Toronto 155 Cumberland and 130 Bloor Street West | 88.69m | 21s | KingSett Capital | BDP Quadrangle

[urbandreamer]

From my West end pov, top of crane is about even with top of Four Seasons' hotel. Well, about halfway between 4 Seasons and 18 Yorkville. Either way, pretty tall. But from the West, Yorkville area needs about 50 more 55+ story highrises.

 

[Andrew3D]

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned here but the webcam is pretty interesting for this one.

http://oxblue.com/pro/open/kingsett/130bloor

From the PLC website.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned here but the webcam is pretty interesting for this one.

http://oxblue.com/pro/open/kingsett/130bloor

From the PLC website.
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Great find! It's hard to tell at night but it looks like there are two levels are left to complete the steel frame​

 

[Mike in TO]

June 13:

 

[Mongo]

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned here but the webcam is pretty interesting for this one.

Love the time-lapse feature at this site -- too bad that the movie goes by so quickly.

 

[buildup]

Are there any plans to reclad the lower portion of the building?

 

[adma]

Given the deference they're paying to the Torno penthouse, I think/hope maintaining the existing curtain wall look is a self-generating reality. (Then again, they *didn't* quite restore the base to its pre-PoMo look. And they trashed the old elevator cabs.)

 

[buildup]

As i recall, its the interior of the Torno apt that has been preserved, I didn't believe there was any special value attributed to the exterior of the building. Do you thiunk it is attractive?

 

[Dane]

the exterior of the building is remaining as is, just the base/retail is being renovated (the stores are all getting a taller facades) for a more substantial bloor street presence.

 

[adma]

As i recall, its the interior of the Torno apt that has been preserved, I didn't believe there was any special value attributed to the exterior of the building. Do you thiunk it is attractive?

From a casual observer standpoint...yes. At least from the "why bother trashing it for something newfangled" standpoint.

 

[interchange42]

I wouldn't want to see this building re-clad either. It's a simple, honest, modernist office building.

42

 

[Dane]

June 19 2008

and i'll put a planter right in THAT corner... and perhaps a little fountain too..

and of course where the entrance to the office USED to be, is now a big pile of Hermes Boxes.... oh if only I could get my hands on the giant sized Birkin bags, belts and scarves that lay within those giant boxes...
(more shots of this in the Yorkville retail section)

 

[CityPlaceN1]

Great shots. What I want to know is where did all the iron workers come from? Years with no steel buildings going up and now a bunch of them at the same time.

 

[urbandreamer]

Who builds all those lowrise steel-framed industrial buildings in the 905?

 

[Redroom Studios]

the Eye-talians?

geez, this thing is just whipping along... more projects should involve tacking height onto already established buildings.