I was out for a drive the other day and noticed this giant crane parked in the lot. What’s up? Lilly, have you seen any action on any impending demolition over there?
The big hole in the wall that is sealed up with plywood, would seem to indicate to me that abatement is pretty much done.
It also seems that there are way more open/broken windows in there than there used to be.
It won’t be long I suppose…
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I have driven by the building quite a few times and haven't even seen that crane moved. Maybe it's a display,by the looks of that crane and how old it appears maybe it was used to build the hospital. (Joking) .
NOTHING YET ANDREW! WAS THAT YOU THE OTHER DAY? YOU WERE WITH 2 OTHER GUYS?
ANYWAYS NO FENCE HAS BEEN UP.....YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD DO THAT BEFORE THEY START?
I WILL KEEP YA INFORMED OK! SEE YA BYE
That wasn't me Lilly, I was alone when I was by the other day.
I think you're right there would at least be fences along University Ave. Keep me posted.
Grace is being demolished. The majority of the parking area will be developed for residential (10 double duplex dwellings with parking and a common private driveway in the rear) and the remainder is to be developed as a commercial plaza (a Rexall drug store is one possibility).
Vincent, are you aware if this development will take on the the appeal of a comfortable neighbourhood at a pedestrian and people scale? When I see 'commercial plaza' all I think of is cars and lets make sure theres enough room for lotsa cars... Would the plaza have the same setbacks from University?
There are no concrete development plans for the commercial component. It is my understanding that they are looking to secure tenants before agreeing on a site plan. One plan I did see, showed some parking between the proposed residential and commercial development - in affect acting as a buffer between the residential and commercial developments. This would suggest that the building will be closer to the street. Again, this is a conjecture at this point.
What camera do you use for HDR shots? I'm about ready to invest in the dSLR world soon. :)
Western - Camera info can be found here: http://internationalmetropolis.com/?page_id=198
The shot above is actually just tone mapped, and not a true HDR. I also use the Photomatix software found here: http://www.hdrsoft.com/
I thought that the plan was for a strip mall plaza on the University Frontage?
What will buffer the commercial and residential areas from the parking lot though?
This is the first time i've heard a parking lot described as a "buffer."
Things that pollute, create heat islands and run off and look ugly aren't buffers.
c'mon now lets give the city a break.... after all i hear almost 10 employees quit from the planning dept out of frustration it recent months. It takes time to learn how to plan cities..... although its been going on for 2,600 years .... perhaps the city has a learning handicap we don't know about. If you ever noticed the front page of the planning dept site, it shows concrete pad with concrete benches and brown coloured greenspace. Somebody's giving the ok for all of this....