2 St. Clair Ave. West - new colour?

[CharmAlarm]

Not sure if there is a thread for this but just noticed the other day that 2 St. Clair Ave. West - formerly the Procter and Gamble building back in the day - is being repainted! Or maybe it's just a primer before they repaint it to its original colour. TD Centre went through a similar process - white primer and then black paint. Hopefully that's the case here too.

 

[PB1]

It looks like the black is the final colour, as that section was already primed that silver colour a few weeks back. It does make the buliding look much better.

 

[CharmAlarm]

Yes, I noticed it too after I posted the pic. Glad they're sticking with a dark colour.

 

[thecharioteer]

Anyone know who the architect was of the original building? Once tried to look it up but came up short. It was a much more interesting building at-grade pre-renovation (in the '80's I believe) when there was a walkway that passed underneath and cut the corner.

 

[adma]

I think it might've been WZMH. (Oh, as for the paint job: one may recall similar momentary changes in the recent TD Centre tower renos.)

 

[Edward Skira]

Not sure if this fits here or elsewhere (various Yonge Street properties?) but they've been drilling core samples in the parking lot behind 2 St Clair for the last week. Anybody have any ideas?

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

The only thing I know about the area is that Slate Asset Management owns 2 and 30 St Clair W (the building adjacent), along with 6 other buildings in the corridor.

The lobby of 2 St Clair was recently renovated, and they've been talking about replacing the corner store with a restaurant.

But not sure what core sampling would be for. Any development would be on a small envelope and impede the view of existing clients with north-facing offices.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Well wasn't I completely wrong. @Edward Skira