dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Agreed, onward & upward. X should fit in mighty fine at this corner
maestro
Senior Member
adma
Superstar
Well, it's definitely of the same era and bad-old-stodgy-leaden-conservative-Toronto spirit as the original New City Hall design. It just screamed out "Mathers & Haldenby", even if it wasn't by Mathers & Haldenby (was it?)
AlbertC
Superstar
It'll also block out the horrid Rogers building from the south view which is also a huge plus!
Canuck
Active Member
I actually like the Rogers building.
salvius
Active Member
^ madness!!!
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
I like it too. I like how it has crept over half the city. I hope it creeps over some more. It could become an entire district one day. There will be no antidote, just amputations in the dead of night by roving bands of Clewesian Neo-Modernists.
So how are we to pronounce 'Clewesian'? In know how to pronounce Clewes, but the adjectival form does occasionally depart from the noun in unexpected ways. I'm tempted to pronounce it Cleweesian just to highlight the fact that there's an e in there.
And how does one pronounce Cary Elwes last name, anyway?
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And how does one pronounce Cary Elwes last name, anyway?
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AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
EL-wes. He's really gone to seed that one. Not nearly so cute as when he was in Lady Jane, or Another Country, or when he was a rent boy in London.
Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
Wait, how DO you pronounces 'Clewes'?
One day, there will be an Internet forum where people reverently discuss the correct pronunciation of my name in its various conjugations.
One day, there will be an Internet forum where people reverently discuss the correct pronunciation of my name in its various conjugations.
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
Clues? Clue-ess? I've always gone with Clues, but don't count on that being correct.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Clues is how I've always heard it pronounced.
Thus ... Clues-ian.
Elwes was such a doll in Another Country. I'd have betrayed my country for him if I'd been 14 and at boarding school. I'd have betrayed my old Grandmother, or my pet hamster Cornelius for him.
Thus ... Clues-ian.
Elwes was such a doll in Another Country. I'd have betrayed my country for him if I'd been 14 and at boarding school. I'd have betrayed my old Grandmother, or my pet hamster Cornelius for him.
Right. Must rent Another Country.
And yes, 'tis Clues or Clooz, for Clewes. I know a bloke wot worked with him, and who said it thus.
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And yes, 'tis Clues or Clooz, for Clewes. I know a bloke wot worked with him, and who said it thus.
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yin_yang
Active Member
::thumbsup:: we need more eccentric headquarters in the city. good for business, everyone asks what that unique building is.
Bogtrotter
Senior Member
It is eye-catching to be sure. I really don't mind this Pomo hodgepodge, especially considering that there isn't much else nearby that excites architecturally.