Toronto Parliament Slip | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto | West 8

[nstuch]

^I have seen renderings of an off-centre hotel (designed by a certain Danish firm) proposed for on top of the silos which would be great as it would terminate the view east on QQE.

hopefully something like the Silo Hotel in Cape Town! Although that's in the middle of a thriving tourist hotspot as opposed to a desolate area for the next few decades

 

[DSCToronto]

hopefully something like the Silo Hotel in Cape Town! Although that's in the middle of a thriving tourist hotspot as opposed to a desolate area for the next few decades

I will take this seriously when we see a legitimate source....

 

[xmyth_]

No clue what the silos will end up as. But I’m pro silo. I keep thinking of the parliament slip as akin to Clock Tower Beach in Montreal - which, as the name gives away, has its character defined by a clock tower.

So maybe the slip will have “Silo Beach”, and the silo will have some sort of cultural programming - maybe we’ll finally get that Metronome project (shout out to ANYONE who remembers Metronome) and we’ll have some outdoor coliseum seating for concerts and performances. It would keep the slip an active destination.

Honestly. I’m now 100% anti housing in this area. Go build what was announced, but nothing more. Like the slip itself, and the silo -this area needs things for residents to do, work at, attend etc. this should be like Harbourfront centre part 2. Keep the slip cultural not residential.

 

[xmyth_]

For those not familiar, Metronome was an attempt to use the Bathurst silos for a Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

Just think of a silo based cultural institution beside Silo Beach.