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[Razz]

June 18, 2017:
As seen from east side of Parliament Street

 

[Razz]

UPDATE on Sidewalks and trees. They have now stopped putting down bricks and have filled in the area between concrete sidewalk and road with asphalt. This could mean that the City has forced them to stop and re-do things so that they can plant trees or they realised they had screwed up or it could mean they think asphalt looks better. I guess we will see! The SLNA, the BIA and Pam McConnell's office certainly expressed their annoyance about the senseless tree destruction.


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Here's how the trees looked one year ago (June 13, 2016):

 

[DSC]

Here's how the trees looked one year ago (June 13, 2016):

Yes, from Streetview there were 10-12 of them in that block and most looked pretty healthy to me. Sad!

 

[Marcanadian]

New signage on the east face:

 

[junctionist]

The signage somewhat detracts from the architecture by shifting the focus from the distinctive geometric volumes towards the middle of the building to the unrelated text and graphic logos at the top.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

The Air Miles logo looks hilariously out of place.

But at least it is the same colour as the building.

 

[CityPainter]

The Air Miles logo looks hilariously out of place.

But at least it is the same colour as the building.

Agree. The bad news is I think it's soon to be joined by a Yellow Pages logo, which I suspect won't be the same colour as the building.

 

[Contra]

It's going to start looking like the boards of a hockey rink with all these brand names up there.

 

[smably]

Fantastic photo from Michael Muraz on Twitter this morning:

https://twitter.com/michaelmuraz/status/919910058628087808

 

[DSC]

I see that Pumpernickels are opening on the eastern retail unit along King Street.

 

[Contra]

Great photo. These sort of developments are fantastic, hoping to see more of this scale in the future.

 

[Razz]

Taken November 7, 2017:

Closeup on the Front Street podium rooftop amenity space

 

[UrbanAffair]

Just an awesome addition to the city's east side.

 

[lead82]

It’s a fantastic building but I wish they made the lobby warmer. It’s a blank and sterile canyon. Needs some colour and artwork of some kind. Hope the building adds some soon.

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Have they put up the archaeological feature wall in the lobby yet?