hbl33
Active Member
Funny how MLSE can invest in good properties, but not in sports teams (with the possible exception of TFC).
gei
Active Member
What exactly does that mean? MLSE spends plenty on both the Leafs and Raptors. The NHL has a hard salary cap and there is a limited amount you can spend. The NBA has a 'softer' cap, and MLSE has said many times they would be willing to spend over it to build a winning team.
Their sports teams may have issues, but money isn't one.
Their sports teams may have issues, but money isn't one.
old boy
Senior Member
Add in some post season play by any of the big four clubs and all will be forgiven, ( well almost all ). When this city is dug up in a couple a thousand years anthropologists might ponder this avenue and conclude this was a culture that worshipped sport. Pretty slick.
myfive
Active Member
There's also one in the ACC, just down from the box office.
Davin
New Member
Now that it's pretty much finished, I'm dissapointed by the design of the towers, but I do love the podium and the density it gives to the area. From today:
neuhaus
Senior Member
the only thing impressive about MLS is the scale and massing when driving west on the Gardiner.
This is a vanilla building (as in boring and lacking in character), but a good vanilla building.
This is a vanilla building (as in boring and lacking in character), but a good vanilla building.
steveve
Senior Member
MLS actually looks decent in your shots Davin... i guess its the lighting or something, but the towers don't look as grey/gloomy as they normally do!.. if MLS looked that great everyday, i'd like it... but in general, these towers don't look that great.. i think it was the cladding/choice of materials that destroyed this building...
the concept was EXCELLENTt though
(podium, scale, retail, etc...)
the concept was EXCELLENTt though
(podium, scale, retail, etc...) adma
Superstar
By comparison (and esp. from a driving-west-on-the-Gardiner standpoint), I'll suppose that Pinnacle and 18 Yonge are "bad vanilla"...
khris
Senior Member
I actually quite like the buildings. They're not the best in the city by any means, but they're an awesome addition.
My least favourite part is the office portion. It looks tacked on, and not well integrated. I think maybe because the colour they chose sticks out too much.
I would have liked to see the podium area facing the ACC as large as it was shown in renders. Oh well.
My least favourite part is the office portion. It looks tacked on, and not well integrated. I think maybe because the colour they chose sticks out too much.
I would have liked to see the podium area facing the ACC as large as it was shown in renders. Oh well.
TOareaFan
Superstar
I love that last shot....particularly how the pedestrian bridge totally hides the Gardiner......it really looks like there is nothing between the building and the south side of Lakeshore!
renvel
Active Member
Mls
But where is the SQUARE itself?
No water features , no skulptures , no threes , no benches , nothing , just asphalt...
But where is the SQUARE itself?
No water features , no skulptures , no threes , no benches , nothing , just asphalt...
Tewder
Senior Member
I agree. Much ado about nothing.
adma
Superstar
Don't those vestigial ACC wiffle bats count?
old boy
Senior Member
In terms of the " square ", the influx of thousands of sports fans will bring momentary colour to this drab space. If the city ever wins anything, the whole stretch clear to the Rogers thingey will be rockin'. The majority of these prospective celebrants don't give a hoot about the aesthetics. MLSE knows where to put a buck, and where not to . Personally, I'm left with admitting it's better than what was there before, a lot like having running toilets.