adma
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It's just my opinion that the factory no longer belongs in this area, not only because of the rise in land values, but also because of its position between Corus Quay and Pier 27.
Though the ironic thing here is: what's the name of the park around Corus Quay--Sugar Beach, named after...
That said, back to ladyscraper's
I have never heard anyone mention that sugar factory as detrimental to the city's image except for you just now.
I'd beg to differ: however untutored (or not), I *have* sensed a certain not-*too*-uncommon perspective of Redpath as an "urban detriment". And yes, a lot of that has to do with the "dead zone" natural condition of active industrial operations, esp. highlighted against a tableau of pending urban redevelopment all around. Indeed, even certain of Redpath's *architectural* defenders are resigned to the possibility that Redpath may, just may, choose to bail from the site someday, and that nothing's eternal. (And we must keep in mind the controversially enduring dormancy of Victory Soya and Canada Malting, too.)
So, it isn't so much that ahmad.m.atiya is labelling Redpath an "urban detriment": it's that he's labelling it from the perspective of McMansion-level, EIFS-quoins-reclad-level abject ignorance--the "little architectural knowledge" crowd...