Toronto Manulife Centre Podium and Streetscape Renewal | 9.75m | 2s | Manulife Real Estate | MdeAS Architects

[Benito]

Concrete panels being removed from the north east corner today.

 

[ADRM]

Concrete panels being removed from the north east corner today.
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[ProjectEnd]

Oh boy, that is tough to see.

 

[A Torontonian Now]

This is probably my favourite brutalist structure anywhere. I'm not a huge fan of the style, but have always admired Manulife as brutalism done right. It's sad to see this happening to it.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Hear hear.

The office portion of Manulife changed my life in that it laid the seed which would inspire me to pursue my current career (20ish years ago). I couldn't fathom how something above could be larger than something below.

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Benito]

This morning.

 

[Benito]

Today. Hoarding going up on the Bay St. side.

 

[interchange42]

It's weird seeing the atrium stripped of its glazing:

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[Solaris]

From above ...

 

[isaidso]

How would one typically work with those ducts? Will they re-route it somewhere else or will there be no retail in that spot?

 

[interchange42]

The air supply for the garage is being moved.

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[Benito]

Today.

 

[Benito]

Today, progress.

 

[Benito]

Today.