I think once GLB opens and you fill it with students from the two schools on site, the atmosphere will feel very different.
 
Some planters in the Yard would've been nice to make it less gray. Would also have been nice if the plastic pieces were coloured - there are (coloured?) lights, but not so helpful during most of the day.
 
view from Jarvis/King (July 20)

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busybeaver said:
for a complex that brands itself 'City of the Arts' the courtyard is pretty corporate, generic and sterile..it feels like a mall food court. the only redeeming business is the indian street food place. hopefully the brew pub will change the atmosphere.
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This is my thought too. In any other area of the city, the courtyard could work. But the look and feel of the block, including the dull towers, don't exactly scream "arts and culture" hub. It's just typical Toronto with lots of grey and spandrel.

The office component is ok - it meets the street well on Queen's Quay and the red provides some nice contrast for the strip. But everything else, especially the towers, is disappointing.
 
christiesplits said:
This is my thought too. In any other area of the city, the courtyard could work. But the look and feel of the block, including the dull towers, don't exactly scream "arts and culture" hub. It's just typical Toronto with lots of grey and spandrel.

The office component is ok - it meets the street well on Queen's Quay and the red provides some nice contrast for the strip. But everything else, especially the towers, is disappointing.
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I think you will find that most UTers agree with you and have posted extensively on this disappointing project earlier in the thread.
 
mburrrrr said:
It looks like school will be opening soon.
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I don't know anything about the francophone university, but George Brown is definitely going to be having some classes in person down there. Not the full complement, but there will be students.
 
Tim Hortons will be "opening soon" on the (north) Jarvis side of the complex. Great for the eventual students. Unfortunately Starbucks closed down the south side shop, although there is a Starbucks booth in Loblaws (which I've always found strange).
 
tripwire said:
Tim Hortons will be "opening soon" on the (north) Jarvis side of the complex. Great for the eventual students. Unfortunately Starbucks closed down the south side shop, although there is a Starbucks booth in Loblaws (which I've always found strange).
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Starbucks has an arrangement with Loblaws and is in several Toronto area stores.

It's also in many Longos.

I happen to think this is a wrong move by both chains, that it conflates different brands, and they'd be better off w/in-house offers which would also allow co-promotion of compatible store brand products.

But.....they've gone the direction they have.
 
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