[alklay]

Thankfully it's not the facade. They are keeping the building whole and using it for residential.

 

[AndreaPalladio]

They'll still have to gut the interior to build apartments in it. There's nothing other than the facade worth saving anyway.

 

[canarob]

111 Richmond Street West

I'm surprised that no one has commented on the renovation – and what looks like re-cladding -- of 111 Richmond Street West (Peter Dickinson, 1954).

It has heritage designation:

Yolles and Rottenberg Building; 1954, Page and Steele; Peter Dickinson, chief designer; Morden Yolles, engineer -adopted by City Council on October 3, 2000 DESIGNATION BY-LAW PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL ON October 5, 2000 (heritage easement agreement registered as Instrument No. ca691401 on October 3, 2000)

 

[AndreaPalladio]

Is that what they're doing?!? Noooo.... I can't tell from that elevation drawing.

 

[interchange42]

They're calling 111 Richmond 'revitalized". What does that mean exactly?

And why no attempt yet to incorporate any of the facade of 85 Richmond into the project? The city includes that in 'unresolved issues' in the report. Surely they would brownies points (density bonuses or similar) if they found a way to preserve or adaptively reuse at least some of it?

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[Mike in TO]

Interesting note on the residential:

"The owner has indicated that the residential units would likely be rental. The owner has requested flexibility to establish residential condominium units"

 

[adma]

They're calling 111 Richmond 'revitalized". What does that mean exactly?
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I believe that in the original scheme, they were actually seeking to *restore* it (the original lobby, et al). Hopefully, something like that's still in the cards.

Oh, and as goes architecturally distinguished commercial/residential mixes, you can't beat Chicago at that trick (John Hancock et al)

 

[grey]

Here's a rendering from Emporis:

Edit: uploaded to imageshack. If the image above doesn't work, copy and paste the link below into your address bar. That will avoid the remote referral.

http://img.waffleimages.com/7bad0c968ec5de5cbea5cca84462deeed2882ea5/118576.jpe

 

[Andrew3D]

I see nothing? Just put up the url without the http in front of it, that may work.

 

[khris]

Hmmm not bad... nothing exceptional either. The base and tower portion don't really flow together that well.

 

[Filip]

That's the old 1990's design...

 

[Canuck]

That's the old 1990's design...

Indeed, that design is dead and has been since it was announced the Concourse building is going residential (at least a few months).

 

[ganjavih]

The new design still has the Coucourse Building being swallowed by the new tower, eh? That's too bad.

 

[Filip]

The new design still has the Coucourse Building being swallowed by the new tower, eh? That's too bad.

No.. the two buildings are seperated. The Concourse is pretty much getting gutted and turned into condos. However the entire building remains.

 

[alklay]

Forget that picture. It is old and out of date and does not represent the new project!