Toronto 88 Scott Street | 203.9m | 58s | Concert | P + S / IBI

[urbandreamer]

Haven't any of you looked at the P+S supply chain yet?

The entire catalogue from the supplier is printed in grey--I swear.

 

[Youranthony1]

Exterior demolition has begun!

 

[Ryan_T]

 

[Youranthony1]

Lol!

 

[ptbotrmpfn]

Torontos not th eonly city in the world to use these cheap materials. New york is full of buildings like that.. you just dont see them amoungst the thousands of tall buildings. But, in person they are just as bad if not worse then Berczy. They have one thats green instead of powder blue. And its as ugly as that sounds to. Keep heads up, as the render dose not show anything similar to what berczy has. Look closely at the day renders for 88 and Berczy. Not the same materials at all. Just friendly advise. I know the initial render was squashed and replaced with what is now preposed or approved. Theres still lots of character to it.

 

[Ryan_T]

I wonder if they'll have some lights pointing up to accent the sides of the building at night.

 

[AndreaPalladio]

Scaffolding is going up on Scott Street this morning.

 

[Uncle Teddy]

I like the idea of more people living in the area. I hope Concert does a decent job with the cladding.

 

[mrgrieves]

Walked by today and noticed the mature trees on Scott Street had been removed....

 

[Ryan_T]

Probably better moved than destroyed by trucks.

 

[Youranthony1]

Walked by today and noticed the mature trees on Scott Street had been removed....

All 16 trees on the propoerty were planned to be removed. New trees will be planted once the building is complete.

 

[mrgrieves]

All 16 trees on the propoerty were planned to be removed. New trees will be planted once the building is complete.

That's really too bad...those were large mature trees which you don't see often downtown. It's a shame there was no way to preserve them. The only positive I see is that there is a very wide sidewalk and so hopefully the new trees will be able to thrive. Would be great if more streets downtown were given the same wide sidewalk treatment as that block of Scott.

 

[androiduk]

 

[Youranthony1]

Lots of demolishing going on!

 

[Youranthony1]

I found some information about the public art program at 88 Scott. Proposed locations for the art include the public atrium and Wellington entranceway.

The document also includes a rough render of the public atrium. I really like the idea of a suspended sculptural and/or lighting installation for this part of the building.

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-58859.pdf