12-11-2015, 11:39 AM
Realistically, there isn't much. Maybe one of the earlier red brick factory buildings might be salvageable, with the bricked-in windows restored. The brutalist office building is surely functional, might be worth keeping if it can be renovated at a modest cost. The rest ... I think they'll be better off demolishing and rebuilding mid- and high-density new buildings, hopefully with enough mixed-use.
Incidentally, that warehouse at the intersection of Borden wasn't really so much of a warehouse -- it was the distribution building, where products would arrive from the factory buildings and get picked and packed for grocery store orders, and loaded onto trucks. Most products would spend only a few hours in the building. (I spent a few summers in the building filling racks and trying to keep up with the order fulfillment.)
Incidentally, that warehouse at the intersection of Borden wasn't really so much of a warehouse -- it was the distribution building, where products would arrive from the factory buildings and get picked and packed for grocery store orders, and loaded onto trucks. Most products would spend only a few hours in the building. (I spent a few summers in the building filling racks and trying to keep up with the order fulfillment.)