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archited
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^ A great place to start a new pedestrian realm spreading out from here (somehow need to remove the parking structure from its prominent location.
Glenco
Senior Member
I find this siding interesting
Offworld
Active Member
At best that might be considered an exercise in mixed-media. Done by someone that's under-exercised.
IanO
Superstar
I find that the whole reclad looks rather 'cheap' to be honest and very 'of the moment' cladding choices.
That said, the new and improved podium should function better and be more inviting.
That said, the new and improved podium should function better and be more inviting.
Gronk!
Senior Member
supaflyryguy
Active Member
Improved wayfinding during construction and in the parkade would be really nice.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Yesterday around 6 pm
buildings
Active Member
this reclad has taken so long that the blue glass is now passe and looking old
Seamusmuldrew
Active Member
I think they should’ve matched it with the Enbridge glass. I personally like being able to see through the windows, makes the area feel more real? Idk how to describe it
David A
Senior Member
... and that small section of gold remains to remind us of what was. I am ok with the blue, it fits in with some of the surrounding area ok, but I don't love it.
IMO it is this era's beige for downtown office buildings and while I feel it is ok so far it may not age well. I feel the gold was more distinctive and made a statement, but this is also an era for understatement.
Gronk!
Senior Member
The convenience store has moved from the basement to the main floor near the west entrance
Temporary closure near the south entrance
Temporary closure near the south entrance
Gronk!
Senior Member
Main floor is almost ready
Work is occurring in the basement level
Work is occurring in the basement level
kcantor
Senior Member
That "small section of gold" that remains is actually a separate building with a separate title and separate ownership...
As for the reclad, both inside and out, to me it screams "we have to use some of this... and some of this... and some of that... and OH! where can we add this... and what if we use some of this in between this and that...". At some point someone on the design or ownership team should have stood up and yelled "stop already!!! This isn't going to turn out well". But they didn't and it didn't.
The original curtainwall was past it's "best before date" from a performance perspective, there was at least a continuity between it and everything else. From the strange mullion locations in the new curtainwall to the lighting to the floor finishes, what's there now suffers from a lack of identiy and cohesion and won't age nearly as well as the original.
Offworld
Active Member
Can someone walk me through what is hopefully just a strong optical illusion? The underside of the refinished escalator from 2nd to ground looks like has cut off the escalator to the basement.