jje1000
Senior Member
I was thinking about some concepts for them since a lot of the office space is empty, so I was just curious.
DSCToronto
Superstar
How much is empty now? The City certainly fixed up a floor or two in east wing to use as temporary office space while floors in City Hall & Metro Hall are being renovated and I thought Metrolinx now occupied all floors of the west wing.
WB62
Senior Member
TossYourJacket
Senior Member
I think the City occupies floors 2, 3 and 4 of the East Wing. Definitely 2 and 3 at least. In addition to the flex space used for divisions who's floors are being renovated (or agencies being moved to civic centres, such as the TTC), CreateTO's main office is also part of the City offices at Union.
jje1000
Senior Member
Perfect, thank you!
I am guessing Metrolinx owns the upper floors on the West wing, while the City retains ownership of the East wing.
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Fervid Corona
New Member
I am assuming this is related to the new southern construction, but they were putting up temporary walls yesterday on the wall against the wall between Union and Scotiabank Arena. They also covered up most of the historical things on the wall.
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DSCToronto
Superstar
I think ownership of the whole building remains with the City and that Metrolinx are a long-term lease holder on the west wing offices.
Milaisacat
Active Member
It's neat that a critical escalator immediately east of the accessibility area on platform 12/13 has been broken this week, resulting in gargantuan and frankly dangerous crowding for the next available escalator.
Civdis
Senior Member
Civdis
Senior Member
I decided to get back into my photography hobby (I have a ton of Nikon Glass) and picked up a Nikon Z9 body. This is from my usual angle on the east side of Yonge Street, using a 300m F4 and 1.4 teleconverter down-rez to 2 megapixels with no edits right out of the camera. Generally pretty happy.
DSCToronto
Superstar
Is the area with the beams on south side a knock-out panel for access through to the adjacent building?
Civdis
Senior Member
Honestly not sure, but it could be.
WB62
Senior Member
There will be staircases to the platform above in that area, there isn’t any planned change to that wall
EdDrass
Active Member
Is there any kind of accessibility watchdog or committee for GO/Metrolinx, such as ACAT at TTC?
Milaisacat
Active Member
It's fire code violations (surely) that concern me most when there is an escalator out of order with the resulting crowding and extraordinary risk of being jostled onto the tracks or between the train and platform edge. People are patient and courteous, but there's simply no way the building meets code when vertical circulation is affected.