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 cute_boy
Location: Ontario
Gender: Male
 |  | The Brick Works
< on 10/9/2006 9:29 PM >
|  | | | The other day i was taking some photos at the brickworks and i ran into a young lady doing her thesis on the building. Anyways we got talking about how its good they dont just tear this place down and she told me what she had found out was the future of the building. I told her I had heard it was to become a restaurant and she told me this was true as well, the roof would be ripped off the main part and they would have a garden between the kilns and in the winter it would be a skating rink, how cool is that! Anyways i was wondering if people knew the fates of any other buildings, i know there was a thread about canada malting turning into some music hall of fame.
Cute
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yokes
     
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
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<Reply # 1 on 10/9/2006 11:48 PM >
| | | | The Gardiner Centre for Ceramics is setting up shop there as well. All in all, it is an excellent redevelopment plan.
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bandi
   
Lippy Mechanic Bastard
Location: Trent Hills, ON
Gender: Male
A liminal mind is all I've ever known.
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<Reply # 2 on 10/9/2006 11:53 PM >
| | | | It's funny, it has to be one of the most accessible sites around, everyone has explored the heck out of it, but it's still one of my favourite locations.
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fedge
Location: Gaud Corners, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
you blight up my life™®
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<Reply # 3 on 10/10/2006 12:06 AM >
| | | | It's the new Whitby Psych, in terms of accessibility and over-exploration.
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Decoy
Location: Leslieville
Gender: Male
Oh I have slipped the bonds of earth...
| | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 4 on 10/10/2006 4:18 AM >
| | | | Yeah, I was in there last week and met three different groups of people inside for their own reasons... at least there's room to spread out a bit though. I've never felt cramped in there - even during some larger Toronto meets.
edit - cute boy, the Canada Linseed Oil Mills, south of the Dundas Triangle is going to be turned into a community centre - not sure how much redevelopment is going to go on, so much as just tearing it down and starting fresh. Also, there's the Metronome project which is perrenially talked about as the end-game for the Canada Malting Plant. Are there any specific buildings who's fate you were interested in?
[last edit 10/10/2006 4:21 AM by Decoy - edited 1 times]
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Boffo
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Location: Smithers, BC
Gender: Male
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| | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 5 on 10/10/2006 4:37 AM >
| | | | It'll be interesting to see the Brickworks converted into something a la the Distillery District, much better than just tearing it down. I still manage to see something new most of the times I check that place out.
Lastly, Metronome is a joke.
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Bryan
Location: hello
Gender: Male
| | | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 6 on 10/10/2006 12:13 PM >
| | | | Posted by Boffo
It'll be interesting to see the Brickworks converted into something a la the Distillery District, much better than just tearing it down. I still manage to see something new most of the times I check that place out.
Lastly, Metronome is a joke.
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They're no better than LIUNA.
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kowalski
| | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 7 on 10/10/2006 1:08 PM >
| | | | Posted by Bryan
They're no better than LIUNA.
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Well no, they're better than LIUNA in the sense that they've yet to acquire sufficient capital to accomplish anything other than some shortlived television commercials.
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Air
Location: Canada
| | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 8 on 10/10/2006 2:08 PM >
| | | | Posted by cute_boy
The other day i was taking some photos at the brickworks and i ran into a young lady doing her thesis on the building. Anyways we got talking about how its good they dont just tear this place down and she told me what she had found out was the future of the building. I told her I had heard it was to become a restaurant and she told me this was true as well, the roof would be ripped off the main part and they would have a garden between the kilns and in the winter it would be a skating rink, how cool is that! Anyways i was wondering if people knew the fates of any other buildings, i know there was a thread about canada malting turning into some music hall of fame.
Cute
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Hey Cuteboy, from what I heard Jamie Oliver, the goodlooking chef from TV is opening the restaurant. I'm happy they are not building ugly ubiquitous condos there.
"The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist |
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mortimer
Location: teronno
| | | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 9 on 10/10/2006 2:45 PM >
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Hey Cuteboy, from what I heard Jamie Oliver, the goodlooking chef from TV is opening the restaurant. |
I think you mean Jamie Kennedy, the celebrated Toronto chef, not the British television chef.
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Squidgit
Location: Brighton Ontario
Gender: Female
There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me
| | | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 10 on 10/10/2006 2:47 PM >
| | | | Posted by bandi
It's funny, it has to be one of the most accessible sites around, everyone has explored the heck out of it, but it's still one of my favourite locations.
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What are you talking about? I've never explored it yet 
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| | | | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 11 on 10/10/2006 2:57 PM >
| | | | Posted by mortimer
I think you mean Jamie Kennedy, the celebrated Toronto chef, not the British television chef.
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Correct. And from what I've been told from volunteers, it is more a restaurant to serve the on-site conference/banquet facilities, rather than a typical full service restaurant.
No buildings will be removed, and most of the equipment inside the kiln warehouse will be maintained (though, the dangerous items will be removed or tidied up a bit) and only one small new building will be added.
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| | | | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 12 on 10/10/2006 3:21 PM >
| | | | Posted by fedge
It's the new Whitby Psych, in terms of accessibility and over-exploration.
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It isn't over-explored if one hasn't been there.
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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journeylady
Location: Kitchener
Gender: Female
| | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 13 on 10/10/2006 3:27 PM >
| | | | Posted by Squidgit
What are you talking about? I've never explored it yet
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me either!!
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It's exactly like a greek tragedy.
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scribble
Location: Toronto, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 14 on 10/11/2006 2:43 PM >
| | | | I was there last Sunday, 7:00am to enjoy the sunbeams, and I was disappointed that nobody else dropped in!
The place is much easier to get around in now that the barriers put up by the site's former live-in guest is gone.
Yeah, it's been explored by many, but it has so much to offer...I love watching the circles of beamed light tracking across the wall as the Earth slowly turns, it's like an ancient sun calender, very cool and hypnotic.
Check it out before the atmosphere in there is gone forever.
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Air
Location: Canada
| | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 15 on 10/11/2006 7:50 PM >
| | | | Posted by mortimer
I think you mean Jamie Kennedy, the celebrated Toronto chef, not the British television chef.
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I was told Jamie Oliver.... damn shame then!
"The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist |
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Air
Location: Canada
| | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 16 on 10/11/2006 7:52 PM >
| | | | Posted by scribble
I was there last Sunday, 7:00am to enjoy the sunbeams, and I was disappointed that nobody else dropped in!
The place is much easier to get around in now that the barriers put up by the site's former live-in guest is gone.
Yeah, it's been explored by many, but it has so much to offer...I love watching the circles of beamed light tracking across the wall as the Earth slowly turns, it's like an ancient sun calender, very cool and hypnotic.
Check it out before the atmosphere in there is gone forever.
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I wonder if he is still around, haven't seen him in the past few visits I've been.
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Stewie
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Male
kill your idols
| | | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 17 on 10/11/2006 9:34 PM >
| | | | I drop in every time I'm in Toronto for some shots. The thing I love about the brickworks is that it's so very relaxed. You can just walk around as lazy as you want, taking your time lining up the perfect picture without worrying who will see you. Stelco here in Hamilton was a lot like that, which is why I love the Brickworks so much. Good to take a break from the higher risk stuff where you have to tip toe around and be careful who sees or hears you.
Also well said regarding LIUNA, Kowalski.
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Squidgit
Location: Brighton Ontario
Gender: Female
There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me
| | | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 18 on 10/13/2006 9:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by journeylady
me either!!
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We should go then... Female only meet! hehe
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| | | | Re: The Brick Works
<Reply # 19 on 10/14/2006 3:09 AM >
| | | | For the full members, I've added some screen shots from the Evergreen Master Plan to the DB entry.
For everyone else, here's the Evergreen Master Plan for the DVBW:
http://evergreen.ca/rethinkspace/?p=100
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