tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post4802265120955133349..comments2024-03-22T03:35:27.752-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: Urban renewalcarmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-50920567409013985662009-12-02T18:45:59.995-05:002009-12-02T18:45:59.995-05:00Surprisingly there is no Tim Hortons going up... L...Surprisingly there is no Tim Hortons going up... Last time I drove by the corner it was being turned into a pathway/pseudo grassy knoll to funnel pedestrians from the corner into... the barren parking lot!<br /><br />Speaking of building buildings worth keeping... Whats with all the stucco ugliness that is invading the city? <br /><br />Alex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-42745553175500700582009-12-01T10:48:58.940-05:002009-12-01T10:48:58.940-05:00Hello Carmi!
I apologize for using your Blog as a ...Hello Carmi!<br />I apologize for using your Blog as a venue to communicate and compliment another Blogger's posts, but I am not of the Blog world and I cannot figure out how to post a comment on Mojo's Blog (the way he has the comment moderation set up seems as though I cannot post anonymously) that and I could not resist.<br />Mojo:<br />The photo of the the church built in 1932 is just gorgeous! Your title choice for it "Imperious and Imposing" is apropos. I love it!<br />Terri<br /><br />P.S. Thanks Carmi, again I am sorry for using your Blog to communicate with Mojo on his post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-82227508168937664572009-12-01T10:31:30.221-05:002009-12-01T10:31:30.221-05:00Hello Carmi!
This will probably be replaced with a...Hello Carmi!<br />This will probably be replaced with a Tim Horton's (there isn't one on that corner yet).<br />TerriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-90472265842405593852009-12-01T10:01:50.439-05:002009-12-01T10:01:50.439-05:00I think Bobbie makes the point perfectly. Build s...I think Bobbie makes the point perfectly. Build something worth keeping to start with and someone will want it. And Klaatu -- as usual -- underscores the point as only he can. And I'll illustrate his point(s) with ... illustrations.<br /><br />"...Big-Ass Looky-Loo power structures? Hows about Churches?"<br /><a href="http://mojo11.blogspot.com/2009/11/thematic-photographic-77-buildings-v40.html" rel="nofollow">Thematic Photographic 77: "Buildings" v.4.0 - Imperious and Imposing</a><br /><br />...government edifices, from Roman coliseums, to American and Canadian State and Parliament buildings. (Okay, so it's a post office but still.)<br /><a href="http://mojo11.blogspot.com/2009/11/thematic-photographic-77-buildings-v50.html" rel="nofollow">Thematic Photographic 77: "Buildings" v.5.0 - Going Postal</a><br /><br />And okay, this isn't a Parliament building, but it is owned by the state. <br /><a href="http://mojo11.blogspot.com/2009/12/thematic-photographic-77-buildings-v60.html" rel="nofollow">Thematic Photographic 77: "Buildings" v.6.0 - Department of Defenestrated</a>Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-80981628573273032812009-12-01T03:54:27.462-05:002009-12-01T03:54:27.462-05:00"Junk it" is certainly the right phrase...."Junk it" is certainly the right phrase. How sad looking.<br /><br />If only we could bring ourselves to build something worth keeping to begin with.bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658103343742852411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-53734621838464014422009-11-30T22:42:15.495-05:002009-11-30T22:42:15.495-05:00Sometimes I think the decision is made by those pa...Sometimes I think the decision is made by those passionate enough to strap themselves to the building and brave the bulldozers... but not too often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-11589008793014416452009-11-30T21:26:57.113-05:002009-11-30T21:26:57.113-05:00it's sadening and hard to believe that somethi...it's sadening and hard to believe that something can become so neglected as that photo...forgotten, in plain sight...Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353317664100788614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-85168407444409731152009-11-30T19:13:57.212-05:002009-11-30T19:13:57.212-05:00Retail spaces have become as dispensable as the pr...Retail spaces have become as dispensable as the products they sell. It is cheaper to tear down and rebuild than to renovate.<br />The old buildings ( in London look at the Dominion postal building at Queens and Richmond) were made to last and give the impression of power and stability. <br />Look at government edifices, from Roman coliseums, to American and Canadian State and Parliament buildings.<br />Want Big-Ass Looky-Loo power structures? Hows about Churches?<br />You don't get much more "Oooh, I'm all high and mighty and you're so insignificant" than that.<br /> Things used to be built to last. Now they are just made to be a temporary profit centre.<br />If you had not have identified the structure, I woulda guessed trailer park.invisiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772375005034797148noreply@blogger.com