Oh if they could only stop now and create a park around this structure!

Just imagine a multi-level urban park with community gardens and spiraling  climbing footpaths covered in vines.

Carleton Village/ New Number 11 police station in the process of change.

these pictures taken a few nights ago are already out of dat as the blog pasted by today more the old building was going down

A deconstruction of situation as developmental related art

Images................................  Carleton Village/ New Number 11 police station







The situation of place in Carlton Village area around Old westion Rd. and Davenport is changing rapidly, yet during the changes their our some wonderful sites such as above.

Destruction Junction

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These two photos highlight the changes taking place in the north Junction/ upper Junction. (the author cannot not figure out want the area wants to be called- although I sincerely believe it's simply part of the Junction)

The removal of the Nina Ricci plant that once stood on the open lot pictured above and the almost complete removal of the old Carlton Village Public school as the site in converted into a new police station.

Carlton Village school surveying occured today.

A survey team attended Carlton Village school to survey the placement of recently bored bore holes, which seen to be about soil testing for environmental and soil engineering studies.

The old  Carleton Public School at Davenport and Osler is going to be used for the new Toronto Police Division 11  station scheduled  for July 2011

...some additional images of the building soon to demolished

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Toronto Police Division 11 Relocation

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The building that currently houses 11 Division will be vacated and the new station will be set up at the old South Carleton Public School at Davenport and Osler for July 2011.  This is a good thing for 11 Division, as they will have more space, and better facilities.  There is currently a Design Steering committee including a local resident and architect, and a former member of the Bloor West Village BIA, to advise on the work done on the school.  Walkthroughs at both old and new locations are taking place by Stantec Architects to solidify planning of the future police station.  Eastern Construction is managing the renovations.  It doesn't currently look like Carleton Public School's facade will be saved, but more community meetings will be planned soon and posted on 11th Division's  information page, though it has not been updated for a while.   Thanks to Staff Sergeant Bruce Morrison for providing the update.  Other than the fact that the current building  will be empty, he says that the Junction will not even notice the absence of the headquarters, as the street presence of 11th division will remain the same.

The biggest question left is, what will become of this building?  It belongs to the city, so once it is vacated an internal committee will take proposals from city departments for its use.  We are currently working on finding out the possibility to having community input into its use;  maybe even open up the possibility of it being available for community use...