The Great Canadian Heritage Restoration Thread
The_Architect's post in the re-clad thread (quoted below) inspired me to start this thread. Let's see your city's best restorations of heritage buildings. Post pictures of what they looked like when they were built, as they were during the "dark times" and what they look like now.
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Great idea for a thread.
Here's a recent one. This victorian building sits at the corner of Des Pins and Saint-Laurent. It was in such a bad state that I was sure it was not possible to save it. Then the city obliged the owner to do something about it and voilà ! The original http://projetmontreal.org/wp-content...29_750x500.jpg Source: projet Montreal Before the restoration http://images.lpcdn.ca/641x427/20110...nord-ouest.jpg Source: La Presse After the restoration http://montrealrealestateblog.com/wp...-stLaurent.jpg Source: Montreal RE blog |
The Dineen Building at Yonge & Temperance:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...phy/bizcaf.jpg From thecharioteer at Urban Toronto Here it is on the left: http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...568_it0311.jpg From thecharioteer at Urban Toronto And again on the left: http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...057_it8938.jpg From thecharioteer at Urban Toronto How it looked from Google Street View just a few years ago. I was sure that it was going to either collapse or be demolished: http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default...6839-22592.jpg From Urban Toronto And here it is today: http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default...6839-22580.jpg By: Craig White at Urban Toronto Learn more here: A Breath of Fresh Air for the Historic Dineen Building on Yonge The Dineen Building Opens For Business Urban Toronto project thread |
I see subway construction in one of those pictures...
Must be getting ready for the Yonge line.. |
Those are some fantastic restorations in Toronto. I especially like the moldings around the roofline.
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This one was not quite as far gone, but it was a good restoration nonetheless.
3414 Stanley (2009-2012) http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8493/8...dc40b824_b.jpg Photo: Guillaume St-Jean http://www.flickr.com/photos/guil343...in/photostream |
Godin Building, corner Saint-Laurent and Sherbrooke. Built in 1914-1915 by Joseph-Arthur Godin. It is one of the few Art Nouveau buildings in Montreal. It was classified as a heritage building in 1990 by the Quebec government. Unfortunatley I don't have any pictures of when the building was new.
2003 http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5007/5...255294e6_b.jpg Montreal May 2003 by Montreal Photo Chick, on Flickr 2006 http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1002/1...7ed12c5c_b.jpg Godin Building by designwallah, on Flickr 2003-2006 http://farm1.staticflickr.com/149/39...776_z.jpg?zz=1 2003-2006 by guil3433, on Flickr |
St-James church on Ste-Catherine.
From wikipedia: When it was built in June 1889, it was the largest Methodist church in Canada, with 2,000 seats; it was nicknamed the "Cathedral Church of Methodism." In 1927, to cover upkeep costs, the church permitted a commercial building to be built in front of its Sainte Catherine Street façade. The building, adjoining the church's structure, concealed the church for over 78 years, the church itself being announced by a large neon sign. In 2005, as part of an $8-million restoration effort sponsored by the city of Montreal and the Quebec government, a portion of the commercial buildings were demolished, once again revealing the facade of the church, lovely restored to its former glory. The original http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/ObjView/v2532.jpg Source: McCord museum From 1927 to 2005: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BjoQ-lPQ3z.../s640/sjuc.jpg Source: Vanishing Montreal Today: http://redandr.ca/photo/city/img/Sai...(Montreal).jpg Source http://farm1.staticflickr.com/52/142...983a6f18_o.jpg By blork on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/7...5f30d4db_b.jpg By aljuarez on Flickr |
The Paton Factory was built in 1866. In 1871, it was Canada's second largest factory.
http://tolkien2008.files.wordpress.c...30-1868_av.jpg ETRC 115 years after its opening, it closed. http://www.icomos.org/~fleblanc/publ...ton_before.jpg François LeBlanc It has now become a mixed-use building. Unfortunately, the small tower you can see on the first picture has not been rebuilt. http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...m/21370544.jpg Mario Hains |
Southam building. An old printing building left to rot for many years and just recently restored and turn into condos.
Before http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5303/5...358ae2f5_b.jpg By johnbrycedavidson on Flickr http://www.southamlofts.com/DATA/NOUVELLE/7.jpg Source: Southam lofts After http://www.southamlofts.com/gx/05/so...m_building.jpg Source: Southam lofts http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/7...8822141e_c.jpg Southam Building 6 new by johnbrycedavidson, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/6...54cc0c13_c.jpg Southam Building 7 new by johnbrycedavidson, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7192/6...f878bd6f_c.jpg Southam Building 9 new by johnbrycedavidson, on Flickr[/QUOTE] |
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The Toronto building's interesting. I remember walking by that building many times. It was depressing looking and I expected it would just be torn down someday, but now it looks great. Hopefully the same thing will happen when they build condos above the old abandoned bank buildings across from the Eaton Centre. Toronto should put a lot of effort into protecting buildings like that. There aren't many left, and the amount of money required is pretty small given the scale of the modern city.
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Very few of our commercial heritage buildings have been destroyed. Those that have been changed at all have typically been completely destroyed and replaced by modern construction.
However, our residential heritage buildings have gone through many changes. The ornate woodwork of the original construction was often lost to renovations over the years as it's expensive to replicate. However, now heritage protection laws require any new renovations to return these old homes to an authentic state. Here is one such example. The rowhouse on the right has been recently renovated. The one on the left was probably renovated in the 1940s-1960s. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8...ba17f643_b.jpg Authentic? by Signal Hill Hiker Photography, on Flickr One of the more famous ones is the house in Republic of Doyle. I used to have a picture of how it looked originally as well as immediately before its most recent renovation. In the 1960s they renovated it to have giant, foot-wide wooden panels for siding. It was awful. But I lost those pictures in the transition to a new computer. |
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If you mean these buildings, that's where Massey Tower is going: http://www.blogto.com/upload/2012/02...wer-Aerial.jpg From blogTO |
Man, this thread is right up my alley! I'll post some examples, some more may come to mind, but they'll all have corresponding now photos as it's just easier for me to post them that way.
Ok, let's start off with the Carnegie Centre, now a community centre for the downtown eastside but stated out as a library and for many decades was the Vancouver Library's main branch: under construction: http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4074/4...e972738a_z.jpg Carnegie Centre Construction - 1902/2010 by entheos_fog, on Flickr 1906: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3144/2...64917e97_z.jpg Hastings and Main - 1906/2008 by entheos_fog, on Flickr The library moved out in the late '50s when a new building was built and this sat neglected until it was restored and made into a community centre in the early '80s. 1971 and vacant, fate unknown at this point: http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4082/4...79f9cb63_z.jpg Hastings and Main - 1971/2010 by entheos_fog, on Flickr It just received another facelift recently. 2010: http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4101/4...09cac1cc_z.jpg Carnegie Community Centre by entheos_fog, on Flickr |
The Yale Hotel, built in 1888.
1944: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2638/4...d490f783_z.jpg Yale Hotel - 1944/2009 by entheos_fog, on Flickr 1975: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2668/3...3ec721ab_z.jpg Yale Hotel - 1975/2009 by entheos_fog, on Flickr 2009: http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4057/4...56d0e3a2_z.jpg Yale Hotel by entheos_fog, on Flickr This building is currently undergoing a restoration along with a condo tower going up beside it: http://imageshack.us/a/img844/8672/img1081uj.jpg |
Salt building, built in 1931:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3240/5...f40a283b_z.jpg Salt Building - 1933/2011 by entheos_fog, on Flickr 2006, photo courtesy of bob_2006 on Flickr: http://farm1.staticflickr.com/93/217...7c152f05_z.jpg Domtar Salt Building - 1931 by Bob_2006, on Flickr And 2010. This building is situated right in Olympic Village and played a key role in the games. It's still sitting vacant but there's talk of a brew pub or restaurant opening up in here soon: http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4119/4...e157861c_z.jpg Salt Building and Others by entheos_fog, on Flickr |
Wow, Entheosfog. Very impressive. And I LOVE that Salt Building.
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