[Tulse]

Not to mention the previous open space also sucked...

Yeah, I can't be too upset about replacing a windswept empty plaza with something like this.

 

[someMidTowner]

Today:

 

[interchange42]

As with most projects nearing completion with most of its glazing up now, this is starting to look cleaner and more inviting. It still has a ways to go though…

Meanwhile the Pickle Barrel sign and the ad screen above it won't ever look good in their current form.

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[ehlow]

As with most projects nearing completion with most of its glazing up now, this is starting to look cleaner and more inviting. It still has a ways to go though…

Meanwhile the Pickle Barrel sign and the ad screen above it won't ever look good in their current form.

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I think the biggest impact for pedestrians will be when they remove the hoarding and construction equipment.

 

[Roundabout]

July 21st:

 

[Automation Gallery]

Lets clad the rest of the eyesore (towers)

 

[salsa]

Lets clad the rest of the eyesore (towers)

With RioCan involved, the towers would only become even more of an eyesore.

 

[someMidTowner]

July 22:

 

[Tuscani01]

Does the plan still include a semi-public place on the roof of this expansion?

 

[Fad225]

really with that Pickle Barrel sign? otherwise looking good.

 

[Tulse]

I'm generally liking the look of this project as it nears completion, but walking by it today I realized that the big glassed-in portion is going to be an oven in summer -- it's essentially a greenhouse.

 

[Miscreant]

The contrast between the addition and the two buildings is...awkward. Are they doing anything with those towers? Recladding them? Because right now that looks like nothing more than a poorly integrated addition.

 

[barit]

Regardless of what one thinks of this architecture or the use of this space, let's be clear on one point. It was never a public square. It wasn't publicly owned (I appreciate that you might have been using the term "public square" loosely, as a square used by the public, but it typically means public ownership). While it was privately owned open space, there was no requirement on the landowner to maintain it as such. Short of expropriation, this was always going to happen eventually.

Let's be clear on this point. The public square was originally required by the city for allowing the developer to close a public street that ran through the project.

 

[Tulse]

The contrast between the addition and the two buildings is...awkward. Are they doing anything with those towers? Recladding them? Because right now that looks like nothing more than a poorly integrated addition.

Originally the towers were to have some floors added and be reclad, but that was put on hold. I agree that the current arrangement is awkward, but that ship kinda sailed with the Silver City excrescence.

 

[Armour]

I'd rather the towers be left alone and given a power washing.