I love it when possible if they're able to expose the original brick. In many cases the layers of paint are the only thing keeping the bricks together. That Ottawa restoration looks amazing J.OT13.
We have a pretty significant restoration happening right now on a landmark building where they've started to sandblast the paint off and the bricks they's already exposed seem to be crumbling away. It will be neat to see what this old gal looks like after they are complete it though. All I know is it's being rebovated for retail and office space.
Image from the Toronto Star :
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014...d_spadina.html
Does anybody here know who purchased it? it seems we lucked out because though the building was listed under the Toronto's heritage Registry it was never given official heritage status which would have protected it from being torn down. Who ever owns it now has stated restoration, I'll try to provide some visual updates over the next few months.
1940(ish) posted by: fifaguy on photbucket
http://s82.photobucket.com/user/fifa...f2645.jpg.html
