Toronto 16 York | 154.83m | 32s | Cadillac Fairview | a—A

[condovo]

Amazing pix Dustin!
But Cadillac Fairview, FIX THAT GLAZING PANEL!!!

 

[Dustin William]

Amazing pix Dustin!
But Cadillac Fairview, FIX THAT GLAZING PANEL!!!

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I’m sure it’ll get replaced

 

[ADRM]

York St Sidewalk now open in front of 16. View attachment 261705View attachment 261706View attachment 261707View attachment 261708View attachment 261709View attachment 261710

This frontage is just begging for some animation/public seating/softscaping:

 

[junctionist]

Wow, that's so austere and sterile. It's like something out of 1950s Toronto.

 

[jje1000]

Wow, that's so austere and sterile. It's like something out of 1950s Toronto.

Arguably the 50s were better at creating modernist designs with humanistic elements than the decades that followed.

The 60-70s was when the real damage started happening!

 

[Dustin William]

there is a final light strip along the lip of the roof I noticed tonight - so 3 strong lines of light - really stands out at night! ...eagerly awaiting the logo

 

[good_views_r_good]

Today

 

[Miscreant]

I actually quite like it--the lights at night look great. *shrug*

 

[sikandar]

From about 5 minutes ago

 

[Riseth]

Love how this fits into South Core. That lighting turned out very nice.

 

[ADRM]

this fits into South Core

Methinks that’s the problem, though...

The lighting is both a saving grace and small solace.

 

[wmedia]

I've done a complete u-turn on this project. The simple overhanging form complements the far more interesting residential towers well, making them the stars of the show, the joined podium is effective, and the lighting is the icing (no pun intended) on the cake. I'm looking forward to seeing all the retail components finally getting filled.

 

[Gphorce]

I wish the City's planners paid more attention to the grain at street level. I walked by the other night, and the PWC complex has so much more visual interest going for it at the lower levels. The flat vision glass of this project just feels so sterile and unconcerned with the urban realm. The tower is fine, but the City really needs to get more ground level articulation and texture out of these developments.

 

[Dustin William]

For me, seeing the final branding elements of HSBC on the top of the building and at the podium, especially on the branch location on York will really make this look complete.

I do think some softscraping could do wonders to add some greenery especially around the entrances of 16, the retail entrance and ICE as well.

 

[sikandar]

Looks like NBA Canada is finishing up the interior of their offices at 16 York:

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