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Unfortunately yes, don't know if they're saving any of the facade?
Nope, it's not being saved. It's faux heritage. Instant old.
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Armour
Senior Member
Didn't know that. How old is it?
torontologist
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But the windows are so nice 
From former City Councillor Adam Vaughan's response to a constituent, per post #33 in this thread:
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The building that many of you have written about is 620 King Street West. While this building appears to be of heritage value, in fact it is a faux Victorian façade attached to an early 20th century factory. The arched windows are decorative in nature and were added to the exterior in the early 80's as part of a renovation.
So, that said, everyone remembers what a gorgeous Hariri Pontarini design we're getting here, right? (If not, just click on the ole dataBase file link at the top of the page!) So, bring on the bulldozers, and let's get us some honest 21st century brick-ornamented, public realm-friendly, commercial office architecture.
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Froggy
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junctionist
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Not a significant loss overall, but I liked those mushroom columns inside. They're becoming rarer and rarer to find in Toronto, but they were a great innovation of industrial modern design in the early 20th century.
Marcanadian
Moderator
There's a rendering I hadn't seen before that's been attached to the hoarding. Was zipping by on the streetcar though, so no photos unfortunately.
PMT
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smably
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AlvinofDiaspar
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It's like 7 Thomas again! HP must have used more curved glass than all the other previous building projects in Toronto combined.
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I pray they retain the curves. I have seen renders which eliminated them.