dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Shot at 1700 Jan 21.
Notice the Bell ad was not working.
Who could be so cruel to dress up those poor, struggling little trees like that?
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Who could be so cruel to dress up those poor, struggling little trees like that?
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Hydrogen
Guest
That's probably all that's holding them up.
indense
Active Member
How about some fake fans?
EnviroTO
Senior Member
The other escalator is not located in the same area but is instead located further back in the building... presumable to have people walk past more businesses.
Tewder
Senior Member
Yogurt is sexy, I suppose, and at least the ad isn't white, but I for one am looking forward to an enormous Calvin Klein underwear ad nonetheless.
I'm curious though, why is the Christmas tree still up?
I'm curious though, why is the Christmas tree still up?
markel
New Member
With the Bell ad not working I was thinking maybe they are adding the third ad into the Tri-vision?
I really like this project. I think it is good that the building behind looks bland because I would be a lot more bitter towards this project if they created a masterpiece of architecture, only to cover it up with ads.
I really like this project. I think it is good that the building behind looks bland because I would be a lot more bitter towards this project if they created a masterpiece of architecture, only to cover it up with ads.
p5connex
Active Member
I can't imagine that the costs are so great for LCD technology that they have to build plain lightboxes with pasted ads on them? What about all the time, labour and effort involved in changing out the large ads- wouldn't this conceivably add up to, or at least come close to just putting up more LCD's?
I am not at all in favor of this project and think its just useless to have another mall across from one of the largest malls in the country. Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum!
p5
I am not at all in favor of this project and think its just useless to have another mall across from one of the largest malls in the country. Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum!
p5
caltrane74
Senior Member
Don't think of it as a mall, Think of it as a soup'd up movie theatre covered in advertising.
drum118
Superstar
At the Jarvis Slip Presentation, art work was shown what could be used for the slip and said that would look a lot better than what on TLS now.
It would mean no ad's, but moving artwork panels tune to the weather as well day or night.
It would mean no ad's, but moving artwork panels tune to the weather as well day or night.
drum118
Superstar
The Star Fixer had a column on "why the Christmas tree was still up as well lights" by a reader and it said they were to come down shortly.
Got nothing going on in the the Square these days and need something to say "look at me"
maestro
Senior Member
I imagine the maintenance and repair for an LCD would be much higher than a backlit sign (not to mention an LCD the size of the Yoplait ad probably costing more than the whole building
nicetommy
Active Member
More like a soup'd up theatre covered in very cheap looking, fugly advertising which is attached onto equally cheap backlit static displays. I'm quite surprised with the hardon that so many forum members have for this boring overstated advertising blillboard.
caltrane74
Senior Member
Well, as cheap as the advertising is on the building, be thankful that none of the other billboards in the area are that much different than those on the TLS building. Utilitarianism at it’s best and as cheap and gaudy as it is, it gets the job done.
Job being: provide convertible advertising space to companies that want to market their junk to the masses, space for university students to go to lecture, the most definitely required new theatre space in the downtown core. If everything came down to the aesthetics you’d have to blow up Yonge Street and start all over again.
Pfloyd
New Member
With mentality like that, no wonder the built environment in the continent (with a few exceptions) is so architecturally inferior to Europe.
I believe every new building is an opportunity to start turning around the sub-standard aesthetics of our urban environment. Remember that.
One of the main reasons European cities look the way they do is because they have design and construction standards since the time of the Greek civilization.
Archivist
Senior Member
Pfloyd, for a first post, you're pretty aggressive. Try making complete sentences next time, try not asking us to "remember that", and maybe hang out a bit so you don't make tedious posts that have been discussed to death.