Assuming glass is going into those cutouts it's a great way to modernize the 1971 building without erasing its identity and historical context as an extension of the 1929 building. I believe demolition should be a last resort scenario in all cases.

It's annoying because Torontonians have demonstrated their unwillingness to maintain the city's heritage fabric on their own. Swathes of neglected and poorly altered historic buildings that only get the restoration they need with densification projects like this. How can they say these projects...

I'm glad they will be reconstructing that cornice at least. That AI render actually makes the new podium look decent, maybe it's the brick texture. Doesn't make up for not preserving the Victorian frontage of course.

Massive improvement to the screetscape realm and more respectful to the heritage building.

Yeah it's the bike lane next to it that's the real issue amirite?

It's part of why I'd like to see this converted away from industrial use. In a neighbourhood being built almost from scratch this holdout is hostile from a pedestrian experience, loud, and the sickly sweet smell would probably be hard to tolerate if you lived in the new towers across the street...

Conversion to lofts and mixed-use cultural center when?

Nice streetscape scaling.

It would have been better to leave the two storey buff brick alone and add more stories in all glass & metal than whatever this is. That poor building.

This one should look really nice. Simple and clean with one main design language, continuing Toronto's historical identity as a brick city.

I like how they build on top of the existing buildings without demolishing.

I didn't notice this was mass timber, nice.

I like the canyon effect this creates with its concave neighbour.

There shouldn't be any driveway along the river, it should be pedestrian only and landscaped from building to riverbank.

The last photos show that the new curved glass will also complement the angled glass of the Toronto Professional Building. Another reason it should be heritage designated and preserved..