Toronto 155 Wychwood | 28.56m | 8s | Sinocoin Capital | RAW Design

[Marcanadian]

I hope the Church can be saved somehow.

It appears to be on fire so the chances of that happening have dropped significantly:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1293319522577977347

 

[TheKingEast]

Oh c'mon!

 

[Amare]

Alright now, this cant be just happenstance and merely a coincidence. The moment we hear a peep about "preservation" is when we get a fire?

There needs to be a police investigation on this one because i'm sniffing some suspicion here.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Of course there is a fire.

 

[AlbertC]

Not the only fire in the area today btw. There was another one a few blocks east at an abandoned house on Vaughan Road:

Crews fight 2-alarm fire at abandoned home in Humewood

No injuries were reported after crews responded to a two-alarm house fire in the Humewood area Tuesday evening.

www.cp24.com

 

[AlbertC]

The church still looks in tact from the exterior after the fire:

 

[Toronto1834]

Designation of a Property on the Heritage Register - 155 Wychwood Avenue

Agenda Item History - 2020.PB17.2

 

[AlbertC]

TIL, this church was used to film scenes of the TV series, The Handmaid's Tale.

Other commentary including Matlow in this article:

Historic 83-year-old Wychwood church could be razed | TRNTO.com

The fate of the 83-year-old vacant church will soon come before council

trnto.com

 

[d.thomson]

Any update on this ?

 

[interchange42]

Any update on this ?

Members typically race to be the first to post when there is news, so no need to bump the thread with the question. (In fact, other members end up disappointed that there isn't news when they see a new post.)

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[Toronto1834]

Members typically race to be the first to post when there is news, so no need to bump the thread with the question. (In fact, other members end up disappointed that there isn't news when they see a new post.)

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I was at Wychwood and St. Clair several weeks ago and noticed orange construction fencing around trees in front of the property.

Council deferred voting on designating the Church as a heritage building so I don't know what the status of that is.

 

[Northern Light]

Demolition Permit Issued.

 

[artyboy123]

The new rendering is updated in the database. The only changes to the project information are both the height and unit counts. The height changed from 24.00m to 28.56m. The total unit count changed from 29 units to 39 units.

Rendering is taken from the architectural plan via Site Plan Approval:

 

[AlbertC]

The grade level sucks and the different motifs are busy, but overall it is an improvement over the previous iteration by a different architect.

Still unfortunate that there's no consideration for reusing or adapting at least the existing church (facade) though.

 

[Rimawi]

Wasn’t the church currently on the site designated? How do they plan on tearing it down? Would be a real shame