[greenleaf]

From yesterday

 

[ImmenselyMental]

August 31, 2024

Not much change from the previous post, even though nearly three weeks have passed. This is because they have yet to install cladding where the hoist was:

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...students will have to get used to that Canadian breeze blowing threw during our winter months then. >.<

 

[ImmenselyMental]

September 14, 2024

In the two weeks since my last photo in this thread, they have installed most of the brick cladding where the external elevator was:

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...that's a little cozier! Students won't be needing to be bringing heavier blankets now!

 

[Rascacielo]

Today

 

[Paclo]

Today

 

[christiesplits]

Today.

 

[rdaner]

Taken 13 February.

 

[ethan.l.cecc]

Lovely to have more brick (coloured) buildings in TO

 

[flonicky]

 

[70Challenger]

They clad the tower in brick to match the heritage building, but then the brick doesn't match the heritage colour, so they paint the heritage building in mauve to match the tower's brick.

Make it make sense

 

[maestro]

Perhaps they painted the brick to colour match. It's more likely it was painted for another reason. It was in rough shape with some sloppy tuckpointing and concrete parging. Patching and sealing the brick with paint is cheaper than rebuilding the facade , Rebuilding could be disassembly trashing most of the deteriorated outer layer and using the inner layer or new replacement brick. The current facade is barely heritage perservation. Rebuilding from the ground up is full on re-creation.

 

[70Challenger]

They could have just sandblasted the brick and stabilized the mortar, and left it at that. The imperfections and texture would provide character in a city that desperately needs it.

 

[GenerationLee]

Yesterday (my posts have evidently gone reverse chronological)