I go to school at Ryerson, but thank god I don't have to walk by that mess everyday. Hopefully Ryerson can buy that section out and create a bridge from that site to the new studen union site.

I think it would be a great idea, expanding the campus and connecting to the Toronto Life Centre.

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Originally posted by tobywan ahem Toronto police have confirmed that the investigation into the six-alarm fire at a vacant heritage building downtown earlier this week is now a criminal matter. Police told CBC News on Wednesday that they are working alongside arson investigators from Toronto Fire Services and the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office.

all that is suggesting is the fire was arson.....which means it was intentionally set.

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Originally posted by activate terrible that another old building has been lost. really wish all of the old buildings in this city hadn't been torn down over the years.

Agreed. Read this a while back and its a bummer

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Originally posted by Dior Homme I go to school at Ryerson, but thank god I don't have to walk by that mess everyday. Hopefully Ryerson can buy that section out and create a bridge from that site to the new studen union site. I think it would be a great idea, expanding the campus and connecting to the Toronto Life Centre.

The first thing that I thought when I walked by the other day is that I bet Ryerson will buy the location.

I don't necessarily agree about any of the heritage talk because the upkeep of the building was not good. It looked more like a rundown block than a heritage site. I think Ryerson using the property would be a good use of the location, but obviously as an alumni I'm biased.

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Police say arson caused Yonge fire The fire that gutted the historic former Empress Hotel building at 335 Yonge Street in early January was deliberately set, police said Monday. So far, however, investigators have not found the alleged arsonist, and have been unable to identify the man with a backpack seen leaving the scene in a surveillance photograph. Officers declined to say exactly how the fire was set or what evidence confirmed that it was arson. News of the arson comes on the heels of the launch of a privately-funded planning effort to kick-start development on Yonge north of Dundas. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) said Monday that she has retained urban planner Ken Greenberg and architect Marianne McKenna to conduct a planning study of the stretch of Yonge north of Dundas and south of Gerrard. The study will be paid for with funds donated by Ryerson University and a handful of local property owners, including Arron Barberian of Berbarian’s Steakhouse on Elm Street and Ken Rutherford, who owns a commercial building that once housed Toronto Camera. The properties directly north and south of Gould on the east side of Yonge are both vacant. The now-demolished Sam the Record man site belongs to Ryerson University, which wants to build a student centre there. Snohetta, a Norwegian architectural firm, will unveil its design in March. The Lalani family, of Thornhill, owns the land at 335 Yonge, on the southeast corner. The 122-year-old brick building on that corner partially collapsed last April after years of neglect. At a private invitation-only meeting for area stakeholders held in late January, Ms. Wong-Tam set up a working group to steer redevelopment. The group includes a member of the Lalani family, according to Ms. Wong-Tam. The $40,000 study is expected to be complete by April. Ms. Wong-Tam said the Lalani brothers “expressed interest” in contributing funds to the project, but no agreement has been reached. Ryerson is anxious to see a new subway entrance for Dundas station constructed at Gould, but Ms. Wong-Tam added that Toronto Transit Commission officials who attended the initial working group meeting had no information about the status of the project. “I don’t think [redevelopment of] the corner of Yonge and Gould can go ahead without the TTC,” she added.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...e+International

So everybody gets what they want... everyone makes their money and life goes on.

My best advice to anyone. Do not rent an apartment in a low rise building downtown. Especially if its historical.

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edit. sorry. had a great account of this story but not sure I can make it public.

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