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Jackson Building Ottawa built in 1921 by a lumber baron (J.R. Booth) turned developer. An explosion across the street caused by a natural gas leak caused significant damage to the Jackson which closed down for a decade for a complete overhaule. The feds are considering tearing the building down and redeveloping the site.
I don't have any pictures of what it is supposed to look like after, but I know it will be mostly glass rather than black sheet metal. It should be a big improvement at street level.
Toronto Dominion Tower getting its original colour back.
Picture by me.
This just made me smile. This building needs its love, one of the greatest skyscrapers in Canada which helped usher in the new era. Would make a great time lapse video to the tune of AC/DCs Back In Black
I don't find it as ugly as a lot of people do. It's from a different era so it won't have the neoclassical or baroque or richardson romanesque architecture that others have.
That being said I think the green glass looked better than the blue glass.
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I also don't think its ugly. Its definitely the weakest of the provinces, and looks more like a city hall, but its far from ugly. I wouldn't mind if it was more prominent in St Johns skyline. Its far better than the Territory legislatures lol.
Looking better than the territorial legislatures isn't hard at all, I wouldn't call that an endearing trait. I actually like it with the new darker features. Translucent dark glass with dark blue spandrel. Makes it look a bit less like a 1960s high school and a bit more like a government building. That said, I also don't hate it.
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