I walked by the other day and the street podium is open and fence around it has been removed. Other than that I'm not 100% sure ppl have moved in but I would assume they have on the lower floors.
 
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I joked that when Tacos 101 was closed to make way for the Social crapola by Pemberton, it’d end up being replaced by Taco Bell. I wasn’t that far off the mark.

At least a Pizza Pizza replaced by a Taco Bell is a wash. Both represent the worst of their crafts.
 
ShonTron said:
I joked that when Tacos 101 was closed to make way for the Social crapola by Pemberton, it’d end up being replaced by Taco Bell. I wasn’t that far off the mark.

At least a Pizza Pizza replaced by a Taco Bell is a wash. Both represent the worst of their crafts.
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I'd argue Pizza Pizza is worse in that they actively turn the exterior of heritage buildings into cheap orange crap. But yeah, in terms of food, not a major improvement. But hey, we got the heritage building restored so like, small wins.
 
beepboop said:
The base of this tower and its public realm are both atrocious.
What were they trying to achieve here, architecturally speaking? Paint dripping down a dull, unactivated black brick box?

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I'm not saying it's remotely good, but I'd argue it's sadly still better than the A-a blank glass wall that has plagued many downtown developments the last several years. Which like, you know it's really bad when "ugly but at least it isn't just a wall of glass" is an achievement.

We really need some sort of enforceable pedestrian realm standards but that would require the province to give that power to Council, and also not be completely owned by developers who actively hate pedestrians as they're bad for their bottom line.
 
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