Toronto Festival Tower and tiff Bell Lightbox | 156.96m | 42s | Daniels | KPMB

I thought this building was great when I was in TO on the weekend. I noticed they were replacing some of the black panels.
 
Zinc is quite a soft metal, and a number of pieces were damaged during installation. Those are the ones which were replaced.

The public art pieces that are coming with this building are by Peter Powning.

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And tomorrow we'll be able to talk about the stuff that has been embargoed.

Glancing through this year's film schedule, the lineup looks good - I really ought to go one of these years.
 
Tomorrow? The embargo is on until September 12th, opening day.

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I don't think that Kodak thing can hold a candle to Lightbox. Personally, they don't even appear to be in the same league to me. I'm definitely with Urban Shocker on this one.
 
by me from this morning

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That mechanical lightbox is really awesome! Especially when viewed from King street. it really contributes to the streetwall! They did a good job with it! :D
 
cassius said:
I don't think that Kodak thing can hold a candle to Lightbox. Personally, they don't even appear to be in the same league to me. I'm definitely with Urban Shocker on this one.
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No doubt. I certainly think it has a presence too. The problem is that it isn't executed very well.
 
I was passing by [video=youtube;4irB793C1g4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4irB793C1g4[/video], so of course, I had to film it. (Mostly at street level)
 
syn said:
No doubt. I certainly think it has a presence too. The problem is that it isn't executed very well.
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Yeah, the issue isn't faux kitschy vs. modern... the issue is, if you're going to do something, then do a good f$%&ing job of it. Especially when it's supposed to be a major cultural attraction. I mean really, cheap looking concrete columns? How is this any different than a standard TO condo? You'd expect and hope that this would be slightly better than standard fare.
 
ganjavih said:
Yeah, the issue isn't faux kitschy vs. modern... the issue is, if you're going to do something, then do a good f$%&ing job of it. Especially when it's supposed to be a major cultural attraction. I mean really, cheap looking concrete columns? How is this any different than a standard TO condo? You'd expect and hope that this would be slightly better than standard fare.
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i agree, it seems alittle to normal and nondescript to be home to tiff, maybe with the artwork it'll seem alittle more tiff worthy
 
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AlvinofDiaspar said:
Speaking of which, don't count on the Michael Snow art piece for the building - from the Star:

http://www.thestar.com/entertainmen...tman-and-daniels-corp-over-festival-tower-art

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That's a real shame, hopefully all parties can work this out and make it a win-win for everyone.

I have a good friend involved at TIFF and from what he has told me it sounds incredible inside. I won't give any details as I don't want to get anyone in trouble here (or me) but suffice to say I'm aching to get inside of there once it opens.
 
That's it! I can't hold out any longer! Screw the embargo! I'm publishing!

Cinema 3, whose capacity was 227 persons until a construction worker with a marker started thinking bigger:

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There - had to relieve a little pressure - I can clamp the lid on the rest again for a while...

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