Lever Soap - Toronto
This place has had a few names and also several owners. It made soap products of all kinds and had been in Toronto's portlands area for almost 100 years. It was a huge complex that isn't currently very accessible, both because of the location and what's also going on around it, construction-wise.
This site was supposed to be reused and had been used as a filming location for almost a decade after it closed down. Gulf originally proposed that this would remain a work-focused site, but of course, it was later sold to CF and then demolition was in order and now it's supposed to be all condos vs. manufacturing or office space. Thank god for the power of the MZO bypass! 16 new condos seem like a much better deal in an isolated location.
These are photos from different periods. I was amazed at how this was one of the few buildings that felt much bigger inside than it looked outside. It also used to have a train layup next to it - which was quite hard to find in the '90s when walking from the North as it was more closed off then. This whole area was a real mystery to me until I started riding my bike down here and finding more things concealed by the landscape.
Some images from the working plant by local Peter MacCallum : spacing.ca/toronto/2022/01/18/from-sunlight-park-to-east-...
Lever Soap - Toronto
This place has had a few names and also several owners. It made soap products of all kinds and had been in Toronto's portlands area for almost 100 years. It was a huge complex that isn't currently very accessible, both because of the location and what's also going on around it, construction-wise.
This site was supposed to be reused and had been used as a filming location for almost a decade after it closed down. Gulf originally proposed that this would remain a work-focused site, but of course, it was later sold to CF and then demolition was in order and now it's supposed to be all condos vs. manufacturing or office space. Thank god for the power of the MZO bypass! 16 new condos seem like a much better deal in an isolated location.
These are photos from different periods. I was amazed at how this was one of the few buildings that felt much bigger inside than it looked outside. It also used to have a train layup next to it - which was quite hard to find in the '90s when walking from the North as it was more closed off then. This whole area was a real mystery to me until I started riding my bike down here and finding more things concealed by the landscape.
Some images from the working plant by local Peter MacCallum : spacing.ca/toronto/2022/01/18/from-sunlight-park-to-east-...