[nightstreak]

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They really need to shut the road down during market days. The south market's sidewalk is crowded with people going in and out and vendor tents. People are also still crossing mid block between the north and south markets and the city is paying a cop to direct traffic. Just shut down the block from Church to Jarvis on weekends.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

They really need to shut the road down during market days. The south market's sidewalk is crowded with people going in and out and vendor tents. People are also still crossing mid block between the north and south markets and the city is paying a cop to direct traffic. Just shut down the block from Church to Jarvis on weekends.

The condition of forecourt, nevermind the landscape design is a shame.

AoD

 

[Chrisel]

RSHP connects "unashamedly modern" building to historic Toronto hall​

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/07/25/rshp-adamson-associates-st-lawrence-market-north-toronto/

The RSHP and Adamson Associates Architects teams worked together to integrate the new, modern building with the historic hall.

"In the long term, it should raise the quality of the built environments around it," RSHP senior partner Ivan Harbour told Dezeen.

"It's unashamedly modern, but doesn't ignore its context."

"It creates a stronger relationship between the farmer's market and the streetscape, letting the activity spill out of the building and into the public realm," said Adamson Associate Architects partner-in-charge Domenic Virdo.

"It amplifies the vibrancy of the market, the neighbourhood, and the city as a whole."

"The building is sandwiched by support, in a way," said Harbour.

These skywalks have an orangeish colour that was repeated on the fins at the exterior and is reminiscent of the colour of brick.

"I think it is quite successful in reinforcing the presence of the surrounding heritage structures – including the South Market, St. Lawrence Hall, and the lower-scale brick buildings that characterize the neighbourhood," said Virdo.

 

[Mr.Tang]

What a delightful building.

 

[zang]

What a delightful building.

It really is, despite some recent (justified and unjustified) complaints.

It's miles away from the oppressive Brown Bunker that use to be there.

 

[christiesplits]

First time visiting the market since the opening week.

The open walls and vendors spilling out to the street really animate the block.

My only real gripe was some of the cheap signage, which I’m hoping is temporary.

 

[nightstreak]

The open walls and vendors spilling out to the street really animate the block.

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The sidewalks on Jarvis aren't wide enough for this. These "street" vendors really should be happening on the park side, where the garage doors are inexplicably closed. Or re-arrange the interior layout so that these vendors are inside but facing onto the sidewalk instead of on the sidewalk.

 

[Perchance]

RSHP connects "unashamedly modern" building to historic Toronto hall​

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/07/25/rshp-adamson-associates-st-lawrence-market-north-toronto/

What a great presentation of plans and pictures!

 

[DSCToronto]

The sidewalks on Jarvis aren't wide enough for this. These "street" vendors really should be happening on the park side, where the garage doors are inexplicably closed. Or re-arrange the interior layout so that these vendors are inside but facing onto the sidewalk instead of on the sidewalk.

They will open up west side once Market Lane Park is renovated. I think not done now as surface is so rough.

 

[rdaner]

They are now requesting proposals for Sundays.

 

[DSCToronto]

They are now requesting proposals for Sundays.

Did someone in Real Estate Services suddenly remember the week has 7 days? Where did you see a request??

 

[rdaner]

Did someone in Real Estate Services suddenly remember the week has 7 days? Where did you see a request??

IG and FB. Will try to get exact link but isn't the antiques market on Sunday?

 

[Parkdalian]

Good to hear that the place will be opening on Sundays. So confusing that it's not. The closure on Sundays feels very 1991.

 

[DSCToronto]

Good to hear that the place will be opening on Sundays. So confusing that it's not. The closure on Sundays feels very 1991.

Apparently the Sunday Antique Market has a contract for tent rental - it expires soon and, at last, Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) are looking for North Market tenants. CREM MAY be able and trained to operate physical buildings but seem to have no clue about how to run commercial things and their project management skills were not much in evidence during construction. The problems of extra billings and change orders not being properly authorised seem to have been swept under the carpet with no sign of any senior City staff being removed or even prosecuted .
In addition, they have still made no efforts (or no successful efforts) to rent out the area on the west side on the main level of the North Market planned for a coffee shop nor the larger area above that was (is??) supposed to be a restaurant. The promised "Seniors' Centre" adjacent to the restaurant cannot open until the restaurant does and, last I heard, CREM had not yet worked out who would run it - them, PFR or ??? As PFR has some experience of running 'seniors' centres' in community centres, it would see best to me that they run it but then you would have two City Silos having to interact. The horror!

t really might be best if City locations like St Lawrence Market, St Lawrence Hall (another poorly promoted City resource) and other 'commercial properties" were under Economic Development as they do appear to have more of a clue about this kind of thing.