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Originally Posted by whatnext
What's the derelict looking warehouse thing in the background?
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That's the Cooper Site, an old railway repair shop that has lain derelict for a couple of decades while passing through private hands several times. The latest owner was an asshole shyster who held the city to ransom for years. He's still in the process of suing the city for more money after the land was finally expropriated. He pulled the same stunt in another smaller city in Ontario.
There have always been vague plans to develop it, but the problem is that nobody really knows how much it will cost to clean the site up. It's probably pretty toxic after decades of use repairing trains.
https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/ar...oned-rail-shop