jswag
Active Member
The Dominion Public Building looks extra Parisian from that vantage point. Thanks for the photo!
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
... though it replaced the more Gallic Second Empire Custom House that stood there from 1873 until 1919:
Seen in 1880:
http://ve.tpl.toronto.on.ca/TPM/e2-37c.html
Seen in 1908:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Customs_House,_Front_and_Yonge_streets_2.jpg
... which had, in turn, replaced the Custom House designed by Kivas Tully that stood there from 1845.
pot_pie
New Member
A couple of images from the south side... the first one is last week (poor little limestone block falling to its destruction
) and the second was taken today.
) and the second was taken today.
vegeta_skyline
Senior Member
Yesh, this is taking forever. Seems like they got all of 2 people working on this.
Nice shots though, please keep posting from that perspective.
Nice shots though, please keep posting from that perspective.
egotrippin
Senior Member
Gone are the days of just imploding structures, or taking them down recklessly and quickly. Nowadays, for the better, it's about dismantling to salvage as much as possible. Presumably the limestone can be crushed into ballast, sand or other raw materials for reuse.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
From Front and Yonge Street
Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.
Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.
riley
Active Member
Hey moderator,
You moved a bunch of posts from some of the purchasers here to a real estate thread, and now that thread seems to have disappeared. Can you put it back?
Hipster Duck
Senior Member
Having two slanty-roofed skyscrapers book-end the financial district (L-tower + Ritz) is pretty exciting. Using a chess analogy, they are like bishops to the MINT's king and queen.
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
checkmate!
Kraylin
Active Member
Thank you both for the pictures, great vantage point!
riley
Active Member
Thanks interchange!
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
More like Gumby and Pokey.
Kraylin
Active Member
That picture from above is great. Just so I understand completely in that photo the tower will be in the top right? Maybe someone could outline it and repost the photo?
Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
The tower will occupy pretty much everything you see in that photo. You're looking at the south-west corner of the centre; the tower will replace that whole one-storey podium job and extend up the theatre's west side.