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Cynics aplenty on this longtime site. For good reasons …mostly. But people, things, buildings & cities can and do change.

Key words …”Red Aluminum” ~that’s why they are or will be, whenever, “iconic” in midtown. Downtown c’d use a big splash of red aluminum downtown. The gorgeous Scotia Plaza has been desperately lonely for decades.

I like this building on the Square. Brings much needed modern fresh edge & light to area, w frontal landscape arch. to come. One of my favorite buildings in city is right across the road. That good looking limestone (LCBO) w clock tower needs to be more than an outpost for selling beer & retail...

Definitely see brown in these new pics.

I hope so. Brown, beige, amber, gold. Anything but grey.

They’re turning this mofo grey. Aren’t they? Maybe it’s the cloudy grey sky backdrop. Yeah, right. The glass is dark grey!! Yech. It was a semi-good design. More than basic. I liked it more & more. And the one thing I liked above all for this supertall was the much needed soft gold light it...

Haven’t you heard? Toronto is forever banished to the boring, blue-grey, glass tinted skyline abyss. Where beautiful hues like gold, amber & any other colour scheme under the sun is …outlawed.

It’s happening now, in the last 5 yrs, some standout, good looking structures downtown. But took way too long.

Exactly. Why are all the cool, well designed buildings not being built downtown? Same with 1 Delisle in mid-town. Looks so out of place there. Royally backwards.

They don’t need all the cute lighting if the building wasn’t all …GREY!? Maybe change up the permanent colour hue of glass used for podium & top of structure?? Would give this building more pop. Day & Night. Otherwise, nice looking edifice.

I get it. But claws come out quick on here.

I’m no apologist for trashy cheap city developers, who are based in Toronto, that don’t care about the city’s aesthetics. And I’m ignoring things built more than 20 yrs ago-Dark ages 4 T.O’s parochial low cost boring structures. But I wonder how many senior members look back & acknowledge what...

Hope so. I’ll take a golden’y tone over glum beige any day.

The design is fine by Foster + Partners. But i loathe this bland flat beige color. Does nothing. Give a bit of hue please. Lanterra Dev.

This is big international city impressive. Hope it stays this way.

The oneSky design was the better choice imo. But I don’t have big issues w this design. It has good potential. Also, I bet your reaction will be different after viewing the finished park. Love Park had grumblers too. And that’s a great space. But, I do agree with the lousy Yonge Dundas Sq & the...

So ordinary. Uninteresting. When you travel a lot, you know. All the same blah muted (grey-blue-beige) colour scheme, with all these Yonge St tower facades. It’s ridiculous & massively shortsighted. Reds, metals, coppers are forbidden in Toronto? Must be. City architect could help. Right now...

If this was a bigger downtown city park, I’d be more p*ssed about this choice. But isn’t this what they’re doing? Locating & finding parking lots & dead spaces and turning them into parks & greener public spaces. That city staff plan/idea (under Tory) should continue & hopefully thrive under...

Exactly!! It’s fine. Aesthetically pleasing. Just move on to the next one. Keep finding new spaces & lots for more … Parks. Pedestrian streets. Public spaces. Promenades. Patios.

With another look, West 8 design is fine. It’s nice. It has its charm. But, I’d like to know from the city, what was wrong with oneSKY (PMA & SLA) design? It was obviously the popular standout design. Cost?