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I tried hard to find some photos of the original ground floor condition of this building, but the best I could come up with were these two partial images from the City of Toronto Archives via a BlogTO article, if any one else is curious. source...

Spotted through the canopy from our new place.

I used to live nearby years ago and while I wasn't afraid to pass through here, I remember that I always felt there was a certain "emptiness" to this immediate area at night. I think for Queer folks like myself, or women, or Black, Indigenous, or other minority groups, "emptiness" (or an absence...

Interesting article about the beautiful "Monument to the Brave" by Anishinaabe artist Nico Williams that will be displayed in the lobby of this new building when it is complete. https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/sickkids-hospital-bead-sculpture-nico-williams-1.5977080

Shim - Sutcliffe win the 2021 RAIC gold medal. https://www.archdaily.com/959663/brigitte-shim-and-howard-sutcliffe-win-the-2021-raic-gold-medal

https://www.dezeen.com/2018/06/04/alphabet-sidewalk-labs-toronto-future-city-interview-rohit-aggarwala/ Dezeen interviews the head of urban systems at Sidewalk about their lofty plans for this project.

That little growth the building has on its North-east shoulder is driving me crazy.

http://app.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2436703&propertyRsn=210609 Looks like the property has been heritage listed since '97.

This is how the stone on the WCH should have been handled.

Remember this?

The city really bounced back.

Seeing this and 1 King West together on the skyline makes me wish for a fully realized Robert Stern stone tower in the core somewhere too.

I would love to see two buildings fill out that corner, rather than another big chunky one.

Is it meant to be a clock-tower?

If Mirvish's Art Gallery addition ever materializes we might get another beauty filling out the block here.