12-10-2015, 11:40 PM
The red brick buildings facing Courtland have been altered and added to so many times that it is hard to get an impression of what might be worth saving. There is one section dating to 1941 with a bit of style, although some windows have been bricked over. The northern half of the red brick complex dates to only 1976, which is why I wondered if it might not be suitable for conversion to loft space (a lot of the red brick could, one assumes, be replaced by large windows a la Arrow Lofts). I suspect that there may be other, older buildings behind the older ones fronting on Courtland, but who knows whether any of it is salvageable or worth saving? The report compares the site to Toronto's distillery district, which suggests there may be more there than meets the eye.