[reactx]

Based on the renderings, the cladding here is going to end up precast heavy. So hopefully they use decent quality materials for it.

 

[AlbertC]

 

[kotsy]

Comfort Zone will be re-opening on New Years Day at it's new location at 1369 Queen St. West. Based on the photos, it's looking very true to the original location.

Photos via their facebook page

 

[Obsidian]

This building is having a bigger impact on the local skyline than i had thought its 15 storeys would have.

 

[AlbertC]

There's around 5 more floors to go:

 

[AlbertC]

Precast cladding has started to go up:

 

[AlbertC]

Didn't get a close up but looks like some cladding on the base portion of the north side:

 

[AlbertC]

 

[Towered]

In terms of new developments, I think College and Spadina is going to become known as "Rogue's Gallery".

 

[AlbertC]

 

[adHominem]

Too soon to make a judgement on the cladding, but at least so far it's just boring, instead of being a third installment in the College-Spadina new-build horror-shows.

This is OT, but I get annoyed all over again every time I see the new pedestrian barriers at Spadina streetcar stops. Over the last year the City (or Astral, I guess?) has been removing the original green shelters and custom barriers that, along with the matching streetlights, provided a coherent design language all the way down to the lake, and replaced them with bottom-of-the-parts-bin cheap junk. This is one of our major avenues. It's a small thing – we've got way bigger problems! – but it's yet another of those "Toronto's miserly public realm" things and ugh.

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[AlbertC]

 

[AlbertC]

Closer up view of the precast. There's also a couple panes of glass up on the bottom section of the south side, although not too visible yet.

 

[AlbertC]

Feb 4, 2020