Kitsune
Senior Member
Are there any shots of the water front showing roughly what is now a common shot with the CN Tower and Skydome? I'm curious as to what use to stand where I now live (that funny quay between rees and spadina....)
Forget about international architects. The concerning issue is where are the Toronto based corporate giants and industrial titans with the balls to burn money on architectural exuberance? Dreaming of commercial tower architectural expression first is like putting the cart before the horse.
Sadly I think the reason why there hasn't been any massive office developments in the past boom (instead of a bunch of mediocre ones) is because a lot of money has moved west to Calgary. Look at the Transcanada tower and Eighth Avenue Place, and of course the Bow was going to be the centrepiece of this boom, same way FCP and TD Centre came out of the late 60s and early 70s - but it looks like its off the rails now.
Dundas and Chesnut Sept 1988. from my dad View attachment 279777
North-east corner - the mosque? What was there before?