November 9, 2024

When I visited the Bayview Transformer House in 2016 it had been abandoned for several years. I won’t go back into the history of the property as this is detailed in the link above. I stopped by to see what has happened in the eight years since then. The main transformation has been the growth of the trees and sumacs that surround the building. The graffiti has greatly increased and now covers most of the walls. I noticed that there was fresh blue paint on the grass beside the wall which indicates that some of the painting had been done very recently. The image below shows the building from the street elevation as it appeared in 2016.

The building used to be quite visible from the road but the vegetation in front has really filled in. During the summer months it is fully hidden from the road which is only a few metres away. This is the image taken in 2024 of the front of the building.

Inside the main room most of the ceiling tiles have come down. There’s a couple of places where the roof has weathered to the point that the open sky can be seen. Now that all the windows are broken and the roof has been compromised the decay will be accelerated. The room at the front of the transformer house will likely lose its roof in the next few years.

There was much less roof and tile damage in the 2016 picture when only a small amount of tile had come down.

The back yard of the building has become more overgrown and first generation trees have sprouted up in many places.

The trees around the old transformer mounting pads have become quite well established.

In the 2016 picture the trees are mostly small and with one exception appeared to be quite new.

The side of the building had some graffiti on it in 2016 but it is now almost completely covered. The walls will likely last for quite some time on the back of the building as they are solidly built. If left to nature, they will most likely outlast the front section of the building.

Recent artistic works have adorned almost all of the walls. The fence has been compromised and repaired several times in the past few years.

Eventually all the trees on the property will reach maturity and the building will be surrounded by the forest. The transformer house is located on a corner of a park and nature is thinking about re-establishing itself.

I will continue to keep an eye on this building as the years go on to see how quickly the roof will fall in, provided that the site doesn’t get demolished.

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