rdaner
Senior Member
taal:
re: Nordstrom at DPB - I would have difficult envisioning how that building could be refit for retail, particularly along the Front facade.
AoD
I don't...if it is done well it would be magnificent; it would likely be a complete gutting as only the façade is worth saving. A development might have an underground (don't like that word in this context) retail concourse to link seamlessly with PATH to the north and the new Concorde below Union to the west. This would cement Front Street as a major retail area along with new retail at the convention centre site and the Globe and Mail site. As mentioned before the federal government has had planning approval for a tower above this building since the early 90s but the crash put everything on hold. I wonder what Liebeskind would come up with?! Will post a pic of his War Museum in Dresden.