MetroMan
Senior Member
I believe I heard early on in the project that the AGO's façade would be holding the streetcar overhead wires since the canopy nearly meets the street.
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simply Dan
Active Member
I really don't think so... they did a wonderful job in front of the ROM and Gardiner Museum.
mysteryman
Active Member
The plan at the moment is for the second floor to be closed to visitors. Those plans can always change however.
urbandreamer
recession proof
9 August 2008 photo update
A rainy noon-hour shot from Dundas West near McCaul:
A rainy noon-hour shot from Dundas West near McCaul:
Dan416
Senior Member
^ LOL It looks so random.
ganjavih
Senior Member
Looks very cool.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
My KPMB mole got the grand tour about a month ago and was very impressed: the height of the galleries and the amount of light throughout the new contemporary art wing to the south; the Walker Court that's now a "room within a room"; the new galleries that link to Walker Court and replace that muddle of smaller galleries that used to be at the north end.
The whole year this place has been closed feels like an eternity.
I think the've retained proportionately less of their building than the ROM did with their project. Two different approaches necessitated by very different sites and kinds of collections. The AGO reopens with a bang ... while the ROM's first renovated galleries in the heritage wings opened in December 2005, and their final galleries won't be finished until 2010.
Time to renew the membership.
The whole year this place has been closed feels like an eternity.
I think the've retained proportionately less of their building than the ROM did with their project. Two different approaches necessitated by very different sites and kinds of collections. The AGO reopens with a bang ... while the ROM's first renovated galleries in the heritage wings opened in December 2005, and their final galleries won't be finished until 2010.
Time to renew the membership.
rdaner
Senior Member
CanadianNational
Senior Member
August 16, 2008
Fad225
Active Member
nice! thanks for the update!! its is looking pretty sleek!
wish we had a spot where we could appreciate it better from Dundas...
wish we had a spot where we could appreciate it better from Dundas...
Patriot
Active Member
Miraculous if this is completed for the November opening.
Benc7
Active Member
I received a response from the AGO regarding my request to clarify the future of The Grange:
"Be assured that the public will still have access to the historic Grange house. The library on the main floor as well as the kitchen/larder on the lower floor will be open to the public, and will be animated with artist projects and interpretive programs. We also hope to upgrade the upper floor to enable community use, but this is a longer-term ambition."
#1.1 susan bloch-nevitte on 2008-07-30 11:15
current
Active Member
August 27
South side.
Testing the lights.
Southeast corner.
South side.
Testing the lights.
Southeast corner.
khris
Senior Member
So it is going to be blue? I thought it was going to be silver.
Jayomatic
Active Member
I can't remember what the cladding for the exterior staircase is. Was it wood?