Toronto St Michael's Hospital Patient Care Tower & Emergency Department | ?m | 17s | St. Michael's | NORR

[khris]

I was also surprised about that back when I read about it. It looks better than what's there right now though. I'd like to see them make a bigger ambulance bay with this, but I don't see it in the renders. The police and ambulances are always out on Shuter as well, blocking the bike lanes. And a bigger loading bay for the trucks that bring deliveries. Sometimes you have to walk out onto the street, because the trucks are blocking the sidewalk.

 

[ShonTron]

Looks like the new ER will be on Shuter, where the old, 6s building used to be:

http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/stmichaels3.0/gallery.php

Surprised that it is a 2s building - I am sure there will be plans for further additions.

AoD

Yep, the decrepit Shuter Wing. The section directly on the southwest corner of Shuter and Bond is ripde for demolition, though there are some 100-year old sections behind it that will likely go. But as long as the the central Bond Wing section is retained, all is well.

 

[thecharioteer]

Yep, the decrepit Shuter Wing. The section directly on the southwest corner of Shuter and Bond is ripde for demolition, though there are some 100-year old sections behind it that will likely go. But as long as the the central Bond Wing section is retained, all is well.

Yet they were all once brand-new:

 

[ksun]

Yeah the TPA parking garage comes to mind.

AoD

don't like that idea.
Queen st should attempt to be as commercial as possible. The presence of St Milk's already does a lot of damage to Queen East's street life. An even bigger presence of St Michael's and the dreadful Moss Park armoury will kill any street life on Queen east between Yonge and Jarvis.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

don't like that idea.
Queen st should attempt to be as commercial as possible. The presence of St Milk's already does a lot of damage to Queen East's street life. An even bigger presence of St Michael's and the dreadful Moss Park armoury will kill any street life on Queen east between Yonge and Jarvis.

Why - hospitals are a higher value use than run of the mill commercial spaces that could be anywhere.

AoD

 

[thecharioteer]

don't like that idea.
Queen st should attempt to be as commercial as possible. The presence of St Milk's already does a lot of damage to Queen East's street life. An even bigger presence of St Michael's and the dreadful Moss Park armoury will kill any street life on Queen east between Yonge and Jarvis.

It depends with what's going on at grade. 193 Yonge is fully tenanted on the upper floors by St. Mike's for office space, while co-existing with two floors of retail below:

 

[ShonTron]

don't like that idea.
Queen st should attempt to be as commercial as possible. The presence of St Milk's already does a lot of damage to Queen East's street life. An even bigger presence of St Michael's and the dreadful Moss Park armoury will kill any street life on Queen east between Yonge and Jarvis.

Harvey Milk was an amazing guy, but I doubt the Catholic Church would ever canonize him.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Harvey Milk was an amazing guy, but I doubt the Catholic Church would ever canonize him.

You're right, especially since he is Jewish as well, though with Francis I, you'd never know. At least he got the miracle part covered (i.e. getting elected).

AoD

 

[maestro]

Looks like the new ER will be on Shuter, where the old, 6s building used to be:

http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/stmichaels3.0/gallery.php

Surprised that it is a 2s building - I am sure there will be plans for further additions.

AoD

I realize it's just a rendering but, look at the size of the columns. Future expansion appears part of the design

 

[DSC]

I realize it's just a rendering but, look at the size of the columns. Future expansion appears part of the design

As was reported higher up the thread, at Doors Open there was a model of the new operating theatre building at Victoria & Shuter. They will demolish the ugly building there now and INITIALLY build the 3(?) floor operating room building. When they get more $$ or have more need it will be built on top of it

 

[JasonParis]

The new (Shuter) Emergency wing is a bit flat-looking indeed. I can only imagine it will be built with future expansion in mind though.

 

[DSC]

The new (Shuter) Emergency wing is a bit flat-looking indeed. I can only imagine it will be built with future expansion in mind though.

That's what they said at Doors Open - I think they had a rendering too.

 

[Red October]

Absolutely butchering the Bond/Shuter corner.

 

[arvelomcquaig]

Ughhh, one step forward, two steps back.

What's with Toronto hospitals demolishing beautiful, tall historical buildings and not coming close to matching the height in what replaces it lately?

 

[ksun]

Ughhh, one step forward, two steps back.

What's with Toronto hospitals demolishing beautiful, tall historical buildings and not coming close to matching the height in what replaces it lately?

St Mikes is probably the ugliest hospital downtown - massive, gloomy, boxy, taking more than an entire city block. Almost looking like a cold prison with no beauty or grace or anything slightly urban. What can you expect from it.