Bata Demolition

May 21st, 2009 John Landon 7 Responses

The final stages of the demolition of John Parkin’s 1964 Baroque Modern building that was the headquarters of bata shoes from 1964 to 2002. For more details, Google “Bata” and “Parkin”.

Duration : 0:3:35


Technorati Tags: , , , ,

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 8:35 am and is filed under bata shoes. Follow the comments through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can post a comment, or leave a trackback.

7 Responses to “Bata Demolition”

  1. 066959
    May 21st, 2009 at 8:35 am

    Thank you for this …
    Thank you for this video. Well edited, good shots. Toronto - will we ever stop to comparing ourselves to Chicago? Can’t we just appreciate the fact that we too have (had) great architecture? What a waste

  2. izylord
    May 21st, 2009 at 8:35 am

    Good riddance to …
    Good riddance to bad rubbish.

    Nicely made video, though.

  3. DonBlaymee
    May 21st, 2009 at 8:35 am

    (sigh) yeah, me too …
    (sigh) yeah, me too. Thanks.

  4. dnadesign
    May 21st, 2009 at 8:35 am

    Very very very sad …
    Very very very sad to see it go.
    Was one of my favorates. Well shot film.

  5. 18an96
    May 21st, 2009 at 8:35 am

    Very well done …
    Very well done video on Parkin’s iconic modern building. I took a few shots at Christmas while in TO. It could have been saved if the Aga Khan had an interest in Canadian modern architecture…

  6. sansewai
    May 21st, 2009 at 8:35 am

    So Long Frank Lloyd …
    So Long Frank Lloyd Wright by Simon & Garfunkel

  7. clogwog
    May 21st, 2009 at 8:35 am

    what is that song ?
    what is that song ?

Leave a Reply