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Originally Posted by officedweller
Pics by me today of The Bay awning removal on Seymour Street.
I'm not sure why they are removing sections of the terra cotta tile from the pilasters -
but I suspect it's for a new lighting system for the facade (since the old one was on the awning).
Sections of the terra cotta tile on the pilasters are also be removed on the Georgia frontage too -
but the parts removed on Seymour seem really low down from the columns/pilasters above.
Also - inside the store, men's suits and dress shirts etc. have moved to the concourse level -
until the 6th floor opens in October according to the sales clerks. The basement level is largely empty.
The entrance to topShop/TopMan is boarded up inside the store
and it is located to the south of the existing scissor escalators from Pacific Centre.
So if the TopShop/TopMan escaltors are also open concept -
that'll be an expansive escalator vestibule area with 3 banks side by side by side.
I could see 2 Bloomingdale entrances flanking the SkyTrain entrance:
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I noticed that too when I was running around this week.
Too bad they didn't do this new awning before the 2010 Olympics while they were cleaning up the rest of the store facade.
I suspect that the new awning will be attached to the building at the same elevation as the old awning to minimize the changes needed to the terra-cotta. Patching with new terra-cotta to match the old can result in horrific results if the owner doesn't want to spend money. I've seen some renos not bother with using new terra-cotta, but instead use modern metals like stainless steel or stucco to fill in the gaps where old terra-cotta was removed - with ugly results.
It's likely that removing the terra-cotta sections was necessary to gain access to the underlying steel framework to attach the new anchor points for the tensioned supports of the awning.
a sample image of an awning with tensioned supports:
(This ISN'T what The Bay is putting on their building - just a sample image to show a modern awning and diagonal supports attached to a building)
The Georgia Hotel awning shows what could be done with The Bay.