The Tenor (10 Dundas St E, Ent Prop Trust, 10s, Baldwin & Franklin)

[caltrane74]

Its not embarrassing. I think it will fit in perfectly. This isn't the Lourve. or St. Peters. Its Yonge and Dundas - Centre Stage for World Tackiness.

 

[MetroMan1000]

Times Square was itself a seedy part of the city, but as it grew in attention-getting power, bigger advertising dollars began to flow in and now it's a major tourist destination, perhaps the most well known city intersection in the world.

Yonge-Dundas Square won't be built in a day, it'll evolve over time.

 

[MetroMan1000]

I wonder if PenEquity can pull off this art-deco inspired look with a limited budget and crappy materials. From what I see, the cladding is turning out to be exactly like Olympic Spirit: cheap looking and poorly executed.

 

[caltrane74]

It Will not look that good.

 

[bizorky]

^Being an "artist concept" I think you are correct.

 

[SD2]

So far, I think it actually looks better than the rendering.

 

[scarberiankhatru]

"Its Yonge and Dundas - Centre Stage for World Tackiness."

I'm worried it won't be tacky enough...

 

[rdaner]

TImes Square or Piccadilly Circus

Although everyone from the media to the developers seem to be drawing parallels between Dundas Square and Times Square, I feel that there are more similiarities between Dundas Square and Piccadilly Circus in London.

 

[Bogtrotter]

It will certainly reinforce the view of the city as a mini-NY imho. Times Square North- it's very cute :b

 

[mpolo2]

Re: TImes Square or Piccadilly Circus

Hard to pull off looking worse than that rendering. But what is looking like another big mall for downtown is probably no great achievement either.

 

[Darkstar416]

Although everyone from the media to the developers seem to be drawing parallels between Dundas Square and Times Square, I feel that there are more similiarities between Dundas Square and Piccadilly Circus in London.

Indeed, it's Toronto's version of London's Trocadero (or something like that).

 

[Bogtrotter]

Re: TImes Square or Piccadilly Circus

ye..ye.. that's it- Picmedilly Circus! ..definitely not Times Square! But seriously, if I'm not mistaken, wasn't the whole concept based on the idea of Times Sq?

 

[samsonyuen]

I sure hope not. The Troc is a horrible failure.

 

[urbanboyto]

Re: TImes Square or Piccadilly Circus

I hope they don'[t have that big blank wall running along Yonge..that would be a disaster.

 

[ganjavih]

As you can see here, there will be no blank wall. I'm cautiously optimistic about this project... although I was also optimistic about Torch as it was going up and it turned out to be a steaming pile of dog poo.