Toronto CN Tower: Entry Pavilion, Plaza, Renos | ?m | ?s | CLC | Arcadis

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Slightly OT, but the TO2015 caudron lit up:

AoD

 

[kotsy]

What does everyone think of the new lights on top of the observation deck area? I was hoping they were temporary but they've been up a few months and seem to be on almost every night now. They look really out of place compared to the LED lighting, especially when it's really dark out.

 

[Armour]

I thought those lights were for Edge Walk, but they've been on much later, recently. I'm not a fan of them. I would like to see the slanted, corrugated metal roof and ring above it, lit, however (they used to be lit, years ago). This would help balance the LED lighting of the tower, as the upper portion of the main observation level is left dark each night, which looks strange.

 

[am29]

I love it. Looks like a crown.

 

[Daniel Tripp]

After the first round of coloured lights, what difference does it make! The CN tower is a piece of glorious 70s concrete brutalism. Putting any kind of flashy light show on that makes as much sense as EIFS on Old City Hall.

 

[MetroMan]

They're not done with it yet.

FYI @Edward Skira : The Database links to this thread as 'CN Tower entry pavilion' but it looks like the title has since been changed to Ripley's Aquarium

 

[Tuscani01]

Ugh... This is turning into a Frankenstein of an addition.

 

[whatever]

I wonder why they're adding an extension like that. There'd be plenty of room inside the pavilion they already have if they just finished the walls to better protect it from the elements

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Wonder if it is for the security check/scanners. In any case, it's like adding trash to trash. Couldn't they have hired someone decent for the job? Just thinking Patkau might be good.

AoD

 

[Tuscani01]

Actually, wasn't part of the plan to include retail in the new plaza? Could this be the start of that?

 

[modernizt]

For such a successful tourist attraction, you'd expect better than this. The project already had a very 'unfinished' quality to it (and not in an intentional or architecturally interesting way; see ugly exposed pipes, exposed roof decking, etc.) and now they're just going full Frankenstein here. Count me in with the disappointed crowd.

 

[junctionist]

I look forward to the day when we'll tear this junk down and build a landscaped plaza and landmark pavilion worthy of neighbouring our most world-famous landmark.

 

[P23]

Even just a simple coat of paint could be a big improvement.

I don't think it needs more beyond that. Cladding it in panels of anything would look like garbage IMHO.

 

[Armour]

I look forward to the day when we'll tear this junk down and build a landscaped plaza and landmark pavilion worthy of neighbouring our most world-famous landmark.

You won't be alive when/if that happens.

 

[ptbotmpfn]

Ya maybe something that mimicked the shape of the observation pod