Graystones burn on Sherbrooke at Park
A familiar but dilapidated graystone building on Sherbrooke near Park is on fire Wednesday, causing difficulties getting around that part of town. I had to be downtown at midday, the bus routes were all detouring in unexpected ways – and then I saw this.
James 14:36 on 2024-03-20 Permalink
Looked abandoned in 2022:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.5079794,-73.5714604,3a,75y,105.71h,93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHLPvXCntIbZCytZ8OJlkCA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
walkerp 14:57 on 2024-03-20 Permalink
Oh that’s so sad. That was a cute little strip. I wonder how much of the abandonment and the subsequent fire are the responsibility of the landlord?
Uatu 17:19 on 2024-03-20 Permalink
I remember a sales sign saying that it was supposed to be demolished for condos. I guess it wasn’t
Ian 19:53 on 2024-03-20 Permalink
Great shot!
I was heading down Park to drop off a carpool and saw Sherbrooke was closed off – I thought it might have to do with the Mulroney funeral or soemthing.
I remember those places were little shady restos for years, I imagine not well-kept. Too bad becasue they did have a nice frontage.
CE 21:28 on 2024-03-20 Permalink
I was standing kitty-corner to that strip waiting for the 80 a couple weeks ago and wondered how long it would be until that strip caught fire.
Joey 10:23 on 2024-03-21 Permalink
This + the closure of the access to Parc via Pine/Penfield probably explains the weird traffic jam I got stuck on on Cote-Des-Neiges yesterday.
Kate 13:56 on 2024-03-21 Permalink
I bet it was. Closing off that section of Park and Sherbrooke had a domino effect all over that part of town.
Tee Owe 14:58 on 2024-03-21 Permalink
Agree with Ian – great shot!
kb 16:10 on 2024-03-21 Permalink
Aw, I had a boyfriend for a year who lived in a 1st-floor apartment in that strip in the 2000s. Always was reminded of him every time I went past, sad to see it go.