Recent content by daptive

Oh nice I had no idea that the white bar had other meanings! I had only associated it with transit/train signals like what ION uses, and my previous understanding was it just meant transit vehicles can proceed. I also believed KW had to get special permission to use them in KW, but I might've...

What a liminal looking space

I’m sorry if this has already been discussed, I tried keyword search for this but didn’t find anything. Noticed today that Adelaide and York had some Frankenstein transit signal installed (video below). It had the vertical bar for transit… but also red, orange, and green. If this is a test...

Isn't it specifically AAA office space that's in short supply? I doubt this is considered AAA, probably just class A. These condo units are either gonna be the best in the building with extra high ceilings and huge layouts or the absolute worst with terrible noise suppression. Very curious how...

Is it just me or did they remove the balconies in the tower portion? Looks much cleaner

Heritage hoarding

That’s on me for relying on Wikipedia for the height of the East tower (an opportunity for someone to correct a Wikipage if they’re interested)! I’m not a huge fan of how urbantoronto database only shows the height of the tallest building in a complex.

It's funny how NYC's setback laws shaped their skyline to have tiered buildings and our heritage laws led to us having buildings teetering on their tippy toes. I've alway enjoyed learning about laws affecting architectural forms.

Imagine if the height increases were approved back in the day, two Gehry supertalls side-by-side, though even without the height increase both towers will be his first and second tallest. I also think the West tower included a hotel portion which was axed, perhaps that'll make a comeback in the...

I hope that isn't a reply to my comment. I love the idea of Aaniin, I just wish they had a more complete space to showcase their products.

I think even for a pop up that's extremely rough. The SHEIN pop-up at least had fixtures from Banana Republic. Pretty sure The Collectors Vault in the photos is also temporary.

Had to double take at the Benazir restaurant sign from this angle 😬

Yep it used to be The Score but now the studio space is an Anytime Fitness.

I spy with my little eye:

A view from above, parts of the roof has also been removed