Toronto 401 Bay Street | 143.86m | 33s | Cadillac Fairview | WZMH

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The original was SO much better. If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Unfortunately it is literally breaking - and the fix is the problem.

AoD

 

[someMidTowner]

R.I.P.

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Bigger RIP in that first pic - Temple Building

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Unfortunately it is literally breaking - and the fix is the problem.

AoD

There is a difference between bringing it up to today's spec and redesigning though. The latter was unlikely needed.

 

[Yegger]

I can't help but think there were a million ways to refresh this building with a modern spin on the original design intent like using new brown glass, dark mullions and updated LED crown lighting. Instead, we got this sickly green monstrosity facing the main square.

Did this go through the DRP?

 

[interchange42]

I can't help but think there were a million ways to refresh this building with a modern spin on the original design intent like using new brown glass, dark mullions and updated LED crown lighting. Instead, we got this sickly green monstrosity facing the main square.

Did this go through the DRP?

No. Recladdings only have to go through the Building Department, Planning didn't get a look at all.

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[Riseth]

Unfortunately it is literally breaking - and the fix is the problem.

AoD

So update the original materials? Or create cladding that looks identical to what was there before. Surely this abomination wasn't necessary.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

So update the original materials? Or create cladding that looks identical to what was there before. Surely this abomination wasn't necessary.

No argument from me - I am just saying a fix is required as a fact - it doesn't absolve this abomination.

AoD

 

[Northern Light]

From the archives: The original, under construction:

from Fonds 124

Back

 

[Redroom Studios]

I actually dont hate the treatment on the main portion of the building... it's when it gets to the roof line where the white lines just end up looking like a jumbled asymmetric mess..

would have preferred to see the concrete portions reclad in black...

 

[LUVIT!]

I’m more aghast at the loss of all the structures for the Eaton’s Centre!

 

[adma]

Not too much damage has been done. It's reversible. Hopefully one day it can be restored to its original look.

Though the disfigurement could also be used as an alibi for future demolition and replacement. (There've been cases like that--pioneering skyscrapers like Farmers Bank in Pittsburgh and the Pabst Building in Milwaukee that suffered recladding and/or mutilation along the way)

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Though the disfigurement could also be used as an alibi for future demolition and replacement. (There've been cases like that--pioneering skyscrapers like Farmers Bank in Pittsburgh and the Pabst Building in Milwaukee that suffered recladding and/or mutilation along the way)

...I'll even take ripping it down and throwing up close facsimile in its wake at this point.

 

[JasonParis]

Would it be correct to say that it has gone from a Brutalist building to a New Formalist one? I'm thinking so.

 

[interchange42]

Would it be correct to say that it has gone from a Brutalist building to a New Formalist one? I'm thinking so.

Easier to remember: from Brutalist to just brutal.

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