Toronto Manulife Centre Podium and Streetscape Renewal | 9.75m | 2s | Manulife Real Estate | MdeAS Architects

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Benito]

Pumping cement today.

 

[Benito]

From today. Cutting into the sidewalk and roof of the basement.

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[someMidTowner]

Today:

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Benito]

From just now.

 

[Contra]

The addition of the steel certainly takes away from the dramatic "canti-lever" of the building. Hopefully they at least use some quality material...

 

[greenleaf]

I walked along Bloor this week and agree with Contra. The Bloor Street portion of this doesn’t feel “right” to me already. The previous entrance at least had a counter angle that matched the cantilever. This just feels appended and that’s all.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Utter vandalism:

 

[Edward Skira]

Totally. The whole point of the base is destroyed.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Yup. There is a way to update your retail spaces without completely violating the whole architectural expression of the complex.