Toronto Waterfront Innovation Centre | 53.03m | 11s | Waterfront Toronto | Sweeny &Co

[Full Metal Junkie]

I think what


Bold is my own emphasis - and this is what irks me about the whole project. Understandably competition proposal vs final build is going to be different, but this one felt borderline daylight robbery IMHO.

Every time I look at the renderings of the original proposal, knowing what it ended up being, I want to smack someone in the face for this travesty. This is should be criminal. I say, lock'em up! Jail a couple of developers for bait-and-switch tactics and that solves Toronto architecture woes on the going forward basis. If only we could...

 

[raptor]

Every time I look at the renderings of the original proposal, knowing what it ended up being, I want to smack someone in the face for this travesty. This is should be criminal. I say, lock'em up! Jail a couple of developers for bait-and-switch tactics and that solves Toronto architecture woes on the going forward basis. If only we could...

The waterfront DRP had something to do with it. It's not all on Menkes.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The waterfront DRP had something to do with it. It's not all on Menkes.

I wouldn't blame the DRP - the original scheme is derivative (see the comments on here), and the proponent didn't have to chose the path that it did. This responsibility must fall upon the proponent alone.

AoD

 

[achender]

From this evening.
A lot of equipment stuffed into this little site.

 

[Full Metal Junkie]

The equipment galore at this site is impressive. So much stuffed in such a relatively small footprint.

I'm kinda confused by the shoring rig on the western patch of this site. Does the building footprint extend all the way over this road? When is the road getting closed down/removed?

Also, can anyone tell what this diagonal drilling bad boy is for? Tiebacks?

 

[ProjectEnd]

The equipment galore at this site is impressive. So much stuffed in such a relatively small footprint.

I'm kinda confused by the shoring rig on the western patch of this site. Does the building footprint extent all the way over this road? When is the road getting closed down/removed?

Also, can anyone tell what this diagonal drilling bad boy for? Tiebacks?

Building does go over the road.

Diagonal drilling is for tiebacks.

 

[Full Metal Junkie]

Earlier today. Western parcel:

Main Eastern site:

 

[ushahid]

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[Roy G Biv]

This project is getting more attention than it deserves.

 

[ushahid]

^care to explain?

 

[Full Metal Junkie]

This project is getting more attention than it deserves.

If you are talking about my pictures, I just shoot'em, bag'em and tag'em. Just because what they are building is hideous doesn't mean that we shouldn't post updates.

 

[achender]

From today.

 

[someMidTowner]

Today:

 

[uwaterloo2010]

Today

 

[MetroMan]

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Bummer. I was kind of hoping they’d find an ancient burial ground and have to abandon the project in favour of a park.