Tag Archives: community housing
20170615. A look back at the 2015 demolition of a modernist Peter Dickinson Regent Park tower in the park.
20160315. Peering up Cityplace Block 32 at bold Toronto Community Housing.
20150208. New and old contrast vividly in Toronto’s Regent Park during the demolition of its 2nd last modernist tower.
20141129. Toronto’s bleak Alexandra Park where units with wooden windows await demolition.
20141127. Walking the empty laneways of Toronto’s old (brutalist?) Alexandra Park before redevelopment.
20141120. Toronto’s beautiful Art Deco apartments at 1477 Bayview (c.1941). Despite being heritage listed, they face development pressure.
This Garden Court Apartment complex has 10 buildings beautifully arranged around an interior court. It is one of the nicest places in Toronto and will be featured on this Saturdays Urban Exploration Walk.
There is a development proposal sign in front but a more recent city report recommends refusing the proposal and corresponding zoning plan amendment. The proposal called for the demolition of the complex to make way for, you guessed it, more condominiums.
20141105. Living the high-life in mixed-income Regent Park (Paintbox Condos left; 252 Sackville Toronto Community Housing right).
