Torontovibe
Senior Member
It sucks that the boot was kicked out (ha!) as it would have created great street presence in an area that needs it badly. All around that corner are buildings that don't open up to the street.
The Sony Centre is only busy on show nights, the patio on the NE corner is never bustling, the Hockey Hall of Fame has no entrance there and the historical building on the SE corner just looms over the sidewalk with no openings to the street. L Tower will do the same with its green wall hiding the condo entrance.
The tower will look gorgeous from afar but it brings little to street level.
Yes, this tower does nothing to animate Yonge street. Yonge & Front is a pretty dismal corner for pedestrians. The only animation is the patio, on the north/east corner. It's quite busy in the summer.