- 2341-2343 University Street
June 2002. Photograph by Kevin Keiffer.
Sometimes, a house is more than just a house.
March 2007. 2341 is on the right.
Sometimes, a house is part of a streetscape, part of a cohesive sequence of buildings that relate to one another and reinforce each other's designs. In the densely built environment of a historic city neighborhood, this is particularly true. Just as a full set of teeth forms a beautiful smile, so too does a complete set of buildings create a pleasing streetscape.
It is a terrible thing when a building is lost from such a sequence -- the equivalent of punching out a tooth.
What, then will become of this row if 2341 University is allowed to continue sitting vacant, as it has for many years? Blairmont Assoociates Ltd. purchased it in May 2006, and have done nothing to improve the building's condition or help guarantee its survival.
March 2007. 2341 is in the center.
Will this row, like so much around it, become nothing more than a memory, leaving no trace of what this neighborhood once was?
Update, July 23, 2008: The worst has come to be; the tooth is being punched out. Michael Allen reports on the demolition of this lovely building.
- Links:
- 2341 University at the City Assessor's database
- Aerial view from Maps.Live.com
- More on Blairmont
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