[Rascacielo]

Today. Hello, W!

 

[Hoppysquirrel]

The construction hoarding on ground level started to come down yesterday and is continuing today. This should give some life to the street again.

Now for some proper lighting on the north side of the sidewalk... super dark streetscape.

 

[canarob]

It's going to be LOUD staying here when the other half of the complex is being demolished and rebuilt.

 

[Rascacielo]

Today

 

[Lachlan Holmes]

Progress as of Sunday, July 4th:

 

[khabah]

Found a full-length rendering of the façade of the architecturally-cohesive oeuvre that is coming together.

khabah

 

[Contra]

Bit of a lipstick on a pig situation but the elevator "lantern" with the offset addition certainly will make it standout.

 

[canarob]

This hotel seems doomed to failure with the upcoming destruction of the attached HBC Centre and the Bloor Station expansion. Many years of very loud construction are ahead. Maybe we will get a nicer W hotel once this bites the dust?

 

[Rascacielo]

The hotel is actually in a separate building at the back facing a street parallel to Bloor (I believe it’s Asquith), so any noise from the Yonge/ Bloor station expansion and HBC redevelopment will be somewhat mitigated.

 

[interchange42]

This hotel seems doomed to failure with the upcoming destruction of the attached HBC Centre and the Bloor Station expansion. Many years of very loud construction are ahead. Maybe we will get a nicer W hotel once this bites the dust?

Most of the construction noise—jackhammering, grinding—would be the same as what's coming through the wall from the next room anyways.

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[officedweller]

FYI - temporary art installation on that similar elevator shaft at The Amazing Brentwood:

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[UtakataNoAnnex]

Most of the construction noise—jackhammering, grinding—would be the same as what's coming through the wall from the next room anyways.

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...and things that go thump in the night are not always ghosts and monsters.

 

[christiesplits]

This hotel seems doomed to failure with the upcoming destruction of the attached HBC Centre and the Bloor Station expansion. Many years of very loud construction are ahead. Maybe we will get a nicer W hotel once this bites the dust?

It’s the W, so the construction will be blocked out by the loud bar music and cocaine snorting.

W Hotels are notorious for their parties and social life.

Lawsuit Claims Starwood’s W Hotels Are Havens For Prostitution

A New Jersey couple has accused the W Hotel chain of functioning as a safe haven for prostitutes to ply their wares from the lobby, alleging in a personal-injury lawsuit that that atmosphere is res…

consumerist.com

 

[TheSix]

It’s the W, so the construction will be blocked out by the loud bar music and cocaine snorting.

W Hotels are notorious for their parties and social life.

Lawsuit Claims Starwood’s W Hotels Are Havens For Prostitution

A New Jersey couple has accused the W Hotel chain of functioning as a safe haven for prostitutes to ply their wares from the lobby, alleging in a personal-injury lawsuit that that atmosphere is res…

consumerist.com

That's great! We need more life in this city.

 

[Rascacielo]

Today. The W sign is now installed on the Bloor side of the tower that doesn't actually house the hotel. I'm sure that's not the final look (not clear enough).