There’s a couple of\u00a0new lofts\u00a0at the southeast corner of Carlaw and Dundas. The courtyard between the two buildings curves elegantly south until\u00a0it’s almost parallel with Boston Ave., a north-south residential street.<\/p>\n
It’s a neat design feature that gives both structures a nice irregular shape, but what’s not immediately obvious is that the curved space\u00a0reflects the path of a long-closed rail spur that used to serve\u00a0the former Wrigley chewing gum plant and other factories in the area.<\/p>\n
At\u00a0the southwest corner of the intersection,\u00a0the entrance\u00a0to Dundas & Carlaw, a cafe and bar, is at a strange angle for the same reason. An industrial building on Thackeray St., north of Dundas, likewise has rounded edges on two of its corners to accommodate trains that vanished in the 1990s.<\/p>\n
The effect on the architecture of the area is most apparent from the air.<\/p>\n