Toronto TCHC Firgrove-Grassways Revitalization | ?m | 25s | TCHC | LGA Architectural
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AlbertC
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Some commentary of the existing 5 Needle Firway building being retrofitted with a new exterior facade replacement. Photo from the Azure article:
www.azuremagazine.com
(Almost) Never Demolish: Reviving Social Housing Through Preservation
Across North America, these architects and community leaders are fostering more socially and environmentally sustainable modes of rebuilding publicly run housing.
www.azuremagazine.com
Northern Light
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A propos timing by @AlbertC in posting the above.
The Rental Housing Demolition - Final Report on this development is headed to the next meeting of EYCC on September 10th.
The Rental Housing Demolition - Final Report on this development is headed to the next meeting of EYCC on September 10th.
UtakataNoAnnex
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That acid green cladding...
PMT
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From CBC News:
More than 600 residents from Firgrove-Grassways were relocated. What will they come home to?
Northern Light
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From the article linked above, an aerial pic of the now cleanly demo'd site:
Also some content:
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I find this a bit odd..........they demo'd the site w/o having the redevelopment fully funded? That's not the way Regent Park or Alex. Park or Lawrence have been done.............very odd.