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- Thread starter DonValleyRainbow
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ADRM
Senior Member
Planning hurdles aside (and, yes, I know that's not really a world any of us can live in), I do think the right architect could do something really cool and additive while preserving the cubes in their whole and building upon that motif. Feels like it'd have to be a low-margin passion project for a developer that thinks that way, though.
maestro
Senior Member
It's a cheap sales tactic. He won't divulge the price but is more than open to give his "unbiased" opinion on its possible market value.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Tear it down.
If the support structure below had some cladding on it that wasn't the ugliest materials known to man, I might have more sympathy for the cubes. I could never understand how CoffeeTime or anyone would want to be associated with this unparalleled eyesore… but there seems to be a limitless supply of people who just don't care, so we get what we get.
If the lower levels here can be saved, I'd be happy to have the cubes live on and even multiply on the site, but it would take a miracle for that to occur.
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If the lower levels here can be saved, I'd be happy to have the cubes live on and even multiply on the site, but it would take a miracle for that to occur.
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AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
The owner of the site is (indirectly) the Coffee Time founder.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life...need-of-a-little-cosmic-energy/article627420/
AoD
Yup, I saw that. Coffee Time has always been just about the worst chain in the city, so in one way it was no surprise to learn of the connection ("it suddenly all makes sense!), but even then, how could even Mr. Coffee Time not see how horrible this structure looks, and how could he not sink something into improving them?
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AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
It is, it's just one level beyond what I thought was ever possible.
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stjames2queenwest
Senior Member
This should be designated as a heritage structure. It is awesome. I would be extremely disappointed if someone tore it down.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I bet if you offered the new land owners $50 and covered the cost of moving it they'd let you have them.
maestro
Senior Member
I'm really having a tough time seeing that awesomeness with the cheap disorderly cladding, the dilapidated state from standing in as a billboard for so long. I agree the concept is interesting but, this needs to come down even to be rebuilt properly.
dowlingm
Senior Member
I'm not exactly averse to retention, but it doesn't have to be *there*. One suggestion I made on Twitter was to move it to Cherry Loop as an operator washroom - I think that was deemed heartless to the sitting tenant, but given the air quality he is likely living in at the current site he should probably worry more about his actual heart and move.
UserNameToronto
Active Member
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Reminds me Captain John's ship, an idea well past its use-by date but whose fate is delayed by public interference and government indifference.