Okay - here's a better look. I apologize for the acute angle.
The ground floor below works as follows:
The vast majority of the street frontage on King, Blue Jays Way, and Mercer is made up of retail units. Of the existing buildings lining King, only the one containing Verano is coming down for the project.
There's a mid-block north-south pedestrian walkway from King through the courtyard and on to Mercer. There's a mid-block eastbound only driveway off Blue Jays Way towards the King Street Alley, with a new north-south City-owned lane at the east end of the site taking traffic back to Mercer Street. The parking entrance and the loading are located at the east end of the project and can be accessed by the two-way north-south lane off of Mercer. The south side of the eastbound driveway has a bollard-protected couple of metres-worth of space for pedestrians. The north side of the courtyard has a lay-by for vehicles to do pick-up and drop-off, and the rest of the area is bollarded off for pedestrian's convenience and safety. Paving stones will include scattered illuminated "stones" mixed in.
Each of the four sides of the courtyard will be predominantly glazed. The northwest corner will feature the hotel's lounge and entrance. The northeast corner will feature the 48-storey tower's lobby and entrance. The southwest corner will be the 44-storey tower's lobby and entrance. The southeast corner will be lobby and entrance to TheatreMuseumCanada. Second floor areas at these corners will also be glazed. The glazed boxes will always mean that activity and light will filled the courtyard area.
The second floor can be seen below. The north half of the project at this level is taken up by the hotel. A restaurant takes up the west half, while hotel suites suite are found in the east portion. The hotel continues up to the 8th floor throughout the north half of the project. The brand has not been settled on yet.
The south half will be the TheatreMuseumCanada, taking up about 10,000 square feet. The Museum was made a part of the project when David Mirvish was the proponent of the project. They continue to work with the new owners.
The top of the podium sections - 7th and 8th levels - feature outdoor amenity space for the condos and hotel, with green features. The tops of the towers will feature white roofs.
The podium will be faced with the black brick of the Four Seasons Centre. Frames echo the Westinghouse building's stone frames.
TheatreMuseumCanada's spaces are expressed on the exterior by the horizontal white frames, (above and below), echoing the stone frames of the Westinghouse building. A commenter at the meeting hoped that the museum would have signage and/or a more distinctive treatment at the corner of Blue Jays Way and Mercer to help it stand out more. Signage would also be located King at the entry to the mid-block walkway to help people find the museum. School groups attending nearby Mirvish shows are expected to make up a large number of the museum's visitors, and the courtyard features enough space to allow school buses to load and unload their passengers.
Below, the north side glazing within the courtyard.
Balconies will be fritted, completely opaque at the bottom, fading to completely transparent at the top.