Toronto Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts | ?m | 5s | COC | Diamond Schmitt

[urbandreamer]

I love the 4$C, especially the Richmond Street facade--reminds me of a gorgeous building on Ste Catherine in Montreal.

As for that empty space--perhaps an art gallery here would work?

 

[MetroMan]

.... sort of looks like a toilet with the seat down

Oh shit! I never saw it like that. From now on I'll see a toilet every time I look out at the 4SC. Great. Like it couldn't get any worse.

 

[Tewder]

LOL, hey a toilet can be a welcomed sight at times!!

 

[TKTKTK]

I'd rather have something bland that will age well than something that will look like [censored] in twenty years. It could have turned out so much worse than it did.

The only issue with this of course is that it'll still be bland in 20 years, 30 years, 50 years, 100 years. A statement building, on the other hand, would be hideously ugly in 20, but then potentially be gob-smacking again in 40.

It's true that it could have turned out so much worse, but it could also have turned out sooooooooo much better.

(hi, btw, missed you guys)

 

[TKTKTK]

"practical modernism in the service of function."

I couldn't have come up with a better description of Opera if I'd tried. Bravo to you sir!

 

[syn]

I'd rather have something bland that will age well than something that will look like [censored] in twenty years. It could have turned out so much worse than it did.

In Toronto we have to console ourselves with the "it could've been worse" argument far too often.

 

[Urban Shocker]

Since Toronto now has one of the world's great opera houses, we could hardly use the argument "it could've been better".

(hi, btw, missed you guys)

Welcome back. How did the transplant go?

 

[TKTKTK]

Since Toronto now has one of the world's great opera houses, we could hardly use the argument "it could've been better".

awww, I just did one of those laugh-snort-laugh things. It's like time's stood still.

Welcome back. How did the transplant go?

Well, the chest hair grafts were painful, but they seem to be taking well. I've been wearing one of these all summer though, trying to get used to it:

 

[Urban Shocker]

Looks like a misplaced merkin to me.

 

[ganjavih]

Since Toronto now has one of the world's great opera houses, we could hardly use the argument "it could've been better"

Care to provide a reference for this?

 

[Urban Shocker]

Yes, going there - the design excellence of the building speaks for itself. The Hall is intimate and enhances the collective experience of being at the opera, the acoustics are warm and clear as a bell, the building works equally well for orchestra, performers and audience, and the City Room is a grand, democratic, Toronto Style expression of us as a culture - and a great advertisement for it. No wonder other great opera cities now want what we have.

 

[Ramako]

This is the best image of the Opera House that I've seen: (by Tom Arban)

 

[Urban Shocker]

Comments like ganjavih's remind me of those old Japanese soldiers who - years after WW2 ended - emerged from the jungle now and then unaware that it was all over, that their side had lost, and that the world had moved on.

 

[Ladies Mile]

Pity about the signage, otherwise a fine building in all respects.

I mean--Lincoln Center doesn't have a sign on it saying "Lincoln Center."

 

[LowPolygon]

i always thought the font they selected for the "Four Seasons Centre" was a disappointment, the ALL CAPS serif is quite clunky imho...obviously should have been a sans serif