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silver halide
 
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< on 6/9/2009 9:48 PM >
|  | | | Hey there,
Wandering around last night, I happened onto a half demolished factory at Perth and Sterling, near Dundas and Lansdowne. The location consisted of some large empty sawtooth roof buildings, a neat brick round smokestack, and a large pseudo-art deco tower. Anyone know any more about this place? What was it when it was in use?
Cheers.
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hilite
      
Gender: Male
don't destroy my sweater....
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<Reply # 1 on 6/9/2009 9:52 PM >
| | | | tower automotive?
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Axle
location:
Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
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<Reply # 3 on 6/10/2009 12:37 AM >
| | | | Yeah, I really like this location. Too bad most of the factory floor is demolished.
http://www.flickr....72157604134274079/
The view from the tower is spectacular. I use the shot I got as the background for my website banner.
Celer at Audax
Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! |
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Hi/Po
 
location:
Earth
Gender: Male
| | Re: Sterling Rd and Perth Av.
<Reply # 5 on 6/11/2009 11:29 PM >
| | | | Posted by silver halide
Hey there,
Wandering around last night, I happened onto a half demolished factory at Perth and Sterling, near Dundas and Lansdowne. The location consisted of some large empty sawtooth roof buildings, a neat brick round smokestack, and a large pseudo-art deco tower. Anyone know any more about this place? What was it when it was in use?
Cheers.
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It actually predates art deco by a few years, and has some minor Beaux-Arts influences.
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Axle
location:
Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
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<Reply # 6 on 6/12/2009 12:17 AM >
| | | | Posted by Hi/Po
It actually predates art deco by a few years, and has some minor Beaux-Arts influences.
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It's sort of close to Edwardian Classicism as well, built in the right period also for both.
Celer at Audax
Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! |
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hilite
Gender: Male
don't destroy my sweater....
| | | Re: Sterling Rd and Perth Av.
<Reply # 7 on 6/12/2009 12:22 AM >
| | | | That's J.W. Schreiber for U
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Air
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<Reply # 8 on 6/12/2009 3:43 AM >
| | | | Just so you guys know, the financing for that Ridley Scott studio got yanked. Its been in Limbo for months now.
PS: Thanks for the plug!
I have a huge print of this in my room.
[last edit 6/12/2009 3:46 AM by Air - edited 2 times]
"The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist |
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Air
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<Reply # 9 on 6/22/2009 1:57 PM >
| | | | Interestingly I found a historical photo of the building at a street festival last weekend. It dates the building as 1912 or 1914 which would make it a bit older then what articles have been quoting.
Enjoy...
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ignavus
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Tdot
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 10 on 6/22/2009 6:02 PM >
| | | | This image has been available online in the Toronto Archives for a while now:
Angels of the Underground
AOTU.ca |
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