Toronto 76 Adelaide West Recladding | ?m | 16s | Bell Canada | WZMH

[xy3]

At least the mosaic artwork is being preserved.

 

[cd concept]

At least the mosaic artwork is being preserved.

It would have been nice to see them incorporate more of it . Or other antique trim work between these arched windows to compensate for the lost.

 

[isaidso]

At least the mosaic artwork is being preserved.

Well that's something. Maybe one day this building can be restored and the damage being done reversed.

 

[emphurent]

Additional angles.

For those curious about the shade, it's quite close to the reflectivity and shade as the 19 Duncan Podium glass in person.

 

[DSCToronto]

Glass is starting to go up, weirdly the brick is still behind it.

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I assume there is telephone equipment behind the brick and the glazing is to match what is going above, where I assume the windows will be windows. Better than the CF idea at the Simpson Building where they thought having a solid wall of white urinal siding was a good idea for the equivalent space on that building.

 

[AlbertC]

Dec 11, 2021

 

[daptive]

Dec 11, 2021


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Very torn with this project. I really do love this new glass—could belong in New York—but wish they could've done this to another building

 

[isaidso]

Agree. Wonderful facade but are we any further ahead when we destroy something of beauty to build something of beauty?

We literally have 100s of buildings that need a re-work/change. This wasn't one of them. Toronto's inventory of architecturally noteworthy buildings is quite limited but it was decided to decrease our inventory of such buildings even further? We certainly don't do ourselves any favours.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

I like that glass...but I can't forgive them for what they removed though.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Very torn with this project. I really do love this new glass—could belong in New York—but wish they could've done this to another building

I am just thanking the lucky stars, now that they've done it - that it wasn't like 401 Bay.

AoD

 

[ProjectEnd]

To be [somewhat] fair to WZMH (though they really don't deserve it), the 401 Bay disaster is the result of the Pellow acquisition, not something they came up with themselves.

 

[yin_yang]

So...what did it look like before? Nobody has posted before photos yet.

 

[Northern Light]

So...what did it look like before? Nobody has posted before photos yet.

From Sept 2015, Streetview:

 

[Rascacielo]

More of the curvy glass panels today

 

[Rascacielo]

@mods, can you add this project to the map and/or search database? The only way to find this thread is to scroll through all the buildings threads until you find it. Since this is not a project that gets updated daily, it may take a while to find it.