Toronto MEC Queen Street (Mountain Equipment Coop) | 21.03m | 3s | Parallax | Sweeny &Co

[UrbanAffair]

Maybe they will turn it into a climbing wall or something, although I assume that would require it to be confined somehow to use during store hours only.

 

[Yegger]

I passed by it yesterday and oh boy are the finishings cheap looking. I’m in complete shock that this is what’s going up in this part of town in basically 2019.

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

I passed by it yesterday and oh boy are the finishings cheap looking. I’m in complete shock that this is what’s going up in this part of town in basically 2019. View attachment 164207

It does kind of look cheap, but those types of furnishings seem to be quite common for new shopping plaza/shopping building developments like this.

 

[JasonParis]

It does kind of look cheap, but those types of furnishings seem to be quite common for new shopping plaza/shopping building developments like this.

Maybe in Brampton. On Queen West we'd expect a bit more I'd say.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

So ugly.

 

[raptor]

So ugly.

so unfinished

 

[stjames2queenwest]

It’s not going to improve unfinished or not. It belongs in Milton.

 

[thethrows]

Agreed. This is not appropriate for Queen Street. I liked the old location's outdoorsy feel. This just feels generic.

 

[Tulse]

I would have really hoped that MEC would have been a better corporate citizen.

 

[Red Mars]

Pics taken Nov 25, 2018

 

[Irishmonk]

It's especially galling that this is ;the terminus of a busy view corridor. This site stood empty for decades and would have made a perfect location for something iconic and/or culturally significant. Unfortunately Toronto continues to be the city that can't get the left shoe on the left foot, the right shoe on the right foot. Sad.

 

[crooked soul]

Maybe in Brampton. On Queen West we'd expect a bit more I'd say.

soo agree.... still can't believe this store is moving in.. absolutely no need for it- what a waste of real estate... looks uninspiring-

the parking lot- had more street cred

 

[stjames2queenwest]

On the bright side they protecting the hugging/ graffiti tree. I give them props for that

 

[TheKingEast]

Should have just left it as a parking lot.

 

[condovo]

The piling-on here is a little over the top. The building's not done. Lots of details are still missing. The final touches can pull the whole thing together. Sweeney&Co does great work. Keep the faith.