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St Lawrence Market
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Front St has been removed from the list of locations on the website.
mburrrrr
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Light up night.
Not much different than May 27 from my perspective except that it is darker earlier.
I didn’t venture down for the 6:15 opening.
Not much different than May 27 from my perspective except that it is darker earlier.
I didn’t venture down for the 6:15 opening.
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Here's another SLM photo (by DW) from tonight's "Light Turning On ceremony.
mburrrrr
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Okay, I just ventured down there. Very nice! I can’t remember what it looked like before. Looks so natural. The back of the house sign didn’t get lit up.
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The St Lawrence Market sign at front of building IS new - a 'reproduction' of the older one but made to allow backlighting.
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Nice, though the lighting on the north and south facades felt a little weak - the signage and the pediments on the sides are lit, but the main roofline at the front isn't...
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Nice lighting upgrade. Is this a one-off or part of that St. Lawrence neighbourhood beautification project developed, oh, a decade or so ago now? Typical Toronto - big, ambitious plans announced after a nauseating amount of time spent on design, discussion, debate, consultation, revision, submission, and approval, only for years or even decades to pass with complete silence before something happens, if ever...
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It is another example of the slow work to implement the Heritage Lighting Master Plan for Old Town Toronto. This Plan is NOT funded but sets a path forward and allows the City and others to seize opportunities. Next up is the lighting of St James Cathedral which was funded to a large extent through Section 37 $$$. The wiring is happening now and the building should be lit by Christmas. Next is maybe the Young Peoples Theatre on Front St. The Plan also deals with STREET lighting and this part is going less well, as it involves Toronto Hydro.
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Redevelopment of St Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Coming to their Board next week. See: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ct/bgrd/backgroundfile-139944.pdf
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Paramount Fine Foods restaurant (@ Front @ Market) has "Closed Permanently".
The (fairly new) BlueStone Lane cafe on King @ Leader Lane is papered over and probably closed. (I guess they over-estimated the market for expensive avocado toast.
The (fairly new) BlueStone Lane cafe on King @ Leader Lane is papered over and probably closed. (I guess they over-estimated the market for expensive avocado toast.
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I wonder if they'll get away with something tall here, considering the park across the street.
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No idea what they are going for........all I ask is that they lose the concrete bunker look/feel and come up with something complimentary to the row of heritage storefronts.
That does not mean cheezy POMO! I honestly wouldn't mind if they put the time and money into an authentic heritage reproduction, but I'd be entirely happy with something that was simply a better fit
in terms of massing, glazing, and use of some warm materials such as brick and wood, at least as accents.