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current status (2002)
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address:
95 Queen's Quay East, Toronto
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Pronounced "Kween's Key" (2002).
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architects:
Gordon S. Adamson, Toronto (1957)
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Adamson firm built Petronas Towers with C. Pelli (1998).
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site:
Toronto harbour, accessible by oceangoing ships via the St. Lawrence Seaway (1957).
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Welland Canal closed when Allanberg lift bridge tears roof off ship (Aug 2001).
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shipping & receiving:
Navigable depth of 27 feet.
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Lake freighter Strange Attractor docked (2001 and ongoing).
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public art:
On-site museum with unknown curatorial history.
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Conservation-themed life-size whale mural on painted on peaked-roof sugar shed by
"marine artist" Wyland (aug 1997). May be a preemptive
public relations strike by Redpath, as condos sprout within smelling distance of plant.
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building:
handsome white glazed brick refinery and office. a significant structure.
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Building put on municipal heritage property inventory (1984).
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smells:
originally an ingredient in a medley of malting, distilling and soya smells.
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With the demolition of C.D. Howe's Playfair Elevators, and the abandonment of
Canada Malting's east and west facilities, Molson Brewing, Gooderham & Worts and others,
Redpath is last remaining producer of objectionable smells on the waterfront (other than the water).
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cylinders:
History of cylinders on site unknown.
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Aerial photographs confirm presence of cylinders.
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neighbours:
Built on landfill far from neighbours.
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-across street to the north:
LCBO (government liquor store chain) HQ, featured in Food and Drink magazine.
-to the east:
Loblaws grocery store (Leslie Rebanks, 1999), featured in Wallpaper* magazine.
-to the west:
Captain John's Seafood Restaurant, featured in bankruptcy court documents.
-to the south:
Lake Ontario, featured in MapArt Eastern States.
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trains:
spur runs along and over street into site.
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Governments study possible passenger rail links on waterfront (2001 and ongoing). The 'low speed' commuter potential of this spur is not considered.
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products:
Sugar with extroversion.
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Sugar with introspection.
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by-products:
University of Toronto School of Dentistry.
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University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry.
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