Well if anything proves that the Junction is achangen to this author who has always had a connection to the Junction thought out my life it is this.
At 43 Junction Rd the east silos are to come down in Nov. or Dec of this year.
The blogs hopes to publish some in-depth images of them next week.
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Are all the silo’s coming down?
I have been told just the east ones, the used by the cement company will stay
I’ll miss them, lovely view from my bedroom window.
I was wondering about that. I live directly across from there (Heintzman Place) and see the silos from my terrace. It looks like they’ve already started as the structure on top is already missing walls…
In a way, it’s sad. Those silos have been great landmarks of industry in the Junction, and a connection to what was almost a century of milling operations on this site, dating back to late Victorian times. If I recall correctly, most of the milling complex was demolished in the early 1990s, but not the silos and warehouse.
There’s a positive side to this. I don’t want to see underused or vacant properties like this one in the Junction and if they’re demolishing it, maybe there are some interesting plans for the site. I just hope it won’t be replaced by some ugly beige building.
They are kinda cool, but not used for anything other then being a big concrete cell tower. I agree I ope they replace it with a something interesting. It’s unfortuanate that they painted the neighbouring building biege and put those ugly windows instead of restoring it.
Either way it’s better then the way it was.
I found this link about the upcoming area improvements and looks really good.
http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/cityhall/article/852086
Im ok with them coming down, the bar my hood from joining the junction.
pic:
http://goo.gl/fMqiS