.
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This midrise at Clark and Hilda:
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AlbertC
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Article on the new water treatment plant designed by gh3 in the West Donlands area:
www.azuremagazine.com
A Water Treatment Plant Finds Elegance in Infrastructure
Local practice GH3* unveils a new stormwater treatment plant that doubles as a stoic civic landmark in Toronto.
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egotrippin
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Article on the new water treatment plant designed by gh3 in the West Donlands area:
A Water Treatment Plant Finds Elegance in Infrastructure
Local practice GH3* unveils a new stormwater treatment plant that doubles as a stoic civic landmark in Toronto.
“So much money gets spent on it, but the incremental cost of adding architecture is relatively small. It’s an easy way for cities to make themselves more beautiful.”
This quote right here, this needs to be the message front and centre every time bad design or value engineering rears its ugly head. I've always thought that there's no excuse for all the bland, banal and cheap new construction in this city; these buildings already have millions, if not hundreds of millions invested into them. We should be demanding better design in everywhere, from private residential developments to our civic buildings and spaces.
Towered
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Where is the Scarborough Junction area?
Northern Light
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Where the Stouffville GO line meets the Lakeshore GO line; that's the physical junction from whence the name arrives.
You can think of the Scarborough GO Station on the LSE as the neighbourhood landmark.
The geographical reference will tend to be used a bit more to the areas north-east of the station, heading in the direction of Danforth Road + St. Clair vs the areas south and east.
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