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That time a ghostly Toronto apartment building sat abandoned for decades

Keena Alwahaidi

created: July 20, 2025, 4:02 a.m. | updated: July 21, 2025, 9:19 p.m.

An abandoned building known as the Bayview Ghost once haunted the Toronto skyline for more than twenty years. To build a structure called the Hampton Park apartments, a 12-storey, two-tower solution to the city's then-emerging housing dilemma. After blueprints for the enormous building were drawn up, developers applied for a building permit. But without a building permit, the project sat vacant for several months. The only reminder of its past is the nearby street Hampton Park Crescent, which shares a name with the since-demolished apartment building.

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