Architecture Wednesday: 1914 Neo-Gothic Church

This magnificent four-floor condo-townhome was carved out of a 1914 Neo-Gothic Church in Toronto.

Meticulously restored, the designers preserved the historical details such as original wooden beams and stonework while incorporating modern glitzy updates; even the old bell tower was retained. The townhome is tucked away in a discreet courtyard and offers soaring cathedral ceilings, original intricate wooden details, exposed original brick masonry, wooden trusses, stone columns and gothic brick arches.

The first floor is where you’ll find the dining area, the living room and a modern kitchen. On the second floor an illuminated catwalk leads from the gym and office to a guest bedroom, while the third floor features the spacious primary bedroom with a luxurious fifth floor ensuite bath and custom built-in storage spaces. The basement level has a mudroom and storage area with direct access to the private, underground parking space set up for electric charging. 

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Meme Dump

I STILL Have That Dream

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

The time is always right to do what is right.

We’ve learned to fly the air like birds. 

We’ve learned to swim the seas like fish. 

And yet we haven’t learned to walk the earth like 

brothers and sisters.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

No, violence is not the way. Hate is not the way. Bitterness is not the way. We must stand up with love in our hearts, with a lack of bitterness and yet a determination to protest courageously for justice and freedom in this land.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

 

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.

 

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the  narrow confines of his  individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

 

So even though we face difficulties of 

today and tomorrow, 

I still have a dream.

The Funny Papers

The Peace Art Collective, Dennis Goris, Clay Bennett, JD Crowe, Pedro X Molina, Michael de Adder, Nick Anderson, Benjamin Slyngstad, Gary Huck, Jon Ostrove, Lalo Alcaraz

Why Is It ...

… that no one believes that I have no skeletons in my closet I do have a tiny box of souls in my underwear drawer.

… that nothing pisses me off more than pulling up to my job and finding the building still standing.

… that just because I like to walk around in my underwear, eating Doritos, does not make me strange and the people in Aisle Four need to get a life.

… that I often feel the need to tell people they should go to church because I don’t want them in Hell with me

… that more people don’t ask for my opinion. I mean, like the other day I said to a coworker, ‘Relax, you aren’t the dumbest person in the world but you better hope he doesn’t die.’

… that I often tell songs to “Shut up” before I skip them.

… that once I’m in bed and I turn over on my stomach and make that 4-shape with my legs it’s a wrap

.… that my idea of help is a sniper on the roof.

… that if I died and went straight to Hell it would probably take weeks to realize I wasn’t at work anymore.

… that every time I try to donate blood I always get the same stupid questions: Who’s blood is it? Where did you get it? Why is it in a bucket?