Architecture. Food. Travel. Design. These are some of the things that I love.
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No plans from @fordnation @SteveClarkPC so I thought I'd create my own, showing very easily how such a large site can preserve most of the Foundry while introducing a number of new programs #SaveTheFoundry @kristynwongtam @FoundryFriends @JohnTory @SuzeMorrison @heritagetoronto
Saturday 8AM, @fordnation @SteveClarkPC really want to hammer home that they are building affordable housing at #savethefoundry site with these ridiculous signs. Thanks for putting them up 2 months after starting demo.. what a circus @FoundryFriends @kristynwongtam @slnaspeaks
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Heritage buildings are an asset, not a liability. They demand site-specific solutions when adding density. On the one hand, this results in interesting places (think @DistilleryTO, @atthebarns , @QRCWest), on the other, it drives up value. @FoundryFriends HT @UrbStrat
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Ideas from professional & other communities of interest on the #Foundry site illustrate not only the breadth of potential for the lands but how a city building process should happen as an open partnership of interests that meet diverse needs while leveraging market participation
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Foundry Square, by @FoundryFriends, @KGreenbergTO and @kpmbarch. Existing warehouse buildings are taken as inspiration for the design. Public space, affordable housing, density in proximity to public amenities, exceptional transit and the waterfront. So many good things.....
all it takes is imagination and willingness to collaborate and listen, to collectively come to something beautiful. an incredibly thoughtful #savethefoundry proposal from @kpmbarch @FoundryFriends @slnaspeaks wondering if @fordnation @SteveClarkPC are ready to listen yet??
The Dominion Foundry Demonstration Project is now live | Support our rebuttal and design proposal with @FoundryFriends @KGreenbergTO - Respect Local Planning respectlocalplanning.com/dem…
not surprising news at all here #SaveTheFoundry
🚨 ALERT 🚨
Ford skips open tender process to sell the Foundry to a secret buyer! This was before they rushed to demolish heritage properties. It's a trail of broken laws to cover a backroom deal.
Who's the buyer??
#RespectLocalPlanning
#SaveTheFoundry
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This is why we ask, who’s really behind the @FoundryFriends demolition? No way a minister from Brockville, @SteveClarkPC, and a premier from Etobicoke, @fordnation, who hasn’t been east of Yonge since he ran for mayor, got up one day with a passion for our Corktown neighbourhood.
The money trail: Developers who donated to Ontario Proud, PC party got the green light for projects nationalobserver.com/2021/02… via @NatObserver
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A Valentine’s Day love-in for the Foundry, led by the unstoppable Councillor @kristynwongtam & the ever-present MPP @SuzeMorrison. Integrating our industrial built heritage as we evolve is what continues to make Toronto an interesting city. cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/l…
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An informative article in @CdnArch to consider when we discuss the future of the Foundry complex. It highlights why retrofitting heritage masonry buildings is not just a pipe dream but also very doable.
#SaveTheFoundry #RespectLocalPlanning
canadianarchitect.com/retrof…
great things can happen when people come together to share ideas about #SaveTheFoundry . We can talk about how the buildings could be taller and placed differently, perhaps they should. but the point is to highlight potential, and this site has it.
This is what Toronto's Foundry site could look like if the Province doesn't tear it down bit.ly/2N0idjm #Toronto
Proud to have been a part of this proposal for @IRCPA @CorktownTO to renew the #SaveTheFoundry site and regenerate it with a music community hub and affordable housing.
@FoundryFriends @kristynwongtam @SuzeMorrison @JohnTory
@IRCPA & @CorktownTO have a plan to #SavetheFoundry.
With your support it can be a place to live, work, & #create. A place for #music, for #housing, & for #Corktown
The plan: ircpa.net/the-foundry/
To donate: ircpa.net/donate/
@slnaspeaks
@kristynwongtam
@SuzeMorrison
A testament that community voices have power, we push forward and know that our fight has gotten us this far, and will only get us much further #SaveTheFoundry @FoundryFriends
WE WON!!!
I'm pleased to share the good news that, Justice David L. Corbett granted interim relief to stay the decision of the Government of Ontario to demolish the heritage buildings at the Dominion Foundry Complex.
We'll continue our fight to #SaveTheFoundry.
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Coverage on @globalnewsto — reporter @mattybing has been digging into the MZO story with care and intelligence; a Twitter feed worth following. #SaveTheFoundry
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Judge will rule Friday on city’s call for injunction to stop Dominion Foundry demolition dlvr.it/RrTf9c
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Corbett says he'll give until the afternoon for those pause instructions. Without them, he says he'll make an interim order to pause the demolition until his decision is made on Friday.
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Some of the scenes of the anti-demolition demonstration happening at the same time as the hearing. Taken by my colleague @JD_Camera
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On the MZO - Jduge Corbett says the issue isn't on the zoning change. It's whether the ministry breached the subdivision act and heritage act by conducting the demolition in the way it has. He says it's not up to him about whether the buildings should be saved or not.
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Today's hearing will be scheduled to last two hours. The province agreed to halt the demolition until the hearing is complete. City Legal indicates there are issues with the timing, saying that Council needs to authorize the City Solicitor to act. It can't do that until Feb. 2.
Here's hoping morality prevails over legality today.. #savethefoundry
We’re in Divisional Court today to argue for an interim injunction to stop the Province from further demolition.
Province suspended their demolition a “as good faith” measure. Still we’re in court because of their “good faith.”
#SaveTheFoundry
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