Toronto Monde | 149.95m | 44s | Great Gulf | Moshe Safdie

[skycandy]

A plane, the Niagara Peninsula, amenities level at Aqualina. Oh, and some really pretty reflective glass.

 

[kotsy]

Making quite an impact from Polson Pier the other night!

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Taken Friday:

 

[skycandy]

First light...

 

[ProjectEnd]

 

[Benito]

Yesterday.

 

[interchange42]

All around the Monde, yesterday:

I hope that Waterfront Toronto (or Great Gulf) has a budget to replace the screens on these fountains every few years when required. I assume they're looking like they do know because they've been catching construction dust from Monde, which won't be so bad next year (when Greenland's Lakeside Residences gets going, it'll be dustier here again), in any case, right now, they look disgusting.

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[Midtown Urbanist]

This building is a massive win for our city.

 

[DSC]

All around the Monde, yesterday:

I hope that Waterfront Toronto (or Great Gulf) has a budget to replace the screens on these fountains every few years when required. I assume they're looking like they do know because they've been catching construction dust from Monde, which won't be so bad next year (when Greenland's Lakeside Residences gets going, it'll be dustier here again), in any case, right now, they look disgusting.

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The water feature is nothing to do with Great Gulf - either Waterfront Toronto or the City (not sure if it's been transferred yet). The 'gunk' on the screen is algae not dust so this will be a continuing problem.

 

[kotsy]

With each passing photo post, I regret more and more not making more of an effort to get close up shots of this building.

 

[interchange42]

The water feature is nothing to do with Great Gulf - either Waterfront Toronto or the City (not sure if it's been transferred yet). The 'gunk' on the screen is algae not dust so this will be a continuing problem.

Hmm. I was surprised to see the water feature all turned off already… but maybe this is Waterfront Toronto getting ready to at least apply some cleaning solutions?

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[isaidso]

This building is a massive win for our city.

Agree. I just wish our win/loss % was a little better. It seems we build 30-40 duds for every attractive building that goes up.

 

[DSC]

Hmm. I was surprised to see the water feature all turned off already… but maybe this is Waterfront Toronto getting ready to at least apply some cleaning solutions?

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It gets turned off quite often and you then see guys (mostly) hosing down the channels and tidying up the plants. If I remember correctly, last year they had it running through mid-November so it may not be the seasonal shut-down. (Of course, when it was being proposed there was talk of it running all year with the winter producing wonderful natural ice sculptures etc).

BTW. In April 2018 Waterfront Toronto awarded a contract for maintenance:

• Operation and Maintenance of Sherbourne Common Pumping Station and UV Disinfection Facility - SNC-Lavalin Operations & Maintenance Inc. ($365,352)

@interchange42 You will be glad to hear that the water feature is all working again today - though the screens are VERY dirty!

 

[Ryan_T]

Love this building. We need more like it.

 

[TheKingEast]

This could have easily been a mess though. It goes to show what quality materials can do.