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The beaux arts mansion is conspicuously absent in the new render, which is clearly an intentional change ... :(

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The beaux arts mansion is conspicuously absent in the new render, which is clearly an intentional change ... :(

I am guessing that is the main reason why they found a way to burn it down. They never intended to include the heritage house in the first place
 
Not really an update, but the article has a picture of the current condition of the house:

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Not a 100% loss (or else they would have demolished everything). I could see it going either way- either they end up claiming that the walls are too damaged/too expensive to keep up, or they'll just reconstruct parts of the house.

Either way, it'll be cheaper than retaining the entire house in-situ as originally intended.

Edit: That being said, the most recent planning documents here: http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...icationsList.do?action=init&folderRsn=3063185 don't seem to indicate any changes to the existing plans.
 
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Go – Rams – Go?

If they expect another investor-driven condo who don’t know nor don’t care who the Ryerson sports teams are, but want Ryerson students rent money, I guess this makes sense.
 
Not really an update, but the article has a picture of the current condition of the house:

houses-sheard.jpg


Not a 100% loss (or else they would have demolished everything). I could see it going either way- either they end up claiming that the walls are too damaged/too expensive to keep up, or they'll just reconstruct parts of the house.

Either way, it'll be cheaper than retaining the entire house in-situ as originally intended.

Edit: That being said, the most recent planning documents here: http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...icationsList.do?action=init&folderRsn=3063185 don't seem to indicate any changes to the existing plans.
As mentioned before, the City cannot let them off the hook for incorporation of at least a reconstructed heritage building in the front, otherwise we will face a spate of 'accidental' fires taking out heritage buildings where the City is requiring that they stay.

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As mentioned before, the City cannot let them off the hook for incorporation of at least a reconstructed heritage building in the front, otherwise we will face a spate of 'accidental' fires taking out heritage buildings where the City is requiring that they stay.

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For all its faults and past sins, Toronto does preserve a decent amount of its old built form in any form possible (not ideal but acceptable).

At this moment right now, there's still plenty of heritage losses going on in the US (especially in the NY-NJ region, what's torn down there is pretty shocking, even more shocking is the rather middling quality of their replacements). Even some parts of Canada (like Saint John NB) have seen some pretty egregious losses.

IMO, this house could be quite attractive once it gets rebuilt and the plaster comes off.
 
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After two fires, a heritage rose rises from the ashes on Jarvis Street

Dave LeBlanc Toronto
Special to The Globe and Mail

Perhaps that's because Mr. Pattison is a self-confessed "nerd" when it comes to history. While only a coffered ceiling, some moulding, a small staircase, and the ornate radiators remained when he first walked through, the plan was "to preserve the entire structure, all four walls, and try to reinstate some of the original pieces back into it." The second fire, however, destroyed most of that, and the need to gain access to the basement (no bodies or evidence of arson was found) means Graywood/Phantom had to switch gears.

So, today, the keen aficionado who finds herself walking past will notice only the north and east walls standing. After the backhoe had its way with the south wall and the rear, west-facing wall was deemed too weakened, a compromise was made with the city: Document those walls with details architectural drawings and then take them down. The curved-and columned front porch will get the same treatment, although in that case samples have been saved in order to reproduce it to exact specifications (the original roofline and dormer window will also be rebuilt.) If our aficionado looks closer, she'll note waterproof caps on exposed walls, cinder block and steel bracing added here-and-there for reinforcement, and replaced or re-pointed brick.

"What you see today, all the fire damage and all the restorations," finished Mr. Pattison, "it's about half a million dollars' worth that's been sunk into this."

 

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