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fedge
Location: Gaud Corners, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Total Likes: 11 likes
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| | | | Piece of history removed from Uxbridge < on 3/7/2010 6:54 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Piece of history removed from Uxbridge Work to be a 'deconstruction' say officials Mar 04, 2010 - 04:30 AM By Jeff Hayward UXBRIDGE -- There won't be a 'big boom' like some may have anticipated. Heavy equipment has rolled into the demolition site at Toronto Street and Victoria Drive, where the old Co-op buildings will be removed and a new glass office building of First Leaside Securities will be erected. But Joan Wilson of First Leaside, who is overseeing the project, said it won't be a spectacular show involving explosives to bring down the existing buildings. "It's more of a deconstruction than a demolition," she said. The construction is a green LEED project that looks not only at the construction of the new site, but the entire process, noted First Leaside staff. Jeff Norton of JMX Contracting Inc. was busy with his crew taking apart the structures at the site March 2, and expects the removal to be completed by the end of the month. He noted most material can be re-used. "I'm going to retain all the structural timber, and return it to the client," he said, noting the wood can be made into furniture by local business Gilldercroft for the new Leaside office. "We recycle everything (except asbestos), it's not cost-effective to go to landfill." While it's not exactly clear when the Co-op was erected, some Township officials agreed it was built in the 1950s. "Judging by the timber, I'm guessing 1940s," offered Mr. Norton, whose operation has completed demolition projects around Ontario including the Canadian Malting Silos in Toronto recently. Some residents gathered outside the perimeter fence to take in the show March 2. One of them was Don Scott, who has memories of the Co-op from early in his life. "I used to come to this building as a kid, I used to feed the cats in there," said Mr. Scott. "When I got older I did a bunch of electrical wiring (at the site) with my father ... the basement is one of the scariest places I've been, it looks like a horror movie." The inside of the buildings are smeared with graffiti and cobwebs hang from the ceiling. Remnants of old equipment within the walls are the only sign of the operation that once was. Meanwhile, the long-awaited project was delayed for a number of factors including wading through "several layers of approval" from groups such as GO Transit and Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, noted Ms. Wilson. First Leaside was also waiting for the Township to finalize its redevelopment incentives under a Community Improvement Plan, she added. "It's a complicated project because of the site," she added.
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| CravenMorehead
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| | | Re: Piece of history removed from Uxbridge < Reply # 5 on 3/31/2011 6:15 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by TheMadHatter drunken ueing? lol *types this while sipping red wine*
exploring definitely is a bit more fun when you've got a full flask of JD on your hip....
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