Bay Adelaide Centre West Tower (Brookfield, 50s, WZMH)

[p5connex]

So no antennas for this building eh? I was kind of hoping for one...

p5

 

[299 bloor call control.]

There's nothing to say an antenna can't be added in the future, considering FCP didn't have one for many years.

 

[wyliepoon]

Christmas Eve... looks finished with the low cloud cover, despite plywood panels in place of the broken glass.

 

[jks]

When do they think they're gonna fix that, its really annoying.

 

[DSC]

When do they think they're gonna fix that, its really annoying.

No doubt they will pop into Home Depot on their way to work one day and pick up some new glass.

 

[BobBob]

Christmas...

 

[jks]

great shot!! That glass is so reflective!!! But wait, how come the fins don't seem so reflective??

 

[ganjavih]

It looks like a new and improved version of the hideous FCP.

 

[SP!RE]

LOL in the pic. above it does look a bit like "FCP II."

 

[Tewder]

Such a shame the fins weren't more substantial. It would have been a nice touch to a simple design.

 

[CityPlaceN1]

There's still hope the fins will be lit up at night. Otherwise they are pretty sad.

 

[egotrippin]

FCP would be a fine looking building if they just re-clad the damn thing with white granite. B/A's cheesy fins don't add anything, and unless they do something creative with them (lighting) they just detract overall. Of course, I also wish they'd increased the height as it still looks a little stumpy overall.

 

[adma]

I find them to be too modest to be "cheesy"; but too modest to detract, either. Basically, that may be their core flaw: "too modest". Hey, it's only icing atop a flat-topped box...

 

[marcus_a_j]

Maybe some coloured glass panels could have improved the look a bit, kind of like Spire

 

[wyliepoon]

^ Hard to make changes now that the tower is almost complete, but you do have a point. I think the curtain wall now, with the horizontal bands of panels, overemphasize the horizontal, when in fact it probably should have emphasized the vertical.

Very few of Toronto's tallest buildings do a good job at that. Scotia Plaza is the big exception I could think of.