Barton Street - Page 2

omro · #21 Posted **Oct 26, 2008, 6:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by flar

That's West Avenue School and I'm not sure if anyone is currently using it. But I think it has a heritage designation.

And that actually holds weight?

highwater · #22 Posted **Oct 26, 2008, 6:58 PM**

It means you need a rubber stamp from council before the wrecking ball swings. Of course we've got lots of slimeballs who can't even wait that long.

markbarbera · #23 Posted **Oct 27, 2008, 12:57 PM**

West Avenue School is slated for conversion to affordable housing. The conversion is being done by Spallacci Contracting. The city approved the project back in April, but its start is delayed while awaiting funding from the federal government.

Boomtown_Hamilton · #24 Posted **Oct 28, 2008, 2:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

Don't forget York Street, sorry, "Boulevard." The devastation there should be considered a crime against humanity. I weep when I look at old pictures of York. What the frack were they thinking?

I grew up on a side street off of York Boulevard when it was known as York Street and back in the day it was in worse shape than present-day Barton Street. There were also plenty of sleezy bars that they got rid of too.

MsMe · #25 Posted **Oct 28, 2008, 3:12 AM**

I wonder what they are going to do with the school on Nash Rd and Kentley. There was a sign on it for ages saying it was a future home for a nursing home. Now that sign has been taken down. Again, another closed school sitting empty.

matt602 · #26 Posted **Oct 28, 2008, 4:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by markbarbera

West Avenue School is slated for conversion to affordable housing. The conversion is being done by Spallacci Contracting. The city approved the project back in April, but its start is delayed while awaiting funding from the federal government.

Judging by what they did with the Terraces on King, I'm glad to see they picked up this project.

raisethehammer · #27 Posted **Oct 28, 2008, 1:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boomtown_Hamilton

I grew up on a side street off of York Boulevard when it was known as York Street and back in the day it was in worse shape than present-day Barton Street. There were also plenty of sleezy bars that they got rid of too.

how old are you? the reason I ask is because your view of York may be tainted due to living during expropriation and the impending 'renewal' plan.
Older folks who remember it back long before the city started planning their idiotic renewal say it was a bustling, booming street as evidenced in photos.
Regardless, I'd rather have the potential and streetwall of Barton street than an empty, friggin highway.

flar · #28 Posted **Oct 28, 2008, 1:53 PM**

You must be quite a bit older than I though Boomtown, I believe York Blvd was built in the early 70s.

The quality of the buildings on York looks to be much higher than what is currently on Barton. Streets like those, even if mostly abandoned, are what impresses me when I drive into a city for the first time.

MsMe · #29 Posted **Oct 28, 2008, 2:37 PM**

The school they did change into something worthwhile was the one on the beach. It got changed into restaurant, Barangas. I have never been in it though. My next door neighbour went to that school many years ago. Location was the key for that school though. I forgot what they changed Bell Cairn school into. It's been ages since I went down that part of lakeshore.

Hammer Native · #30 Posted **Oct 28, 2008, 6:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by MsMe

The school they did change into something worthwhile was the one on the beach. It got changed into restaurant, Barangas. I have never been in it though. My next door neighbour went to that school many years ago. Location was the key for that school though. I forgot what they changed Bell Cairn school into. It's been ages since I went down that part of lakeshore.

I believe it's still operating as a training centre for prison guards under the Ministry of Correctional Services.

MsMe · #31 Posted **Oct 28, 2008, 7:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hammer Native

I believe it's still operating as a training centre for prison guards under the Ministry of Correctional Services.

The brain gets a bit dusty when you get to my age.

drpgq · #32 Posted **Aug 12, 2019, 2:18 PM**

The people behind Motel are opening a cocktail bar called Stardust a couple of spots down from Motel.

The people behind Pokeh are opening MaiPai, a tiki bar with Detroit style pizza where Cloud 9 was, close to Sherman.

Dr Awesomesauce · #33 Posted **Aug 13, 2019, 1:10 AM**

^Never heard of any of those places...but they sound great! Particularly the Tiki bar!