Toronto Monde | 149.95m | 44s | Great Gulf | Moshe Safdie

[Razz]

January 13, 2018:

 

[Torontovibe]

It would be nice if the top 7 floors had night lighting!

 

[DarkSideDenizen]

January 19, 2018

 

[jdoe1369]

January 21

 

[Contra]

Love that first shot Jdoe! Something about the fog and winter lighting give it a great dystopian look. Also Monde is a very handsome building.

 

[skycandy]

Oodles of balcony railings steadily climbing...

Seems like spring is in the air...

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

It has something a lot of projects in Toronto is missing - a presence relative to its surroundings.

AoD

 

[DSC]

As can be seen in one of skycandy's photos above (copied below), they have now erected a 'secondary crane' (a derrick) on roof of Monde and seem to be starting to dismantle the main one.

 

[Edward Skira]

Second crane.

 

[interchange42]

… or derrick #1 to take down the crane.

42

 

[Razz]

January 28, 2018:

I must admit I rather like how that derrick punctuates the top of the building. Makes me wonder if a tall white spire would actually compliment the look of this already gorgeous building.

 

[Contra]

Something not far off from the spire on top of Commerce Court would be pretty neat here. That said it's quite fine without any adornment.

 

[cc46]

Great photos everyone!

 

[Razz]

Something not far off from the spire on top of Commerce Court would be pretty neat here. That said it's quite fine without any adornment.

I agree. Not a massive one, but as mentioned, one just like Commerce Court's transmission tower/spire, seen here when 88 Scott Street was still a toddler. The spire atop the former Trump tower (barely visible to the right of Scotia Plaza) is ok, but I think the triangular supports at the base of CC's spire are what give it visual interest - a rocket-like appearance. A very simple, clean and unambiguous rooftop addition, in sharp contrast to the disaster above First Canadian Place.

I realize this is just wishful thinking and would never happen, and neither practical nor likely even permissible. Moshe Safdie and his team of cracker jack architects would be rolling their eyes in disgust at the mere suggestion of plunking a spire on Monde's rooftop, especially now, as an afterthought. LOL.

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

No thanks to the spire idea