Brickworks

Toronto is not without some interesting initiatives. This one was mentioned in a conservation article I read about. The site is called the Brickworks and it was once of the most prominent brick factories in the area. Now on site there is an exhibition space, market and mini-museum as well as a healthy dose of walking paths etc. Its difficult to say how the site fits into the rest of the city because we had limited sight. First it is located in the Don Vally, which is a strange place to begin with, a sunken ravine with park, river and ... autoroute. As it was so foggy when we went we could only see parts at a time and not appreciate the whole thing. This lead us to feel like the site was surrounded by a huge forest and of course which I don't think it is in reality. Of course the fog added an air of mystery to the whole visit.
The site is not yet fully realized, that is to say, there are areas which have building garbage and construction is still ongoing. At least however some of the spaces are kept as they are, that is to say in the state they were left as a brick factory. My other sites in TO would take another approached, keep the name and demo the rest. Some pictures from the visit.