It really has to be seen in person to be believed.

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I can’t believe the busy sidewalk on the south side of Queen Street was closed for half a decade for this dreck.

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Perhaps this has been answered already but are the white panels intended to be used for signage?
 
ShonTron said:
It really has to be seen in person to be believed.

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I can’t believe the busy sidewalk on the south side of Queen Street was closed for half a decade for this dreck.
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If they had simply used a darker material on the tower relative to the columns, this could have been slightly less bad.

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Oh no, they're gonna put ad wraps at the street level aren't they? :(
 
...another thing on how this "upgrade" has seemingly diminished the size and its imposing'ness. Thus it looks and feels neutered and spayed compared to what it was before, IMO.
 
This recladding project is a good candidate for the worst of its kind in the city's history. Sure, they wanted to freshen a tower that was never that remarkable. That wasn't difficult on its own. But to throw together something so simultaneously jarring, generic, and sterile kitty corner from the city's main public square is quite the feat.

The ground level is awful. You'd think someone would have realized that big blank walls on the south side of Queen Street are a problem, like with the Sheraton Centre or the deadening Queen Street facade of the Four Seasons Centre. Unfortunately, not.
 
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