C-mac
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Didn't want to take away his thunder but Rascacielo already posted that on the previous page...lol.
Toronto Pinnacle One Yonge | 345.5m | 105s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini
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Didn't want to take away his thunder but Rascacielo already posted that on the previous page...lol.
C-mac
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here
Natika33
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Oh, missed that
Guess the reiteration was lucky for me then!HometownPride
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And technically, the tallest building wouldn't be occupying the actual site of the Star building, though it is part of the complex.
tstormers
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Taken this morning after the downpour past.
torontologist
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Even renovating the former Toronto Star building at One Yonge like fellow International Style skyscraper Seneca One Tower in Buffalo would be better than demolishing it completely.
Seneca One Tower - Wikipedia
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I think it is very shameful that our heritage preservation system is abused to protect shacks on Queen St E while this building of architectural and cultural significance (and *massive* amounts of embedded carbon) doesn't have any sort of designation. What a joke.
Time to designate more brutalist buildings before they're gone.
evandyk
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Don't forget the Heritage Tim Hortons at Front and Sherbourne that was the most basic unornamented brick shoebox ever constructed. That's clearly more important than this building.
jackattack
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from afar -
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Rascacielo
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Today
C-mac
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It's amazing that so many of us agree with you, but yet the city doesn't feel this way.
limer
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from this morning:
wmedia
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It's great to see this section of Yonge Street fully re-opened again after a year of construction on the water main and sewer replacement.
hansboyca
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You were around when they demolished the original Star building? Wow! Yes, I'd have been outraged and heartbroken.
Dr. Snoot
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I think a lot of people would disagree that this is the heritage we should be saving.
I have nothing against brutalism, and there are many great and interesting examples that should be preserved, but this building, frankly, is ugly, demonstrates almost nothing in terms of unique craftsmanship or materiality, and is a street-level killer at one of the most prominent waterfront locations in Canada. We can do a lot better.
Also, I'm holding a long-term grudge regarding the demolition of the original Toronto Star building.
ProjectEnd
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O&Y built this Star Building *because* they demo-ed the original one for FCP.