Toronto Burano | ?m | 48s | Lanterra | a—A

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Public Art Plan, from Toronto East York Community Council:

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-15222.pdf

AoD

 

[interchange42]

Very interesting.

I didn't realize that WaterPark City is going to be graced by a Vito Acconci work, nor that there would be 80 metres of "glazing interventions" across the street from Burano at Murano. I look forward to both, as I do to Sandro Martini's work at Burano.

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[Evan]

That old car dealership building is quite handsome in that photo. It's great that it's being retained.

Now picture gazing into the window of a warm, mahogany finished English sweets shop during an early December flurry in the evening. What a gem!

 

[confusion]

Taken today (Friday August 29)

I know the picture has a little more Muruno in that shot, but you can see the hoarding going up in front of the McLaughlin Building now.

 

[confusion]

Here is a better picture:

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

August 30th

Facing north, the Burano site on the left and Murano on the far right




Facing south, the Burano site on the right and Murano on the left

 

[urbandreamer]

Damn, I wish Clewes would knock off that Ontario Govt building (hey, actually all 3 of them north of the Addison site) as a highrise condo. Ten of them along the harbourfront would look awesome.

 

[Mike in TO]

Damn, I wish Clewes would knock off that Ontario Govt building (hey, actually all 3 of them north of the Addison site) as a highrise condo.

ORC is working a medium-term plans to redevelop the site (not as condos).

A shot from last Thursday of ongoing work at the Burano site:

 

[urbandreamer]

MikeinTO: Yes, I understand that corner gov't building is going mid-to highrise gov't office; however, what I meant is I'd like to see a Clewesian take on the (Whitney Block?) 60's modernist gov't office buildings just north of that building. So like X is to TD, _____ would be to Whitney.

 

[marcus_a_j]

ORC is working a medium-term plans to redevelop the site (not as condos).

I worked on a proposal for that site, but to no avail, we didn't win.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

A shot from last Thursday of ongoing work at the Burano site:

I was by there yesterday and noticed that the upper windows along Bay Street had all been removed plus more hoarding was being erected.

 

[Silence&Motion]

Historic facade coming down...

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

Sept. 20th

It's sad to see this come down, but this project holds so much promise given the success of Lanterra's Murano across the street

 

[interchange42]

Similarly, it will be good to see it rise again in a year or so.

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[androiduk]

I wonder if the building will have that 'new car smell' when it's finished?