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Old Posted Apr 29, 2019, 7:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity View Post


On the other hand Toronto fucked up when they had the chance to transform Canada's tallest building from a boring box into something spectacular but instead just chose to go with the exact same featureless look and design after spending over $100 million updating it:


You're nuts, it's called respecting the style of architecture. The marble was falling off and needed to be replaced, there was never any desire or need to drastically change the look of the tower. That would have meant overhauling it's interior space as well which looks as elegant today as I assume it did back in the 70's. Aslo in this picture you can see the restoration work of the TD Centre, Mies van der Rohe's largest and final project before his death. Should they also have done something more then just restore them? Maybe ad rounded edges and paint them mpink?
First Canadian Place Re-cladding (Detail) by Michael TO, on Flickr
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