Toronto The Whitfield | 130m | 39s | Menkes | Giannone Petricone

GenerationLee said:
Agreed - I just kid is all. It's great to see this building restored, instead of being hemmed in by a gas station and forgotten about.
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This building is fantastic, and being right across the street from the hideousness of T&S makes it gleam even brighter.

And I have the say the restoration they did on the Tim Hortons building is excellent. My only complaint with it is that it's too good to waste on Tim Hortons! 😀
 
Front St sidewalk is very nearly done, still fenced off though.
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2026-04-14 - Tower is very handsome and would be fine taller. The red verticals and rounded corners are very good. Elegance is helped by lack of balconies on the east and west facades (although Menkes does great sculptural balconies). The podium fits the context well though its curves, colour and material diverge from the tower a bit too much, missing coherence. The lobby surround is fine but again diverges, leading to three distinct parts that are good but don’t quite fit together. Very nice overall. Huge improvement on the prior gas station. Welcome to a great neighbourhood.

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I know menkes still has the MENKES signage on the top - but a while back several UT commentors were looking into why they were able to add such large signage so late to a building they will not have an interest in, and some even put in complaints.

Again, understand that the signage is still there but did those discussions go anywhere? More curious on the outcome response from the city.
 
Tormick said:
I know menkes still has the MENKES signage on the top - but a while back several UT commentors were looking into why they were able to add such large signage so late to a building they will not have an interest in, and some even put in complaints.

Again, understand that the signage is still there but did those discussions go anywhere? More curious on the outcome response from the city.
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Has this forum also discussed the EQ logo added to the top of the nearby EQ Bank Tower? It's on the eastward facing side. I don't have an issue with either but this Menkes one got quite a bit of grief.

Also, the Tim's at ground level has re-opened.
 
Tormick said:
I know menkes still has the MENKES signage on the top - but a while back several UT commentors were looking into why they were able to add such large signage so late to a building they will not have an interest in, and some even put in complaints.

Again, understand that the signage is still there but did those discussions go anywhere? More curious on the outcome response from the city.
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I don't know if there are commercial units at the base, but is it Possible Menkes retained those to lease out and as part of the condo agreement has the right to put their signage on the common elements of the building at the top? Just a a guess, but possible?
 
StephenJob said:
2026-04-14 - Tower is very handsome and would be fine taller. The red verticals and rounded corners are very good. Elegance is helped by lack of balconies on the east and west facades (although Menkes does great sculptural balconies). The podium fits the context well though its curves, colour and material diverge from the tower a bit too much, missing coherence. The lobby surround is fine but again diverges, leading to three distinct parts that are good but don’t quite fit together. Very nice overall. Huge improvement on the prior gas station. Welcome to a great neighbourhood.

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One thing I find unfortunate and don't think you can do much about in the design as the architect, is the white blinds/curtains really take away from the darker glass and features that the elevations were supposed to have. They really brighten it up too much from the design intent in my opinion.
 
I just don’t understand the design logic of finishing the building with a large grey mechanical box. It just looks utterly out of place. Why not at least extend the ‘red’ columns to keep the aesthetic a bit more coherent.
 
Tarazet said:
I just don’t understand the design logic of finishing the building with a large grey mechanical box. It just looks utterly out of place. Why not at least extend the ‘red’ columns to keep the aesthetic a bit more coherent.
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As bad as the mechanical box and sign is, at least it follows the curve of the building. Crazily enough it’s much better than One Yonge’s mechanical box.
 
I'm going to laugh if Pinnacle just winds up doing the original design and didn't release new drawings as the floor raise was just an single floor edition so they didn't want to spend the marketing money and everybody here myself included look like a bunch of people that were crying over nothing I'll be the first one to celebrate and yes I know this is the whitfields thread
 
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