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In the demo photos, it appeared to have incredibly thin exterior walls overall. Maybe no more so than other old wooden buildings(?) - but seeing it so starkly was sort of fascinating to me. |
hi all,
i used to live in this building as a student in the early '90s, and found this thread while randomly googling the address. i always remembered this apartment very fondly, and i was kind of gutted to see the picture of the flattened building. what a shame. amazing that it resisted developers all this time. i would have expected a company to renovate the flats into high-priced condo "lofts" as they tend to do here in montreal, which, while it is damaging to the rental market, seems a less tragic fate than flattening a heritage building and putting up a generic, cheaply made box. my roommates and i lived on the third floor, which was the top -- the landlord at the time told us that at some point the building had a fourth floor which blew off in a storm? there was in fact a stairway leading up to nowhere in the kitchen. there was an antique stove and radiators and beautiful old decorative elements in the apartment and the public spaces. probably one of the nicest apartments i've ever lived in, in many ways. i have lots of photos, which i'll have to dig up now, and i'll post any that might be of interest to the community here. |
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Sign boards have been put up on the fence around the site and it looks like a second entrance to the underground parking has been put in for the building next door.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2894/3...4a2230a0_h.jpg20170330_125305 by Jonovision23, on Flickr |
This project gets underway as of August 22nd and will take 16 to 18 months to complete!
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Excavation has started.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4367/...4622f20d_h.jpg20170829_170914 by Jonovision23, on Flickr |
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This and the other one to be built behind the Alexander will really bulk this area out.
That area is certainly improving. Hopefully it can increase density and keep some of the heritage character. |
There is actually 3 buildings. An 8 storie 3rd phase of the alexander project, the dexel project and the building behind the existing building next to keith house...
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This one is called Flynn Flats now:
http://payload452.cargocollective.co...-LOGO_5000.jpg Source: Flynn Flats |
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Crane base in.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4599/...bbc26cec_b.jpg20171228_125425 by Jonovision23, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4693/...7a1fd4e4_b.jpg20171228_125458 by Jonovision23, on Flickr |
From the Pier 21 NS Webcams, it looks like this crane might be going up. I think I would have waited until after tomorrow's storm. No mast is visible above the neighboring building yet, so maybe they will just partially assemble it.
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