Toronto Dundas Square Gardens | 156.05m | 50s | Gupta | IBI Group

[drum118]

April 15
No one on site at all with various sections of the exterior facing removed from the build for saving for some unknown reason. A few windows have been remove and holes in the wall.

Will post photos next week since they at the bottom what I shot that day and tie up this week doing anything with them.

 

[Armour]

The building that houses Derby's BBQ (and it's neighbour) are no longer standing, right?

 

[whatever]

Nope, it's still there. It's the Mutual Street Deli now (which, incidentally, is a great little deli!)

 

[ShonTron]

Demolition progressing, especially from the north side.

 

[Mike T]

Demolition progressing, especially from the north side.

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any guess when this thing will be in the ground than 5 levels down? November maybe?

 

[stjames2queenwest]

Was this building ever considered attractive?

 

[LUVIT!]

This building was ugly before the hotel then became hideous. I believe this was a government office building from the 50s? Then became a hotel.

 

[Gphorce]

Can't wait to see this eyesore gone for good!

Replaced with another eyesore. Everything about the form of this new building is off. It's way too heavy. If it wasn't this area of town it would have been opposed.

 

[interchange42]

Was this building ever considered attractive?

Despite standards of beauty not being universal, this is an instance where I think it would be hard to find anyone who could successfully defend this building's aesthetic merits in a debate.

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[Tuscani01]

Does anyone actually have pictures of what it looked like before the hotel? I had tried finding pictures years ago but nothing turned up.

 

[reetard]

I found this with the googles. It was hard though. It was always such an ugly building.

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[ADRM]

Despite standards of beauty not being universal, this is an instance where I think it would be hard to find anyone who could successfully defend this building's aesthetic merits in a debate.

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There's a part of me—like a really deep, elemental part of me—where pain is provoked every time I see this building.

 

[torontologist]

Does anyone actually have pictures of what it looked like before the hotel? I had tried finding pictures years ago but nothing turned up.

Go 11 posts up from yours, there are 2 pictures

 

[interchange42]

Go 11 posts up from yours, there are 2 pictures

Those two photos are not of the building that was transformed into the Hilton Garden Inn. @reetard's link in this post shows what it looked like before.

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[ShonTron]

The north side of the old Hilton Garden Inn is mostly gone, and so is the first floor of the Dundas Street facade, where Casey's and Pizza Hut once were.