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| One last look London, ON October 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
The shattered windows reflected the sunlight just so, and I figured the building would soon be demolished.
For reasons known only to time, the hulking building found something of a second life, with part of it converted into a beach volleyball facility while the rest of it languished.
Eventually even the volleyball thing came to an end.
So when I found myself nearby while running errands last week, I took a walk to see what was up.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, time has clearly not been kind to this place. The windows were even more shattered than I had remembered, with chunks of the facade now completely open to the elements.
Yet wisps of autumn color still crept along the ruined brickwork, defiantly planting the seeds of life in a place seemingly hostile to it.
As I quietly snapped away, a gentleman in a hard hat and reflective vest approached and asked if this used to be a bakery. I said I wasn’t sure, but I thought it was originally some kind of machinery-making factory.
We chatted for a bit about how they don’t make them like this anymore, and when I told him I was glad it was still standing, he shrugged his shoulders and said, “Not for long.”
Turns out he was part of the demolition team, and they had just arrived to begin the painstaking process of bringing the entire building down.
He had no idea what came next for this site, but I couldn’t help but shudder at the timing. Maybe I was meant to return here before it disappeared. Maybe old buildings aren’t as lifeless as we once might have thought.
Or maybe they deserve one last chance to say goodbye.
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