One of my favorite examples of urban renewal and making great use out of old buildings: the Distillery District in Toronto. Some great footage here of the old buildings put to modern uses.
I like when people save the old buildings. There is one building in Scranton that I loved but over the years it wasn't being taken care of. Two men remodeled the house--restored the outside to it original state and started a restaurant. It was worth it because it is beautiful! Debbie Kosydar
It looks like a pretty trendy area of Toronto. Confirmed brilliantly by the guy riding the Segue in the last shot of the video. It looks similar to the Granville Island area in Vancouver.
I thought exactly the same thing when I first saw the video - it reminded me of Granville Island. Do you know if the water taxi still runs between Granville Island and Stanley Park? That's what I wish someone would start up here in Tacoma - a water taxi. We have a park every bit as good as Stanley (Point Defiance Park) and we have a rejuvenated downtown, but no easy way to get between the two. A water taxi would be perfect.
I love the renovating of old buildings. In Chattanooga, they have several buildings that they have renovated into restaurants and clothing shops. They've kept a lot of the original architecture too which is a nice touch I think.
I like when people save the old buildings. There is one building in Scranton that I loved but over the years it wasn't being taken care of. Two men remodeled the house--restored the outside to it original state and started a restaurant. It was worth it because it is beautiful!
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It looks like a pretty trendy area of Toronto. Confirmed brilliantly by the guy riding the Segue in the last shot of the video. It looks similar to the Granville Island area in Vancouver.
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I thought exactly the same thing when I first saw the video - it reminded me of Granville Island. Do you know if the water taxi still runs between Granville Island and Stanley Park? That's what I wish someone would start up here in Tacoma - a water taxi. We have a park every bit as good as Stanley (Point Defiance Park) and we have a rejuvenated downtown, but no easy way to get between the two. A water taxi would be perfect.
ReplyDeleteI love the renovating of old buildings. In Chattanooga, they have several buildings that they have renovated into restaurants and clothing shops. They've kept a lot of the original architecture too which is a nice touch I think.
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