[Benito]

Today.

 

[androiduk]

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Contra]

What bugs me most about this I think is they've sacrificed the overall look of the building to add pretty minimal space in the grand scheme. If this was about achieving a higher LEED rating or simply modernizing there are literally dozens of alternatives.

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Benito]

I hope that they don’t intend to rip up all of the gardens.

 

[Bayer]

Not sure what they are doing here.

 

[zang]

View attachment 147886 Not sure what they are doing here.
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If I were to wager a guess, I think that might be where exhaust from Eataly is to be routed. With all the little cooking stations (much like Mövenpick Marché), there’s gonna be a need for cooktops and serious exhaust fans at the front of the building (which thus far hasn’t had much of that ilk before).

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Marcanadian]

This came into the Committee of Adjustment today:

To alter the redevelopment plan approved under Site Specific By-law 193-69 by constructing front and side additions to the first and second floor of the three-storey retail podium that links the 53-storey residential tower and 19-storey office tower.

http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...icationsList.do?action=init&folderRsn=4402951

 

[Edward Skira]

I just hate how the best part of this complex (the overhang) has been neutered. Just terrible. Where's Heritage Preservation? Too busy worried about that condo on Dale I suppose.

 

[TransitBart]

Radically different from the Manulife Centre we knew.

 

[interchange42]

If I were to wager a guess, I think that might be where exhaust from Eataly is to be routed. With all the little cooking stations (much like Mövenpick Marché), there’s gonna be a need for cooktops and serious exhaust fans at the front of the building (which thus far hasn’t had much of that ilk before).

I cannot image that they'd be venting all of the cooking stations below that overhang: odours would just linger there. Would it not make much more sense to disperse emissions?

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[ChesterCopperpot]

Looks like an elevator over-run

 

[interchange42]

Looks like an elevator over-run

Right—that's what it is. Just checked the plans, and there are two new elevators being put in to service Eataly from the parking garage. 12 parking spaces (4 per level) are being lost for the new elevators.

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