uncharted.ca

...connects the bowels of the old hotel (or newly "renovated" condo, if you wish) to a staircase that ends up at the parking garage.

IN THE SUMMER of 1975, Joe Ieradi was one of the workers who helped build the Triumph Hotel at Keele Street and Wilson Avenue. Twenty–eight years later, Ieradi is back to rejuvenate the structure – converting it to the luxurious Westmount Condominiums. “The beautiful thing about converting this building to condominiums is that I know the structure is very well built. I saw it go up – I was part of the original team,” says Ieradi

...I was part of the original team,” says Ieradi

http://www.storyoforganizedcrime.com/

"It can be said that the first criminal organizations in North America were pirates operating off the eastern seabord. To be able to hunt down and pillage their victims, pirate ships required many of the essential trappings that would come to define organized crime: a reliance on violence, a nose for profitable opportunities, a code of secrecy among the conspirators, access to black markets to sell their stolen wares, and connections with the political elite to protect and even sanction their predatory activities."

"In order to dispose of their seized bounty, some pirates were part of a network of black marketers. These mercantilist "fences" included prominent merchants and traders, including some from nobility, who sold or bartered stolen goods and captured ships. As Michael Woodiwiss writes in his book on organized crime, piracy was an occupation that was "well protected" by the economic and political powers of France, England, and other European countries. "Pirates could not have carried on their trade without the support of merchants, gentlemen and officials, especially admiralty officials, and measures taken against such abettors of piracy were for the most part ineffective, since all too frequently those responsible for executing the law were themselves notorious offenders."

Investigation#:   10 152876 PRS 00 IV  
In Date:   Apr 14, 2010
Notice / Order Date:   Apr 16, 2010
Next Inspection:   May 18, 2010
Expiry Date:   May 17, 2010  
Issue:   Order Issued Property Standards /  Order to Comply
Current Status:   Order Issued Assessed / Mailing Address:   2737 KEELE ST  

Description:   Main condominium building has several property standard defects in the common areas. (See Internet Blog)

# of Deficiencies:   15

- Throughout building - Interior lighting fixtures or lamps are not maintained.

- Roof Terrace - The location and size of openings present a hazard as they are designed with members or attachments between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level protected by the guard which facilitate climbing.

- Roof Terrace - Guard with a minimum height of 1,070 millimetres has not been provided at a balcony where the difference in level is more than 600 millimetres.

- Roof Terrace - Guard with a minimum height of 1,070 millimetres has not been provided at a raised floor where the difference in level is more than 600 millimetres.

- Roof Terrace - Guard with a minimum height of 1,070 millimetres has not been provided around a roof to which access is granted for other than maintenance purposes.

- Driveway - The guards and/or other appurtenant attachments and/or their supporting structural members are not maintained in good repair.

- Hallway 2 - Exterior door has deteriorated/ineffective weather-proofing.

- Stairwell 10 and basement - Floor and/or floor covering not kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

- Stairwell 10 and basement - The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not maintained.

- Parkway - The retaining wall is not being maintained free from hazards.

- Parkway - The retaining wall is not being maintained in good repair.

- Parkway - The retaining wall is not being maintained in a structurally sound and/or plumb condition.

- Parkway - The required guard on top of the retaining wall is not maintained in good repair.

- 1st Floor -Step(s), landing(s), ramp(s) and/or similar areas does not afford safe passage.

- 1st Floor - Exterior concrete step is not maintained. Conccrete is not level.

Investigation#:   10 151904 PRS 00 IV  
In Date:   Apr 14, 2010
Notice / Order Date:   Apr 16, 2010
Next Inspection:   May 18, 2010
Expiry Date:   May 17, 2010  
Issue:   Order Issued Property Standards /  Order to Comply
Current Status:   Order Issued
Assessed / Mailing Address:   2737 KEELE ST  

Description:   Rear 5-storey garage building used for condominium parking has several property standard defects.  

# of Deficiencies:   11

- garage - The parking or storage garage is used to keep junk or rubbish.

- garage - The parking or storage garage is used to keep machinery, boats, vehicles, trailers and/or parts of them that are in a wrecked, discarded, dismantled, inoperative or abandoned condition.

- garage - The ceilings in the parking or storage garage are not maintained free of holes, breaks or cracks.

- garage - The parking or storage garage ceiling painted surface is not maintained in a state of good repair.

- garage - The parking or storage garage columns from floor level to a height of sixty (60) centimeters are not painted black.

- garage - Location of pedestrian exit door within the parking or storage garage is not clearly indicated.

- garage - The floors in the parking or storage garage are not maintained free of holes, breaks or cracks.

- garage - The property is not maintained and/or kept clean in accordance with the standards.

- 1st Floor - Small safe-exit arrows are not prominently displayed on columns or walls 1.5 metres above the floor, measured from the center of the arrow to the floor; at least every ten (10) metres along the safe-exit route; at all safe-exit route decision points along the safe-exit route; and wherever a safe-exit route crosses a traffic aisle.

- 1st Floor - The safe-exit door, the frame of a safe-exit door and the wall adjacent to the safe-exit door to a distance of one (1) metre on both sides of the frame, and to a height of three (3) metres above the floor or to the soffit above the bulkhead over the door is not the required coloured green.

- 1st Floor - Alert signs are not prominently displayed on columns or walls 2.1 metres above the floor, measured from the top of the sign to the floor, so that there is 1 alert sign for every 25 parking stalls in the parking or storage garage, with the alert signs being evenly distributed in the parking or storage garage, but located no more than 30 metres apart.