Ryerson: Business Building (Zeidler)

[borgos]

They're putting up hoarding around the old jj mugs location. don't know what's going in there.

 

[ganjavih]

I still don't like it but it's not quite as objectionable as I thought it would be.

 

[TdotTrickyRicky]

I'll give it another chance and take a good look at it some time in September.

 

[billy corgan19982]

More pics from today:

 

[blixa442]

The side with the Ryerson banner is OK, but the rest is quite grotesque.

 

[Danny225]

This place seems like such an NYC studio setting

 

[MetroMan1000]

What happened to the JJ Mugs fountain/skylight? That and the old Cineplex Odean cinema are key pieces in my childhood memories.... gone

I hope they install a fountain in that small square. It's going to be quite windswept otherwise.

I agree with blixa, the Ryerson side looks good but the Canadian Tire and Best Buy façades look absolutely bland.

 

[MetroMan1000]

Btw, wasn't the Ryerson Business Building supposed to give the Ryerson Biz Dept' a Bay St. address? Their entrance to this building is located on Dundas....

 

[spmarshall]

It has a Bay Street mailing address (575 Bay), but the entrance is at 85 Dundas West.

 

[MetroMan1000]

I was about to add to my post: "If they give it a Bay St. address I'm going to laugh because it's definitely not on Bay"..

... so I guess: HA HA HA!

 

[ganjavih]

I used to have a Bay St address and my entrance was on Edward St... so har dee har har to you.

 

[adma]

And it isn't like the first of its sort (note 181 Bay and 777 Bay, oriented t/w Wellington and College respectively)

 

[Bogtrotter]

Dreadful building- ugh. The only redeeming feature on the exterior is the northeast corner.

 

[urbanboyto]

the patterns and colours look overdone and they clash.

 

[adma]

I repeat what I said before about its reminding me of the Uni record label