Good to hear that there will be "minimal disruption" for the subway (according to the story) as they are currently redoing College Station to make it accessible in 2026. It would be terrible if the accessibility had to be removed for years for this construction.
 
interchange42 said:
Yowza!

"Finishing" the podium:

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Those are all the pics. Story coming.

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Nice that they plan to finish the Yonge side of the podium, but I wish they'd finish the College Street side as well, per the slide deck:


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Parkdalian said:
Good to hear that there will be "minimal disruption" for the subway (according to the story) as they are currently redoing College Station to make it accessible in 2026. It would be terrible if the accessibility had to be removed for years for this construction.
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Speaking of subways but just a thought! I think metrolinx should create a new proposed east, west subway line in the future to accommodate these very tall skyscraper and supertall buildings etc that are popping up between College, Carlton and Gerrard st would makes perfect sense. Since College st is the half way point between Bloor and Queen st subway lines. And already have line 1 stations on Yonge st and University Ave. Makes sense to tunnel a subway line underneath it eventually crossing below the Allen Gardens park to connect to Gerrard st. via east to the Ontario Line ont Carlaw st. and beyond. And west beyond University Ave station on College st to independently connect it's own tracks beside the GO and UP express tracks going north wards towards the City of York area station et. Would be greatly needed as the city grows to 4 million mark in the future in my opinion!
 
On the extended Heritage facade - I like it..............a lot.........BUT

The new old, does not precisely match the old old, in the render. The fenestration is handled differently with all dark colouring between the windows, the band near the roof is also darker.

I like it, unto itself. But it messes with the symmetry of the thing. I'm unsure about that.
 
cd concept said:
Speaking of subways but just a thought! I think metrolinx should create a new proposed east, west subway line in the future to accommodate these very tall skyscraper and supertall buildings etc that are popping up between College, Carlton and Gerrard st would makes perfect sense. Since College st is the half way point between Bloor and Queen st subway lines. And already have line 1 stations on Yonge st and University Ave. Makes sense to tunnel a subway line underneath it eventually crossing below the Allen Gardens park to connect to Gerrard st. via east to the Ontario Line ont Carlaw st. and beyond. And west beyond University Ave station on College st to independently connect it's own tracks beside the GO and UP express tracks going north wards towards the City of York area station et. Would be greatly needed as the city grows to 4 million mark in the future in my opinion!
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This is not a transit fantasy thread.

There will be no subway under College for a very, very, long time, if ever. Certainly not a day before they Celebrate College Park 150.

No further day dreaming please. LOL
 
Northern Light said:
On the extended Heritage facade - I like it..............a lot.........BUT

The new old, does not precisely match the old old, in the render. The fenestration is handled differently with all dark colouring between the windows, the band near the roof is also darker.

I like it, unto itself. But it messes with the symmetry of the thing. I'm unsure about that.
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I'm more pro-asymmetry than you are already, but I'll say that it's warranted here because the existing "podium" was the front for the Eaton's store, and now fronts office floors, but the new podium will either have residential or hotel behind it, so you'll never get the same fenestration anyway. I'm fine with the two variations on the theme.

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Love the plans for the building. Less sure on the redesign of College Park. Certainly the current state can certainly be improved, but the renderings here are somewhat confusing. They've kept the skating pavilion but have surrounded it with plants? Like there's now a tree in front of it? Why? It makes no sense at all. To be honest, I'm not a fan of losing the skate trail, it's very popular and is a lot closer than Nathan Phillips for anyone living north of College. Hopefully these are just very preliminary renders of the park and the skate trail stays in some form.
 
It's not clear to me the skating rink is proposed to be removed ? They could still include that in the winter - but if not I agree that would be pretty disappointing to say the least.
 
evanb said:
WOW! This is a bonkers proposal. I assumed it would be some basic facelift of the heritage portion with a bunch of new towers slapped in somewhere. But to actually "complete" an unfinished building from 100 years ago is next level by Toronto standards. Immediately the most interesting project in the city, IMO.
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Don't worry - plenty of time still for the inevitable value engineering.
 
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