steveve
Senior Member
IIRC the KPMG logo on Bay Adelaide West also wasn’t installed on the building until quite a bit later after completion (for different reasons).
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IIRC the KPMG logo on Bay Adelaide West also wasn’t installed on the building until quite a bit later after completion (for different reasons).
kotsy
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Couple from last night's sunset
someMidTowner
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casvas
New Member
The one complaint about this project is it should have been taller. Looking up at this from bay and lake shore it does feel a bit stumpy but views of it from every other perspective are 10/10
Riseth
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UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Didn't this space use to be some multi-level parking lot or something before GO took over this place?
Fritter
Active Member
It was a CP freight building before Metrolinx demolished and built their original Union Bus Terminal
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SkyscraperFan
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I agree, but I guess the 1 consolation is that there will be 2 towers and a lot of density, and it will really fill in this part of the skyline. But they could have been taller. Maybe we're just a bit spoiled. I think we've got more towers going up than anywhere on the continent and there's still tons more to come hopefully.
ProjectEnd
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UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Back in the day, when I had to walk up to Union Station from my shoe box in the middle of the Yonge St. both sides of the hill...
...more seriously, thanks for taking the time to jog the memory, Fritter-san and Mr. End. /bows
...more seriously, thanks for taking the time to jog the memory, Fritter-san and Mr. End. /bows
The glass on this one has a purple sheen sometimes, can be seen especially in 2nd photo, (photos un-edited)
Dustin William
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Shot by me last night during the fog
someMidTowner
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Never noticed the way the clear glass frames that cavernous mechanical room when backlit at night. Amazing shot!
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An express freight building specifically. This type of freight - think parcels - was usually carried on passenger trains in a dedicated car, or in the baggage car. The CN express building was located on the opposite end, on the west side of York Street, and it still stands, incorporated into the Skywalk. The teamways, on either side of York and Bay Streets would have been used to send express cargo up to track level.
Heavy freight was managed elsewhere, like the freight delivery tracks located where Roy Thomson Hall now stands.
innsertnamehere
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Anyone know when they plan to complete the partial demolition of the Yonge St. underpass? It's supposed to daylight a good chunk of the underpass, but I imagine it will involve closing Yonge St for a month or two to do it.