[Lenser]

You have a point. The building preceding it was a glum bunker of a place.

 

[salsa]

The original design would have been financially feasible if the city wasn't so insistent on including underground parking.

 

[bgobgo]

It certainly is an improvement over what we have and it looks fine but the Front & Market Street area is one of my favourite parts of town and one of the first areas I take friends to. The original design would have truly made that area pop and cemented itself as a destination for Toronto. Those high metal 'poles' in the front and the cladding along the sides would have been so unique for Toronto, yet fit in so well with this historical area.

 

[bgobgo]

@Edward Skira are they saving the heads on the wall on the northside there? I can't recall what was to happen to them.

What heads are your referring to @greenleaf? I can't seem to find any images of what you speak of?

 

[greenleaf]

What heads are your referring to @greenleaf? I can't seem to find any images of what you speak of?

There were stone heads/faces that stuck out of the wall in the restaurant patio there.

 

[DSC]

There were stone heads/faces that stuck out of the wall in the restaurant patio there.

They (and part of the cast iron fence) were very carefully removed from the wall and are being saved. See photo a page or so back.

 

[Edward Skira]

From the weekend. One last look.

 

[Edward Skira]

From the weekend.

 

[christiesplits]

I'm usually the first person to call out The Cheapening™ and lambast the developers for a bait-and-switch, but I have to admit that the original proposal was almost too bold for a farmer's market. It looked like it should host university science lectures, not vegetable stands from Elmira.

 

[Edward Skira]

I'm usually the first person to call out The Cheapening™ and lambast the developers for a bait-and-switch, but I have to admit that the original proposal was almost too bold for a farmer's market. It looked like it should host university science lectures, not vegetable stands from Elmira.

The new building will be a 7 day a week operation with the farmers only occupying the ground floor on Saturdays.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I'm usually the first person to call out The Cheapening™ and lambast the developers for a bait-and-switch, but I have to admit that the original proposal was almost too bold for a farmer's market. It looked like it should host university science lectures, not vegetable stands from Elmira.

Well, you will just have to ensure the products sold are heavily genetically engineered to fit the theme Those glass pods look perfect for hydroponics!

AoD

 

[Automation Gallery]

Well, you will just have to ensure the products sold are heavily genetically engineered to fit the theme Those glass pods look perfect for hydroponics!

AoD

I thought this was the future home of the Antique Market and a farmers market once a week?

 

[Edward Skira]

I thought this was the future home of the Antique Market and a farmers market once a week?

Farmers on Saturday and Antique on Sundays for the ground level. Traffic court in the offices above.

 

[modernizt]

Who says a market can't have a contemporary design language?

Look at the Rotterdam Markthal- very much cutting-edge in a number of ways and already very beloved by tourists and the local public alike.

 

[torman404]

Demolition began today.