Toronto The Yards at Fort York | ?m | 28s | Onni Group | Wallman Architects COMPLETE

[TDotFlight]

^Nice. Looks like they're almost there.

 

[interchange42]

TDotFlight: most of your post has been moved to the Real Estate thread for this project, linked in the Project Essentials box near the top of this page.

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[Red Mars]

Pic taken May 27, 2014


Mobile crane being installed.

 

[Marcanadian]

Fort York by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Fort York by Marcanadian, on Flickr

 

[DoubleA]

North West corner 16th Floor

The Yards is looking good. Neat perspective!

 

[TDotFlight]

Taken June 7th

 

[TDotFlight]

Looks like this one is being delayed. Occupancy being pushed back from early October to Mid-January.

 

[interchange42]

There are a minority of buildings which hit their original target dates; more often than not a delay is to be expected.

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[DoubleA]

Taken Canada Day!!

 

[TDotFlight]

July 29th.

 

[interchange42]

Earlier today:

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[Red Mars]

Not sure who is responsible for the artwork. I'm going to guess Onni.

So I'll place the pics under this project.

Pics taken Mar 9, 2015

And benches to sit on.

 

[Canadian Chocho]

Awesome. It's stuff like this that make me think more and more that the placement of Lakeshore Blvd (when it runs under the Gardiner) is actually the primary barrier to the waterfront.

 

[NBGtect]

The boulders are interesting, but I think the same colour blue is a bit boring vs. having many different and bolder colours and a more detailed "home". It should be a big surprise when you come around and see their fronts.

In other words, bolder boulders! I like the concept though. Just a bit more would have looked better. It's too understated and conservative when it doesn't need to be at all.

 

[modernizt]

I don't think there's anything wrong with what the artist did; I think the problem, on the other hand, is expecting a lone artwork installation to make an entire space under the Gardiner inviting. It takes a lot more than that. The area under the Gardiner there still looks very bleak and not somewhere most people would have any reason or desire to spend time. That could change, but it's going to take some investment on various faces-- the ground plane landscaping and programming, the vertical features, the "ceiling" formed above.

Plopping an artwork down in a dead zone won't make it an inviting space. You just end up with an artwork in a dead zone.

A holistic approach to reimagining a space is what will ultimately lead to the space being more than just the sum of its parts.