Towered
Superstar
Cool atmosphere, awful food.
That hoarding was certainly around too long. A very popular thread on UT those days even as nothing was being done on site.
Considering the quality of what we've gotten, I think a pit would have held greater potential.
AoD
World's largest urban swimming pool? With swim-in subway connection?
I'd tear the whole block down, start over with City Planning's direct involvement.
I am thinking a public plaza with a (working) fountain and lots of benches closer to Gould, leading directly to Ryerson's public space by the Image Arts Centre (the ice rink in the winter), as well as a completely rethought O'Keefe lane lined cafes and restaurants and the sort. Mixed-use buildings all around and expansion of Ryerson's institutional buildings along Victoria street, that parking lot could and should be completely underground. Oh, and of course PATH connections everywhere.
This is new to me: Curry&Co,, an Indian place in the food court: http://www.curryandco.ca/