Very true. I love this proposal but they'll definitely have to address the base. Too bad they don't build more towers like this.

You're right - and it's not fair of me to judge it before it's all finished. My admittedly knee-jerk reaction was based on Toronto's less than stellar relationship with beige precast. Hopefully the final product achieves the desired outcome. I'll likely be skeptical until I see it.

Are the Cinesphere and pods supposed to be come part of the new Science Centre?

Also interesting to see how the final towers turned out. At one point no other project led to more speculation than the final Cityplace tower. Looking back, I think we expected something much different than this.

Why did they decide on beige panels? Hard to see them aging well. I'm curious why they went with this particular design choice. The original rendering was a lot cleaner and probably would've been more practical too.

I don't mind the design, but can't help but feel I should be more impressed for a $1 billion project. Hard to justify it being smaller than the existing Science Centre.

This would be an attractive building if they just stuck with the brown. It looks like two different buildings awkwardly stuck together.

Is this supposed to be the main entrance?

Between this and the bare-bones East Harbour transit hub I'm not sure many cities are better at flubbing these once-in-a-generation blank slate opportunities.

Yes you're absolutely right. Any idea where the sales are at?

They're further ahead than I realized! Given the market, are we going to see the other two towers under construction anytime soon?

I wonder how much it would cost to complete it as originally envisioned.

Or...anywhere? It's another crappy, cookie-cutter condo. If 'blocking the CN Tower' is what it takes to have this not built, let's go with that.

Because one of the main reasons this extension is being built this way is as rejection of above-ground transit. At the time, anything that wasn't a subway was seen as unfair to Scarborough, especially if it involved a transfer. I recall discussions about the cost ballooning (or doubling) were...

I was there a few weeks ago. I could see the comparison to Walmart, definitely not Hudson's Bay.