Queen W & Portland fire

[smuncky]

Streetcars Return to Regular Routing on Queen Street

Queen Street West between Shaw Street and Spadina Avenue re-opened for TTC streetcars at 12:03 a.m. on Saturday, March 1st. The 501 Queen streetcar has returned to regular routing both eastbound and westbound.

The 501 Queen had been on a diversion following the fire on February 20th.

http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/501returns.html

 

[Kaylers]

Has anyone taken any pictures of the ongoing demolition? I was there yesterday and it was eerie to see the contents of people's apartments being ripped out...

 

[immi4ever]

how surpise ~

at first sight,i think it like the scene of 9.11 ,how terrible....

 

[DENTROBATE54]

Minus the exuberant loss-of-life of course. It'll bounce back and better than before with the absence of time-warped artitecture.

Welcome to UT immi4ever!

 

[Conrad Black]

I wonder if they'll ever figure out the cause of the fire.

 

[ShonTron]

You should change your location to Coleman, FL, Tubby. Do you have internet privileges?

 

[Edward Skira]

http://www.queenfirebenefit.com/

 

[matthew]

Has anyone taken any pictures of the ongoing demolition?

February 23:

March 12:

 

[Braddale]

I hope there is some news in the near future of re-construction on the site. I check the Dukes Cycle site regularly and they have found a new location in the area, would be great to see them return to a new building on the same site as well as the other businesses that were on the block.

Hope whatever goes there can somehow retain the look of the surounding buildings.

 

[MetroMan]

I was thinking that the Borroughs building would find a tenant quickly now. I thought Duke's would fit in there really well. I guess not.

 

[Braddale]

Does anyone know of any recently built 2 or 3 story commercial buildings in the city that would fit in well with the streetscape on Queen West?

 

[urbandreamer]

Check out the Fram development in Port Credit. Quite nicely done. Otherwise, Toronto sucks at recreating redbrick 3-4 story retail units. Maybe Clewes to the rescue yet again?

 

[Braddale]

Check out the Fram development in Port Credit. Quite nicely done. Otherwise, Toronto sucks at recreating redbrick 3-4 story retail units. Maybe Clewes to the rescue yet again?

The Fram development? Is that on the south side of Lakeshore as you are entering Port Credit? If so I think I know the buildings you mean. I have to go check them out again.

Sorry I am not familar with Clewes. Is that a developer?

 

[marcus_a_j]

^ Clewes is an architect with the firm aA (Architects Alliance)

 

[Edward]

Clewes designed Spire among many others.