photos 20230316. The Myth Restaurant has been dispelled. Three days after the fire at Brant St and King St on February 28th, windows of the 1890 heritage building have been boarded up and the utility pole and wiring have been replaced. Image March 17, 2023 Vik
photos 20211103. Something’s afoot at the patched up and twice fire damaged heritage property at 422-424 Wellington Street West. Image November 3, 2021 Vik
photos 20201007. The view from here (standing on crumbling steps looking at the empty sign frames of a failed development). Image October 8, 2020 Vik
photos 20200430. After suffering two fires within two days a month ago, the heritage properties 422-424 Wellington St W and its redevelopment Wellington House may be at risk. Image May 1, 2020 Vik
photos 20200421. Several fire-damaged houses with fake mullioned board windows greet passersby on George St. as they wait to be included in the redevelopment of the next door Seaton House, one of the largest homeless shelters in Toronto. Image April 21, 2020 Vik
photos 20190902. On September 1st, another suspicious fire hit this 1865 heritage house at 314 Jarvis St slated for redevelopment. This image shows the house after a fire in January 2016 after an OMB appeal was launched to counter a city ruling that the development was too tall. Image September 30, 2019 Vik How this will affect an OMB appeal launched by Duration Investments whose 43 storey Quadrangle Architects designed condominium was rejected by the city for height concerns and the shadow it would cast across neighbouring Allan Gardens. A firefighter on scene could not help but joke about the “carsicle” left behind.
photos 20160104. A three-alarm fire at 314 Jarvis Street in Toronto today has left an abandoned 1865 house gutted. Image January 4, 2016 Vik
photos 20140328A. Firefighters fought a six-alarm fire at a foam mattress factory near Dufferin and Eglinton in Toronto on March 27, 2014. Image March 28, 2014 Vik