Toronto Toronto House | 186.53m | 58s | Westbank | Hariri Pontarini

[cd concept]

I'm glad they preserve these buildings. But it would be nice to see them cleaned up a little better when the whole project is finished. Some of them still look quite dirty and don't blend in with the new part of the building.

 

[Lyphe]

I personally think Toronto has found a great balance that incorporates heritage into new buildings in interesting ways. Will you always get home runs? Nope. But that is also true of brand new buildings. I'm glad they do it.

 

[Lenser]

I'm glad they preserve these buildings. But it would be nice to see them cleaned up a little better when the whole project is finished. Some of them still look quite dirty and don't blend in with the new part of the building.

Examples, please?

 

[ProjectEnd]

You are definitely right because in Toronto, the developers would rather cut and paste everything including ugly and useless old facades rather than spending more money to design real original architecture

They do???

 

[ProjectEnd]

 

[friendlyfuture]

 

[interchange42]

Shots of the steel framework from a few days ago:

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[A Torontonian Now]

Here are a couple pics I've been holding onto over the last while.

From immediately before demo got going in earnest, taken March 24, 2019:

And less than a week later, taken March 31, 2019:

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Another angle, this one taken today:

 

[Red Mars]

Pics taken Apr 26, 2019

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Taken today, April 28:

 

[friendlyfuture]

 

[bmiller]

Another pretend preservation project in this city.

 

[Kenojuak]

Another pretend preservation project in this city.

Yeah that multi-million dollar steel support structure and in-situ preservation is just a figment of our imaginations.

 

[Contra]

"Build more buildings but also don't build any at all" seems to be the mantra of many.