Toronto The Residences of 488 University Avenue | 206.95m | 55s | Amexon | Core Architects

Yes, those panels were crumbling in places, and they had built-in slots for single-pane windows. Any repurposing of them would require a major overhaul to bring them up to today's code… so I assume they are heading for a crusher, and then recycling.

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Or, if we're lucky, to the Leslie Street Spit or the bottom of the Scarborough Bluffs!
 
Or, if we're lucky, to the Leslie Street Spit or the bottom of the Scarborough Bluffs!
Wouldn't mind seeing a chunk added to the Guildwood Park lineup
 
Guildwood Park has nice, older stuff going on, no modernist or brutalist remnants - I feel it would be a jarring note.

I would prefer to avoid the rubble crusher and see them dumped whole at the spit, where I could shoot them from time to time as the lake slowly eats them away (and as other construction debris gets gradually layered on top).
 
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I'm also quite surprised by the hate over the cladding. I find it quite interesting. A nice, modern ode to the previous cladding. I wish the cross bracing was more visible through the glass, but I think when the temporary walls behind them are removed, it will be much more visible, especially at night. I would have liked less reflective glass, but will wait to see the final product before passing judgment.

Anyone notice that steel "cage" that is going up on the north side? I forgot to take a picture, but wonder if anyone knows what that is?
 
That would be for the new elevators heading from ground level to the condo sky lobby.

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