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

[ShonTron]

It really has to be seen in person to be believed.

I can’t believe the busy sidewalk on the south side of Queen Street was closed for half a decade for this dreck.

 

[DSC]

It really has to be seen in person to be believed.

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I can’t believe the busy sidewalk on the south side of Queen Street was closed for half a decade for this dreck.

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PLEASE stop posting photos - it is REALLY not aging well!

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

And my Puglies for the F'uglies of this year go to...

(...I think they went to "Design" Haus last year. >.< )

 

[Riseth]

Horrendous

 

[LUVIT!]

Perhaps this has been answered already but are the white panels intended to be used for signage?

 

[Toux]

It really has to be seen in person to be believed.

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I can’t believe the busy sidewalk on the south side of Queen Street was closed for half a decade for this dreck.

If they had simply used a darker material on the tower relative to the columns, this could have been slightly less bad.

 

[christiesplits]

Oh no, they're gonna put ad wraps at the street level aren't they?

 

[DSC]

Oh no, they're gonna put ad wraps at the street level aren't they?

Something along these lines might be better?

 

[AlbertC]

 

[DSC]

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This just looks better and better, sigh!

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...another thing on how this "upgrade" has seemingly diminished the size and its imposing'ness. Thus it looks and feels neutered and spayed compared to what it was before, IMO.

 

[Rascacielo]

Today. I guess it looks OK at night.

 

[Mercenary]

The base looks terrible. A complete dead zone. The footpath is too narrow and needs to be repaved.

 

[junctionist]

This recladding project is a good candidate for the worst of its kind in the city's history. Sure, they wanted to freshen a tower that was never that remarkable. That wasn't difficult on its own. But to throw together something so simultaneously jarring, generic, and sterile kitty corner from the city's main public square is quite the feat.

The ground level is awful. You'd think someone would have realized that big blank walls on the south side of Queen Street are a problem, like with the Sheraton Centre or the deadening Queen Street facade of the Four Seasons Centre. Unfortunately, not.

 

[RonThom]

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Is this a joke