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 racingxtsy
  
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Male
 |  | bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
< on 12/15/2007 7:38 PM >
|  | | | in 1971 bell canada built a combined office building and switching station on fieldway rd. near islington ave. & bloor st w. this fine space located across the street from islington subway station is currently being converted to lofts. i love south etobicoke.
enjoy and please post images if you've visited too 
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seicer
   
Location: New York
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 1 on 12/15/2007 7:42 PM >
| | | | Great reuse of a structurally sound building! I love urban redevelopments like this.
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racingxtsy
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Male
| | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 2 on 12/15/2007 7:56 PM >
| | | | "The building started life in 1971 as a Bell Canada office and was reborn as a loft conversion. It was built originally for hundreds of employees and visitors, and included many elevators, a parking garage, as well as industrial heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. While the character of the structure will be maintained - from its original thick, industry-standard floors to columns with a radius of nearly 30 inches - it will be modernized inside and out. The suites will range in size from one bedroom to two bedrooms and a den. Ceilings will be 10½ feet in standard units and up to 17 feet in two-storey suites on the 8th floor where the building's mechanical room was originally located."
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Agent Skelly
   
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Location: Oregon Territory
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Prenez De L'Avance Avec Chrysler!
| |  |  | | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 3 on 12/15/2007 8:37 PM >
| | | | Did it ever have a tower for connection with the AT&T/Bell Canada Long Lines System?
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cjb
Location: Sept-îles/Saint-John's/Corner Brooks/Montréal/Sydney
Gender: Male
| | | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 4 on 12/15/2007 8:40 PM >
| | | | Bell Canada building in Montreal built in the early 70s :
It's almost the same!
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Hi/Po
Location: Earth
Gender: Male
| | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 5 on 12/15/2007 11:09 PM >
| | | | I thought it was merely an office tower conversion, but you've shown that it's more interesting than that.
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don cornelius
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| | | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 6 on 12/16/2007 12:10 AM >
| | | | Nice. I love the skyline of downtown Toronto. It looks so NON USA.
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racingxtsy
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Male
| | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 7 on 12/18/2007 10:33 PM >
| | | | agent skelly: i'm not sure if it ever had a tower for connection with the at&t/bell canada long lines. i know there used to be some small tower like antennas on the roof of the building as far as i can remember years ago, when i had a view of the rooftop from the clarica centre [previously the shipp centre]
most of the interesting things like the 8th floor mechanical room have since been demolished to make way for beautiful two storey loft units. if you happen to see the building lately, the 8th floor is the floor that is totally gutted out and awaiting window installation. confirmed occupancy dates are summer 2008 although they don't even have permits yet. unfortunately i never got to see the mechanical room prior to demolition. there was an article in the toronto star in october 2005 that had a picture of the inside of the mechanical room.
cjb: nice picture! i see they [bell] continued the brown aluminum / windows with the brick theme throughout the '70s. the builder of network lofts also purchased another bell canada building located in downtown hamilton [66 bay st. s] and converted it to lofts as well, called 'core lofts'. the building at 66 bay st. s did not look like the buildings we have pictures of though. it was a light coloured building and it wasn't square / cube shaped.
u25680: i love the skyline of downtown toronto as well, but please take note the small picture next to my username is not an 'actual' photograph of the toronto skyline... it is a rendered photograph of what toronto's skyline will likely look like in approx. 10 years when all the buildings / skyscrapers that are currently approved by the city are finally built.
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seicer
Location: New York
Gender: Male
| | | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 8 on 12/19/2007 3:15 AM >
| | | | ^ Have you posted at SkyscraperCity or UrbanPlanet?
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y2k98
Gender: Male
| | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 9 on 12/20/2007 12:56 AM >
| | | | wow, to live in a historic building like this would be awsome (considering im a techy ) does anyone have any pictures from before the demo?
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racingxtsy
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Male
| | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 10 on 12/22/2007 9:09 PM >
| | | | seicer: no, i haven't posted at SkyscraperCity or UrbanPlanet, however I was a lurker on skyscrapercity about a year or so ago and that is where i got the toronto skyline photo rendering.
y2k98: the only pictures i have from before the demo are the first photo i posted and this one which i've found online:
i'd love to see some photos taken of the 8th floor mechanical room prior to demolition. anyone??
-mike
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Vito81
Location: Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: bell canada office building / switching station aka network lofts
<Reply # 11 on 12/25/2007 2:28 AM >
| | | | Good work, haven't seen that building in a long time
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