Toronto Eaton Centre (Ongoing Renewal) | ?m | ?s | Cadillac Fairview | Zeidler

[amnesiajune]

It's worth noting that "town planning" used to be an Olympic competition. I wonder if we would medal in it today.

It was really a medal for planning an individual building or building complex. All four gold medals and five of the eight others went to stadiums, the other three went to parks.

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Edward Skira]

 

[spaced]

Looks like "CF I home of team Canada". Not the best GD job.

 

[Skeezix]

Looks like "CF I home of team Canada". Not the best GD job.

You mean to say that CF did something half-assed? I am shocked.

 

[Johnny Au]

Looks like "CF I home of team Canada". Not the best GD job.

The symbol between CF and Home is a vertical bar: |

Read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_bar

 

[Tulse]

The symbol between CF and Home is a vertical bar: |

Sure, but it a poor typographic choice in that context.

 

[Skeezix]

The symbol between CF and Home is a vertical bar: |

Read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_bar

We all understood that. But thanks.

 

[Contra]

With two different typefaces simply leaving some space there would have sufficed. I guess they could just remove the vertical bar and all would be well

 

[UrbanAffair]

...or made the other vertical bar white.

 

[zang]

The symbol between CF and Home is a vertical bar: |

Read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_bar

A vertical bar (from a typographical standpoint) should *always* extend above and below the X-height of the preceding/successive text. It acts as a positive visual gutter between two statements/words and is meant to stand out from the rest of the text. Otherwise the questions arise: Is it a vertical bar? Is it the letter I? Is it a lowercase L?.

Seriously, CF designers should know this. But I suspect that some committee or marketing manager somewhere said "but it looks weird. Make it the same height." Much as I'm sure interesting architectural designs are beaten down into beige-tinted suburban mediocrity when their buildings need a reno.

 

[tripwire]

I thought the trailing vertical bar in red was an exclamation point at first, although I did see the first vertical bar as a vertical bar. It is oddly done.

 

[Contra]

Didn't even notice the vertical bar at the end there to be honest. It's the first one that really bothers me!

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

I took a look at the bridge construction today and it looks like they now have a new ramp in place from the old Eaton Centre flor to the level of the new bridge and are now getting it ready for tile work. They have also fully insatled the Garge Door/ Fire door on the eaton Centre side of the bridge.

 

[Skeezix]

Thanks for the update, @EastYorkTTCFan - I happen to have just been wondering how this was coming along.