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Daytime view:


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I dunno...something is a bit off with that massing on top. It seems to distract from the overall building. Then again, I'm not sure how one would "hide" that 4 story addition so it isn't.
 
Interesting to see that the roof turret is retained in the latest design- I wonder what it originally looked like?

Can't find any historic pictures of it, but I feel that it might have had a more elaborate roofline in the past.
 
https://www.blogto.com/city/2014/02/what_king_street_used_to_look_like_in_toronto/

Not sure if that’s it. But, I found an old picture (possibly) in BlogTO. Fifth picture from bottom says ditto 1980 above it. Hope it helps or was close. Ok looked closer sorry it’s not. My bad
I think that was the building was on King and Bathurst, and replaced by a rather dull office building-

From what I found on OldTO- the building had already gained its current appearance by the 70s:

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It would be great if corner turret was restored to its early-20th century condition during this reno. Maybe the city could make some sort of trade-off that would see the pyramid roof and flagpole properly re-installed. Dunno.
 
The work on this project seems to be moving along V-E-R-Y slowly but there are workers on site, occasionally. Clearly not a high priority to the developers.
 
It's funny, they aren't there often, but when they show up, they usually show up with a pretty huge crew. I have no idea what they're doing in there with that many people.
 

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