Yonge-Dundas Square/Sankofa Square (Brown + Storey Architects)

[Northern Light]

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Maybe there can be a separate thread on



Not to get off topic, but what time frame do you think 10 Dundas will come down? First I ever heard of this.

There are no serious discussions as of yet. It's likely several years away.

I fully expect some effort to assemble the entire block; but that's not a given.

It's just not a great performing asset. There's money to be made by Ryerson in something much more substantial on their parking site too.
Obviously that would not be the case if a more City-building heritage focus occurred as I opined for..............

There are height limits on this site due to hospital helicopter flight paths. They encumber the entire block, so this will never be a site for 40s building.

But there's considerable room between the current heights and the cap.

Let not get off-topic here though.

If I or anyone else has hard news on the 10 Dundas site, it will go in that thread.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Never said every area did.
This one area is catering to a specific thing, and people enjoy it.
Maybe you don't, but it's a big city and I'm sure an area you enjoy can be found instead of trying to change this one.

As that change would likely terrify you it would appear.

 

[picard102]

As that change would likely terrify you it would appear.

What are you on about?

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

What are you on about?

The same thing you are on about.

 

[picard102]

The same thing you are on about.

So you're also advocating to keep this space. Good to know.

 

[j_yyz]

It’s about time they changed that outdated screen above CityTv

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

So you're also advocating to keep this space. Good to know.

I never claimed otherwise. /shrug

 

[AlbertC]

Exterior restoration on 241 Yonge Street is now complete. There's also work being done on the former Payless Shoes building further south:

Update on the former Payless Shoe Source building:

Starting to see some of the structural materials from behind the scaffolding but still a ways to go. It looks like a hot pot restaurant is planning to open on the ground level retail unit when done:

 

[Softee]

New screen installed at CityTV.

 

[interchange42]

New screen installed at CityTV.
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Unless it finally curves with the structure underneath it (and it doesn't), I just don't want to know…

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[3Dementia]

With apologies to @Softee

I see a wonderful opportunity to really enhance Dundas Square with an impactful cantilever sign.

 

[Transportfan]

Social may be ugly, but it does a good job of hemming in the square.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The square looks incredibly dumpy - graffitied, spalling columns, chipped and cracked black granite slabs everywhere; dirty and rusting stage canopy, stained stainless fascia at the various booths. The whole things just reeks of decay - and the garbage "architecture" all around it just add to that special dumpiness.

AoD

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

New screen installed at CityTV.
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My god, it's full of stars...

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

My god, it's full of stars...

If there is any place to trigger some semblance of intelligence, it would be this square.

AoD