Toronto Living Shangri-La Toronto | 214.57m | 66s | Westbank | James Cheng

[caltrane74]

thanks.

Shangri la, almost ready to go!!

 

[current]

March 22

Not much left. Everything above ground level is gone.

 

[BobBob]

I don't imagine that foundation is going to be reused in any way. Is it a free-for-all for all the scattered historic bricks?

 

[Redroom Studios]

time marches on and history is forgotten... wouldnt the people who laid those bricks be amazed by what is about to replace their handiwork!

 

[marcus_a_j]

time marches on and history is forgotten... wouldnt the people who laid those bricks be amazed by what is about to replace their handiwork!

You mean a rebuilt Bishop's Block as per the development plan?

 

[Edward Skira]

time marches on and history is forgotten... wouldnt the people who laid those bricks be amazed by what is about to replace their handiwork!

I think about that often. Imagine what the guys who laid those bricks would thinks if they stood there today. The towers around them would certainly amaze them. I think the same thing when watching shows about the building of the pyramids or the Coliseum. What would those master builders think if they had a chance to see the buildings of today?

 

[yyzer]

from today's Star...nice to read that they consider themselves to be under construction....

9. LIVING SHANGRI-LA TORONTO: Northwest corner of University Ave. and Adelaide St. Builder: Westbank Corp. and The Peterson Group. A 65-storey, 352-unit building, with hotel suites on first 17 floors. From $918,500 for 806 sq. ft. to $11.95 million for 6,700 sq. ft. (parking included). Fees: lower floors 54 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro; upper floors 75 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro. Sales: 70 per cent sold. Under construction. Occupancy: mid-2011. Sales centre: 200 University Ave., 3rd floor, 416-599-0333; livingshangrilatoronto.com.

 

[Mystery White Boy]

More importantly would William The Conqueror like Led Zeppelin?

 

[Hydrogen]

Or would Vlad the Impaler like Nine Inch Nails?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

More details of the public art plan, from Toronto East York Community Council:

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-11774.pdf

AoD

 

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More details of the public art plan, from Toronto East York Community Council:

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-11774.pdf

AoD

Wow! That Artist Selection Team should be called Art Selection Dream Team! ;P
Let hope the art/artist they pick is half as good as any of their work.

 

[grey]

I, for one, can't wait to see our tiny $2,000,000 rectangle.

 

[Tuscani01]

I, for one, can't wait to see our tiny $2,000,000 rectangle.

hahaha I was wondering what the hell you were referring to, and then I saw the plan.

 

[syn]

I didn't realize they were actually going to rebuild the building. I thought it would just be moved temporarily and restored.

I can't wait to see how the new version will look.

 

[adma]

They likely would have moved it temporarily, were it in the physical condition to withstand such a move. As it is, they're doing it as "next best thing" as they can, reusing the bricks etc.