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Work has commenced. Not visible yet from the front, but from the rear, one sees that demolition is taking place. Today:

From Lessard Park in Bloor West, yesterday:

@interchange42 +1 crane

These towers are relatively attractive. That does not change the fact that the desecration of the heritage is atrocious, nor does it excuse the other issues raised by @innsertnamehere, above.

Similarly the "I don't like it so you can't do it even on your own private property" mentality should be subject to limits in Canadian society. At present, there is no regulation against the lighting at 160 Front, so therefore it is permitted. You can lobby your City Councilor if you believe...

My wife has made fun of me (all in good humour) for admitting I sometimes have dreams about buildings. Glad to know I am not alone...

The circular driveway seems unnecessary and anti-urban, and each of the towers could stand to have an additional 5 or 6 storeys, but aside from that, it is looking pretty good.

Today: And since we're finally at least approaching grade level, I took a couple non-pit pics today as a reminder of what it's been looking like from the rear and from Bloor Street these last couple years:

As someone who lived in three different houses converted to multiplexes in the Annex (long before they were recently made legal as-of-right), what appears to be a bunch of single-family homes in the Annex is already denser than meets the eye. The Annex is a neighbourhood with a diversity of...

I see where you're coming from, but still believe it makes sense for Allied, from a certain perspective. I assumed the 5% continued ownership by Westbank in Toronto House meant that Westbank would still run the residential (probably with a fee as well), thus obviating your final concern. In...

Sounds win-win to me. Westbank is clearly strapped for cash, and Allied gets some diversification with substantial ownership of the residential rental component of the building.

Now I'm so curious about the river's volume calculated in mini-marshmallows...

I'll bite! I'm not familiar with Hamilton's planning regulations - did this require a zoning variance, and if so, how did that process go? How was the permitting process? How easy/hard was it to find a contractor for this sort of build? Have you been able to keep on budget? Anything...

March 6: In contrast to the excavation, the forming contractor seems to be all business and this is really moving along quickly for the complicated below ground floors.

March 1:

I look at this image and wonder why The Annex gets so much flak on this forum for remaining largely low-rise in proximity to multiple subway stations when Rosedale is so clearly a worse offender.

It was my understanding that Old City Hall is essentially empty now; that the court functions are finally completely finished at Old City Hall and moved to the new courthouse. Addendum: After some googling, it seems that there might be some remaining City-run provincial offence court functions...

It would require a longer time horizon, because it involves refitting two heritage buildings instead of one, but it should be Old City Hall. Legislative chamber can be built into the courtyard, as was done for the Canadian House of Commons in the West Block of Parliament Hill. Then when QP is...

My read on the article was that they were contemplating exactly this (what I bolded), to cheapen the fit and finish of interior common areas. Mizrahi is opposed because even if he won't be making money from the building (or at least the amount he wanted - I expect there might be some backdoor...

I wonder if the thread title ought to change to have HPA as architects going forward...