I'm all for more colour in the skyline at night so bring it on.
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Ramako
Moderator
Just how established is KPMG in Toronto compared to other cities? Do they have a relatively large presence here? The sign will definitely make the average person think so.
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Swamp Thing
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KPMG Toronto was recently (last year?) named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers. So by that measure at least, the company has a notable impact on Toronto.
steveve
Senior Member
Here's the rendering of the KPMG logo from the FCP re-clad website...
old boy
Senior Member
Thanks for the photos, drum. The skyline from the Bathurst St bridge reminds me of my dad telling me that he sold photos of the cityscape from the bridge when he was a kid. I'm not sure how old the bridge is, but my dad was born in 1916.
41stfloor
Active Member
The blue fencing surrounding the "temporary" plaza on the footprint of BA2 is now being removed.
drum118
Superstar
Thanks.
Do you have any of those photo's as it would nice to see what the skyline look like before TO started to grow up.
I have photo's only going back 4 years, but you can see the changes.
Xenosblitz
Active Member
KPMG is the second largest accounting firm in Canada, based on revenue. They have a large presence in the City of Toronto, with offices in the downtown core (BA) and North York (Yonge Corporate Centre). Toronto is their head office in Canada.
They probably want that sign to compete with Deloitte, which has an absolutely gigantic sign at Commerce Court South. That sign dwarfs the building. I think it looks highly disproportional, and is disconcerting.
Has the KPMG sign been approved then? I heard a while back they were having problems getting it approved.
drum118
Superstar
Oct 25
From Queen St RR Bridge
From Queen St RR Bridge
philofra
Active Member
Nice pictures. But the last one would be nicer if the overhead wires didn't exit.
Why does Toronto have so may overhead wires? The telephone poles look so unattractive.
Why does Toronto have so may overhead wires? The telephone poles look so unattractive.
drum118
Superstar
Because the City doesn't want to spend 100's of million to bury them.
Developer should help to bury them when the build their projects.
Toronto wants that last cent out of the wires and poles before they replace them. Ask TTC about this for the St Clair and Fleet ROW or where they need new poles to support their overhead system.
nrb
Active Member
I am not a fan of the kpmg logo. It reminds me of a discount store at a strip mall.
steveve
Senior Member
Not a fan of the KPMG logo (that is of now... it could always change 
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To me it makes the building look more commercialized and a little less "classy"....
It also makes the building not look like "The Bay Adelaide Centre"... it seems as if it's the KPMG centre tower or somethin like that!
and are all the other buildings in the Bay Adelaide Centre complex gonna have the same, different, or no logo's at all???.. gonna look really weird if BA west was the only tower with a logo at the top... or, if they were all different! lol
We'll see what it looks like
*anyone know when the logo is going up?
***on BA's website it says "welcome KPMG to your new home in Bay Adelaide Centre"... it's probably approved...
http://www.brookfieldproperties.com...g=1&continue.x=24&continue.y=12home/index.ch2
)To me it makes the building look more commercialized and a little less "classy"....
It also makes the building not look like "The Bay Adelaide Centre"... it seems as if it's the KPMG centre tower or somethin like that!
and are all the other buildings in the Bay Adelaide Centre complex gonna have the same, different, or no logo's at all???.. gonna look really weird if BA west was the only tower with a logo at the top... or, if they were all different! lol
We'll see what it looks like
*anyone know when the logo is going up?
***on BA's website it says "welcome KPMG to your new home in Bay Adelaide Centre"... it's probably approved...
http://www.brookfieldproperties.com...g=1&continue.x=24&continue.y=12home/index.ch2
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Build Up
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nrb
Active Member
its too bad law firms hate having their names on buildings so much, would have loved to see goodmans logo on there