Toronto Ripley's Aquarium of Canada | 13.11m | 2s | Ripley Entertainment | B+H

[Torontovibe]

I wish there were more water features around there. I know there is a fish fountain, just west of this site but I'd really like to see more water in the plaza area.

 

[taal]

The fish fountain is never on !

 

[Torontovibe]

The fish fountain is never on !

That's because it has been broken for a few years. Let's hope it's fixed soon, now that the aquarium is opening.

 

[someMidTowner]

Today:

 

[Irishmonk]

Thanks for braving the elements and giving us these shots, sMT. Things are looking up down there.

 

[taal]

There's a cool rendinering on site regarding what it's going to look like, the area around the CN tower. Sorry no pics.

 

[isaidso]

Hopefully that parking garage in the distance can be redeveloped and help mitigate what is a depressingly dreary swath of banality.

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

There's a cool rendinering on site regarding what it's going to look like, the area around the CN tower. Sorry no pics.

This one?

 

[taal]

Yep thanks ! Is that a fountain I spot near the base ?

 

[ahmedyusali]

which area it has been planed to build the retail portion on CN base? does anyone has project map ?

 

[CanadianNational]

There were these older, rough plans from 2009:

What we're seeing built now is quite a bit different.

 

[CanadianNational]

Oh - this is better. Also from 2009:

Looks like even this one has been altered since, regarding the new tower entrance attached to the tower leg and landscaping.
Thanks for the colour pic Chester.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Have to say - they can't seem to get the landscaping of the area right. Not then, and not now. Like seriously, they could have softened up the area a bit with the use of more appropriate plantings, instead of repeating the windswept plaza motif again and again with some pathetic looking vegetation as afterthought.

re: Aquarium - the glass for the entry atrium look impressively clear, expensive (ultra) low iron glass?

AoD

 

[Ramako]

re: Aquarium - the glass for the entry atrium look impressively clear, expensive (ultra) low iron glass?

AoD

I agree that the glass looks good. People might not be bowled over by this design, but B+H is still a reputable firm and knows how to execute.

 

[ponyboy]

I like the older plan from 2009 -- seems more logically laid out, retaining some kind of plaza that centers the tower, and there is retail along Bremer on the south side of the aquarium rather than a big wall. It is interesting why these plans change so much. What reasons? There is something labeled "phase 2" on the north side of the aquarium -- what is that?