Yonge-Dundas Square/Sankofa Square (Brown + Storey Architects)

[Tuscani01]

A shot of ongoing work on the square + the Sam sign:

Wow, just removing that one sign makes everything feel so much more open. Too bad it's being replaced.

 

[doug]

I can't say you're that convincing with your neon tubes contains neon. I don't know much about neon

I can't say you've convinced me with your self admitted lack of knowledge...but thanks for contributing.

Neon glows orange, other colours are made by blending gasses or using mercury vapour, fluorescent coatings and coloured glass.

 

[MetroMan]

That’s going to be massive sign

 

[ponyboy]

this is a ridiculous waste of money. It will look worse than what it replaced and for what? I hope no public money went into this.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

That’s going to be massive sign

What a pig.

AoD

 

[kotsy]

Winter Nights by kotsy, on Flickr

 

[am29]

 

[Contra]

So what's the point of this? Just a bigger taller sign..? Also do they plan on replacing the canopy? I was a nice spot to stand under when it was raining if you were in the square.

 

[ahmedyusali]

it is annoying to view the skeleton sign of Sam's recording sign..Even tourist told me, it is better to remove and replace better one..

 

[Torontovibe]

it is annoying to view the skeleton sign of Sam's recording sign..Even tourist told me, it is better to remove and replace better one..

Every time I look at that Sam's sign it irks me, especially when I hear the media/politicians talk about how great it is that the sign is back up, without a word about it looking nothing like the original sign! From some angles, it looks horrible! (like at Dundas & Bay street)

Is this new sign going to have ugly, concrete poles dominate the main entrance to the square? Is no thought ever given to how these things affect the aesthetics of the square? So far, I am not liking what I see! I don't mind large signs, just make them attractive and professional/sleek looking! Is the backing going to be ugly and exposed to everyone sitting in the square?

Toronto does have a very bad habit of leaving the messy wires and inner workings exposed to the public. Just look at the signage on the Atrium, which is ugly as hell!

 

[Bogtrotter]

It all seems rather underwhelming and tawdry to me, but I agree the Sam sign perched awkwardly on that office block certainly doesn't improve things.

 

[Softee]

Nine more video screens are to be added to the new Shopper's at the former Hard Rock location -- 2 large square ones spanning the second and third storey at the Southwest corner of the building, and 7 small, rectangular ones running lengthwise between the 2nd and third floor windows on the North side (maybe one of them is on the West Side, too).

 

[kotsy]

Nine more video screens are to be added to the new Shopper's at the former Hard Rock location -- 2 large square ones spanning the second and third storey at the Southwest corner of the building, and 7 small, rectangular ones running lengthwise between the 2nd and third floor windows on the North side (maybe one of them is on the West Side, too).

holy cow!! <3

 

[Softee]

Took a pic of the application posted on site, the larger corner signs actually span the first and second storeys and the smaller ones (5 on the North side, 2 on the West side) run between the first and second storey.

 

[Bogtrotter]

Hmm, so a sort of dynamic window film..?