Sunday, July 5, 2015

Changes

This is a pic of the College Street United Church located at Bathurst & College St, a very busy corner in the city. A grand Gothic Revival church was built here in 1885, large enough to hold 1,200 people, but as the years passed the congregation shrank and the building needed a lot of upkeep. In the 1980s most of the church except for the original tower was demolished and 7 stories of condos were built above the church. The church still occupies the whole ground floor but I have no idea what it looks like inside. Quite a change!
Two streetcar lines intersect at this corner, hence all the lines & wires in the pic.
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31 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 5, 2015 at 8:50 AM

    Love the mix. Great job!

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  2. GosiaJuly 5, 2015 at 9:43 AM

    Location is not nice but histor intetesting

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  3. AnonymousJuly 5, 2015 at 9:48 AM

    That's a hugely impressive building!

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  4. Jackie McGuinnessJuly 5, 2015 at 9:55 AM

    Would like to see inside.

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  5. PerthDailyPhotoJuly 5, 2015 at 10:11 AM

    I agree with José, the remodelling has been beautifully achieved, it's a really attractive building Pat. We haven't had trams in Perth for so long I didn't realise the amount of overhead wires that were required.

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  6. AimeecakesJuly 5, 2015 at 10:16 AM

    I love all of the interesting lines in this shot. Looks like some kind of net hanging over the road

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  7. Elizabeth EdwardsJuly 5, 2015 at 10:31 AM

    1st we have to talk about all those wires ... that is way too much ... they need to go with underground wiring. i have never seen so many ... goodness gracious. wow wee!! ( :

    now to the church --- so massive. would love to see inside. just to see what they did, decorative wise.

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  8. 21 WitsJuly 5, 2015 at 11:13 AM

    That's a lot of wires that's for sure! This building is very impressive, nice capture of this corner!

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  9. BirdmanJuly 5, 2015 at 11:14 AM

    Too WIRED!

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  10. SharonJuly 5, 2015 at 12:10 PM

    I love how they blended the condo portion with the tower. Nicely done!

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  11. LowellJuly 5, 2015 at 12:20 PM

    Fascinating photo and story! What in the world was in those 7 stories before they became condos?

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  12. VPJuly 5, 2015 at 12:50 PM

    '7 stories of condos were built above the church', that is a shocking sentence, but the resulting building it is not bad at all!

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  13. Ann BennettJuly 5, 2015 at 1:25 PM

    It is lovely. I can see where people would love to live in the condos. I saw the wires and then I looked for the streetcar tracks. Every convenience has a cost. However, I would rather have wires than live like they did two centuries ago. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. Taken For GrantedJuly 5, 2015 at 1:37 PM

    Like your photo contrasting the architectural styles. You managed to get more wires in your post today than I did despite shooting the wires leaving Oahe Dam power plant. But I'll bet I've got more voltage.

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  15. LynetteJuly 5, 2015 at 2:35 PM

    Great post today with loads of info and a fine photo to go with it. Thanks!

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  16. cieldequimperJuly 5, 2015 at 2:55 PM

    That's very nice actually. I don't think I'd ever seen a church -or what's left of it- like this (despite those wires!)

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  17. Ruth KellyJuly 5, 2015 at 3:09 PM

    It is interesting that they built condos around the church.

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  18. EG CameraGirlJuly 5, 2015 at 3:11 PM

    How interesting the church is still on the ground floor! I would love to have a peek at some of the condos. ;))

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  19. Gerald (SK14)July 5, 2015 at 3:46 PM

    Interesting how we love or hate all those wires which are suddenly re-emerging in cities across the UK.

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  20. TomJuly 5, 2015 at 4:09 PM

    Sad on one hand, but good that it is still being used. Wires all over the place! Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  21. RevrunnerJuly 5, 2015 at 4:16 PM

    Fascinating structure.

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  22. CloudiaJuly 5, 2015 at 4:59 PM

    So many wires! Trolleys! Directions! Places to go in Toronto!




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  23. UnknownJuly 5, 2015 at 5:56 PM

    That's quite a building, it would certainly have made a statement when the whole place was a church. Lovely pictures with all those wires and cables

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  24. TexWisGirlJuly 5, 2015 at 7:58 PM

    the cables are impressive!

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  25. hamiltonJuly 5, 2015 at 9:24 PM

    I like what they've done with this!

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  26. RandyJuly 5, 2015 at 10:28 PM

    Wow that is stunning.

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  27. JackJuly 5, 2015 at 10:59 PM

    This is such a nice image, RedPat, with the spider's net of trolley wires framing the building.

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  28. Laura. MJuly 6, 2015 at 6:39 AM

    What a mess of wires :)))

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  29. Billy Blue EyesJuly 6, 2015 at 10:11 AM

    Not sure I like the idea, and I doubt they would get away with that idea here. Looks like a block of offices with a spire.

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  30. KarlJuly 6, 2015 at 1:12 PM

    Oh, is there a spider somewhere?
    The building looks great !

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  31. William KendallJuly 6, 2015 at 5:06 PM

    A very stark contrast!

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