Toronto The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini

[Lovestallthings2]

I love Simon's department stores. It's like the Bay but so much cheaper

 

[interchange42]

I love Simon's department stores. It's like the Bay but so much cheaper

Enough with Simons in this thread please.

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[UtakataNoAnnex]

Toronto Star has moved their offices to the well.

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Welcome! We're here to help.

www.thestar.com

On the side...and without getting into the irony that this used to be G&M site, I presume they're moving because work is starting here?:

Pinnacle One Yonge Commercial | UrbanToronto

Pinnacle One Yonge Commercial, Toronto by 1, Hariri Pontarini Architects

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[SkylineHorizon]

A job well done by all parties here

 

[generalcanada]

not sure if this was captured yet

 

[Red Mars]

Nov 23, 2022

 

[AHK]

November 24, 2022: Another milestone - Building F tower crane coming down today. And Then There Was One - just one crane left from the total of ten cranes that were employed at The Well site. One crane each at Buildings A through F, two cranes at Building G (the office tower), and two cranes used for construction of the concourse levels.

@interchange42

 

[Niklas]

As someone who lives next door.. not sad at all to be rid of this crane and its bright lights

 

[telefann]

From an optimist's perspective, this project seems like the next generation of development in the city. The quality of the materials and the architectural expression makes one hopeful that what we see here will become the norm over the next 20 years.

As easy as it is to be cynical about Toronto's cheap, spandrel-laced 2000-2020 architectural character, I do sense that the tide seems to be turning in the last few years. A return to solid exterior walls, a higher level of finesse, etc. in recent proposals and builds. I'm hard-pressed to think that under construction and proposed projects such as The Well, 8 Elm, Aqualuna, or 208 Bloor West would have happened even 10 years ago. Design and build quality standards in this city are, make no mistake, still nowhere close to where they should be (not to mention our still-horrendous urban realm with its dangling wires, rusting lamp poles, crass cement sidewalk pavings, and cracked asphalt). But in the midst of all this negativity and pessimism it's important to zoom out and look at the bigger picture of things actually going uphill in many aspects (or at least starting to).

 

[Red Mars]

Nov 23, 2022

 

[officedweller]

Nov 23, 2022
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Very mid-century retro.
Here's a retail entrance at Bentall Centre in Vancouver (But I think they have plans to redo it):

Bentall Centre - Modtraveler.net

Mid-century modern buildings & art Located along Vancouver’s downtown Burrard Street corridor, the Bentall Centre holds a bank pavilion and four towers (housing established businesses and law offices) which were... Read more »

modtraveler.net

 

[Red Mars]

Nov 23 and 25, 2022

 

[SkylineHorizon]

Just spent the last day or so going through this thread, a big thank you to everyone who contributed. Great to see the progress of this wonderful project has been so well documented and I sincerely hope the work done here is the start of a new design thread.

 

[generalcanada]

the 1st of many bike share stations are now installed at the well, this is a full electric charging station too

 

[GenerationLee]

Those stone pavers are beautiful, holy cow.