Going green on Oak Street: A brilliant green building in Regent Park grabbed my attention yesterday when I was visiting a friend in an east-facing condo on Homewood Avenue. The bright green surface actually is insulation applied to the outside walls of the new Toronto Christian Resource Centre, which is under construction at 40 Oak Street. But the building won’t stay green for long: it’s soon going to get a brown brick exterior. The white highrise behind the TCRC is the new One Park West condo, which is approaching the end of construction (it appears that the crane has been removed from its roof). Below is another pic from yesterday, as well as additional recent photos of the TCRC, One Park West, and other construction activity in Regent Park, which I profiled in a March 4 2011 post.

Another view of the Toronto Christian Resource Centre and One Park West condo midrise under construction in Regent Park

A rendering of the new Toronto Christian Resource Centre at Regent Park

A view of construction progress on the TCRC on February 15 2011

A view of the One Park West boutique condo building on February 15 2011