Toronto The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini

[urbanexplorer]

From yesterday

 

[Red Mars]

Apr 17, 2023

 

[condovo]

I hope those columns are going to be clad.

 

[AlexBozikovic]

 

[ProjectEnd]

Loving the exclusion of any 'hostile' benches here. Excellent!

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I hope those columns are going to be clad.

I really don't get (beyond it being cheap) the Toronto vernacular of avoid cladding exterior columns - and it isn't like our concrete work is particularly stellar in quality. No cliched "honesty in materiality" response please either.

AoD

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...yeah, unfinished is not a material. /sigh

 

[Red Mars]

Apr 21, 2023

 

[rdaner]

Apparently there is a BMO branch that is opening in the next two weeks somewhere inside the complex and there will be some sort of public access. Bonus pix of the stairs leading from Wellington to the lower level. Taken 26 April.

 

[generalcanada]

woh thats sooner than i thought
for context this is right across from the wellington market right beside the stairs on the north side

 

[Tuscani01]

woh thats sooner than i thought
for context this is right across from the wellington market right beside the stairs on the north side
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I wonder if the BMO in CityPlace is relocating here, or if this is a new branch. Really hoping it’s moving as that would free up a good retail space on Fort York Blvd for something better than a bank!

 

[Red Mars]

Apr 27, 2023

 

[Doppleganger]

As much as I love the architecture, IMO it's the work at street level that is truly stunning. It's amazing how transformative wider, quality sidewalks, greenery and smart street furniture can be for what was essentially a mediocre street. You just know this stretch of Wellington is going to be a street where people will want to be. How I'd love to let these guys loose on Yonge St. and let them work their magic! Oh, I forgot to mention bike lanes. We need more of these, in more places and ideally separated from car traffic(and I don't even own a bike!).

 

[Deadpool X]

I really don't get (beyond it being cheap) the Toronto vernacular of avoid cladding exterior columns - and it isn't like our concrete work is particularly stellar in quality. No cliched "honesty in materiality" response please either.

AoD

We like to flex our muscles concrete.

 

[Brandon36]