steveve
Senior Member
that last pic is awesome showing both Burano and Trump!!! ^^^ crazy seeing ROCP looking so small in comparison!.
caltrane74
Senior Member
From a couple days ago
drum118
Superstar
Dec 12
urbandreamer
recession proof
17 December 2011:
steveve
Senior Member
Murano and Burano's mechanical boxes look pretty good. they don't distract from the building, they only add to the look of it,
greenleaf
Senior Member
The framing is up on the second floor windows now. They look really good and appear to be historically accurate.
vegeta_skyline
Senior Member
I have to disagree with you there steveve. They actually look quite horrible up close;
Of course that industrial appearance isn't very visible from the street level and the low profile of the mechanical makes them rather discrete (as opposed to say, the mechanical on top of the X).
But its quite a stretch to say they actually add to the look, considering they're clad in a opaque material when the rest of the building is not. One only needs to look at City Place or The Ritz or The 4 Season's to see mechanical that actually 'add to the look' of a building.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Interesting. I don't live too far away, have an almost parallel view and I've honestly never noticed that top part. It's too bad they didn't do a better job designing the light boxes at the top, the lighting is uneven and some sections have been burned out for a long time. Aside from that I'm a big fan of the Murano towers.
I wish Lanterra had have employed the same glass design on Burano as was used on Murano, otherwise it seems mostly successful so far.
Atlantis
Active Member
Started putting up the frames for the heritage windows on the second floor. Here's what they look like so far. A few panes of glass are also in place.
Photos from this afternoon.
Photos from this afternoon.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
A reminder from the first page:
Image by AndrewJM3D
Image by AndrewJM3D
Atlantis
Active Member
^ Thanks for that ProjectEnd. I'd been wanting to remind myself what it originally looked like.
whatever
Senior Member
I'm really liking how the rebuild has turned out, but I hope they're able to rent it out to some interesting tenants. With so many people living nearby (and a massive hospital rebuild next door, no less) you'd think that these retail spaces would attract something other than a Starbucks or a Subway
urbandreamer
recession proof
I wonder if a Dark Horse Espresso bar would thrive here? Or a Crema? Terroni? An English pub?
Atlantis
Active Member
An English Pub might be nice!
egotrippin
Senior Member
Windows, a detail often overlooked in renovations and/or rebuilds, have been executed wonderfully here. Kudos to Lanterra on that one.