This might be your last chance to see the haunting beauty of Old Vic before it's redeveloped

They've been a ghostly and apocalyptic-looking presence in SoHo for more than a decade but now some of the last shells of what remains of the former Victoria Hospital will be sold off to make way for a new residential neighbourhood. 

The City of London announced Friday it plans to sell off another parcel of vacant hospital lands so it can be redeveloped as part of a wider effort of revitalization in the area. 

The properties include 124 Colborne Street, a one-acre parcel, as well as a five and a half acre parcel bounded by Waterloo Street, South Street, Colborne Street and Hill Street that includes the former War Memorial Children's Hospital and old Health Services Building.

Since the last wing of the former hospital closed in 2013, nature has largely reclaimed the area, showing us what happens in a world that isn't consistently manicured by human efforts. 

Looking at in the neglected buildings can feel as if you're looking back into time or at a piece of someone else's life. 

The SoHo area is in the midst of a major redevelopment aimed at reinvigorating the neighbourhood. 

London city hall has already approved a residential highrise project at the corner South and Colborne to be built by Toronto-based Medallion Developments. The design includes two highrise and two lowrise buildings that will incorporate the Colborne Building, a heritage structure built in 1899 as part of the Old Victoria Hospital.