Liberty Village, an area once filled with industry, pollution, and soil contamination, has made a dramatic turnaround in the last decade; it is now home to town homes, loft apartments, and towering condo buildings. And it these condos that catch the eyes of people and make them realize this dramatic turnaround for the former brownfield area.
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Liberty Village | ||||||
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada) | ||||||
Built | Status | Difficulty | ||||
2009 | Active (Secured) | ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ | ||||
Hazards Risk | Security Risk | AUE Rating | ||||
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ | ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ | ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ | ||||
Hazard Observations | Security Observations | |||||
None Specified | None Specified |
The newest development in this region is the Liberty Towers. Sitting on the old Inglis Home Appliances property, next to the CN rail lines and just north of the Gardiner Expressway, the half-built towers made for a prospective exploration. And one night, after briefly scouting and seeing no sign of security at the site, a group did just that.
The tower shell stands 25 floors, and provides an excellent western view of the downtown core and it's towers from the rooftop. It, however, provides no coverage from the wind, as the group discovered.
As of the time of writing, only the lower 4 or 5 floors have seen any real interior work done in regards to wiring and plumbing, or the erection of the metal wall studs that will form the interior walls. Most of the glass on the building is also missing it's glass exterior; only the fourth floor down have any panes of glass in place.
As a construction site, it has normal construction hazards (debris, heights, etc.), but a lack of security. It may have just been the night we went, however.
All in all, it was a decent condo to scale, but provided little in the way of sights that hadn't been seen before.
A few weeks after the first gallery, on a much foggier but less windy night...