Recent content by 70Challenger

It’s already treated to even out the patches. That’s as good as it’s going to get, considering how damaged and stained it was before.

It’s the less special infill buildings that contribute the most to the street experience overall. Good on them for recognizing their value without an official designation. If only MORE would be saved like this to preserve what makes Toronto, Toronto.

Toronto has a lot of Victorian buildings with extreme asymmetry, it was just part of the style

Any plans to remove the paint from the brick?

Those curved panels are so good.

Tempted to turn this into a Constructivist style poster

First proposal I’ve seen that looks decent with that kind of wedding cake massing.

It looks so streamline moderne now. It's clear there was an architectural intent to it that was obscured this whole time by industrial motley and decay.

I enjoy cantilevers, let’s see this go up.

Why do they always have to put a gazillion different facade styles and materials? When has that ever looked good?

Now they get rid of the entire heritage element to play off against, and yet nothing was done to add more interest to the new elements. Just meh all around. It really should have been the Zeidler submission.

Yes! I was hoping they would save the tower. It’s the only one of those in Toronto.

I see marketing consultants are still a good investment.

I think it really is just meant for access to the other side. Definitely unusual for them to connect on the second floor but not the ground floor. That pic more than anything else shows how sad it is to cover up original brickwork with inferior materials.