Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Building For The Future?


This row of buildings, just down the street from yesterday's building, was built in 1893 as small cottages for workers. Over the years they had all been converted to little shops like hairdressers and dog groomers. That is all going to change as it looks like they may all be coming down. As the banner says they are "building for the future". I wonder what we will see here in the future. 

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16 comments:

William Kendall said...

A shame.

Taken For Granted said...

Perhaps the renovated building will be energy efficient? You will have to keep us informed of this project's development.

Sharon said...

Too bad they have to go. I hope the new building is worthy of the space.

eileeninmd said...

It is a shame the buildings are coming down, it seems a waste.
They could be remodeled. Take care, have a happy day!

Anne Hagman-Niilola said...

Big renovation going on.

Tom said...

...building something tall with glass?

Bill said...

Another high rise building maybe?

Cloudia said...

Toronto does a pretty good job of saving some of the legacy buildings and houses. It will be interesting to see what happens here. Thank you Pat for preserving aloha

jennyfreckles said...

Pity if they go as they look quite attractive.

roentare said...

These are the strata sort of housing here. Real estate is a profitable business.

Catalyst said...

Progress. Sad.

Jenn Jilks said...

Sometimes you just can't refurbish them. We had a house in Toronto, and my dad and first husband replaced all the wiring and plumbing. It was epic.

Andrew said...

Something like the buildings visible in the background I suppose. Who is living in all these expensive condo buildings?

s.c said...

But those facades with their human scale will not come back I am afraid.

Iris Flavia said...

Very sad. It looks very interesting.

Jenn said...

Such a shame to lose a piece of history.