Demolition is murky. All the buildings where the front facades were retained and incorporated in larger developments can be considered demolished. Same with the 104 metre Sutton Place Hotel where its structure was adaptively reused in a larger, taller development.
 
Toronto is so good at tearing down buildings, this would be a huge loss for the city if they demolish this, even if they reclad this and add new windows it would be a loss. Camrost-Felcorp already ruined the old Four Seasons hotel up at Avenue and Bloor. We don't have many 70's beauties and they're wiping them away. Shame
 
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I am not enthused about the prospect of potentially mediocre skyscrapers fronting QQ when there's large potential for an exciting open space there at the foot of Yonge street, nor am I happy about the removal of office space from this neighbourhood. However, I am much happier seeing this building gone than having them retrofit it in the way the way planning to do it, which was frankly horrid, tacky, and insulting to modernist architecture.
 
I think I was more upset the last time they demolished the Toronto Star Building. It really hadn't been in existence that long and was an art deco classic.
 
The Preservationist said:
I think I was more upset the last time they demolished the Toronto Star Building. It really hadn't been in existence that long and was an art deco classic.
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I wonder if there's a trademark on demolished buildings. If not, some developer should recreate the old Toronto Star building and build a condo using the design (maybe extend it upwards). On second thought, maybe not ...limestone/terracotta is too high-end for Toronto, they'd probably replace them with spandrels and window wall glazing.
 
Johnny Au said:
Even renovating the former Toronto Star building at One Yonge like fellow International Style skyscraper Seneca One Tower in Buffalo would be better than demolishing it completely.

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agreed! and I would even take that exact same reddish colour to help break up the sea of blue and white on the waterfront.
 
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agreed! and I would even take that exact same reddish colour to help break up the sea of blue and white on the waterfront.
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yes!!! I sound like a broken record on here, but that's why I get excited about any building going up in the city that's not a blue or green rectangle. Or anything that's mostly glass for that matter.
 
You know what I noticed? The old Toronto Star building was demolished for the site of Canada’s tallest building. Now, the Toronto Star building at One Yonge is proposed to be demolished for the site of Canada’s tallest building.
 
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