[Patriot]

Any word if the upper portion of the building will be lit up?

 

[Red Mars]

Pic taken July 9, 2011

Not much has happened to the entrance since most recent pic.

 

[adma]

Looks abandoned. Like some failed condo project in some busted Detroit-like place...

 

[khris]

That looks just awful!! I wouldn't be happy with that if I purchased in the building.

 

[Bogtrotter]

Looks rather shoddy, maybe with a marquee and some fancy deco style lighting fixtures it will improve.

 

[Uncle Teddy]

Wow terrible if that's all they are planning to do.

 

[neuhaus]

what a waste of prime real estate.

 

[ladyscraper]

Ouch. What an insult.

 

[jje1000]

This is how you ruin a black granite podium.

 

[Automation Gallery]

what a waste of prime real estate.

Holy shit..so building this so-and-so eye-catching 48 storey/160 meter structure was a waste of prime real estate.

 

[ladyscraper]

Holy shit..so building this so-and-so eye-catching 48 storey/160 meter structure was a waste of prime real estate.

I'm sure that he meant it was a waste aesthetically, not in terms of density or use.

 

[Traynor]

Wow that's absolutely horrific cladding on the base. To think...expensive granite died for this! Where is PETA when you need them? (People for the Ethical Treatment of Architecture)

 

[greenleaf]

The ten frames around the ground floor windows are part of (what I presume to be) the public art portion of the building. Upon a walking glance, the textured silver frames are imprinted with things ranging from photographs, to stock ticker info, to a topographical map.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

Wow that's absolutely horrific cladding on the base. To think...expensive granite died for this! Where is PETA when you need them? (People for the Ethical Treatment of Architecture)

To think... a great old cinema, a Toronto favorate that brought nightlife to this area of Yonge Street, was demolished for this.


Uptown cinema 1, c1970

 

[Lansdown]

I think it's ok aesthetically, not everything can be top class architecture. However, it should have been a super tall, perhaps 148 storeys? Just my .02 .......