Home of the Week, 11A Gilead Place, Toronto. The urban laneway known as Gilead Place was occupied by some pretty derelict old buildings when architect Brian Kucharski decided in 2006 to build the Corktown Lofthouses.
“Terrible things were happening in the laneway,” agent Robin Pope says of the criminal activity that the abandoned area attracted. In the Victorian era, the lane was lined with tiny “shanty town” workers’ cottages that were likely occupied by employees at the nearby Gooderham and Worts. The master bedroom on the third floor has a 10-foot high ceiling and an ensuite bathroom with a walk-in glass shower enclosure.Mark Wilson