Queen at Abell St | October 2005
Behind the transit shelter at Abell and Queen streets a condo marketing centre is being constructed. It is for Westside Lofts, to be built behind 48 Abell Street, visible in the background.
The finished building, April 2006:
Queen St W at Abell | April 2006
When the Will Alsop designed WestSide Lofts Marketing Pavillion went up in the parking lot of Woolfitt’s Art Supplies in 2006, the designs for the new WestSide condo included a colourful 7 storey building also designed by Alsop Architects. See this 2006 article.
I wasn’t a fan of Will Alsop at the time — I was unimpressed by interior space of the OCAD building — but the blandness of the new buildings that eventually got built on this block makes me wish I were much more welcoming to the wackiness.
Queen St W and Abell St, Westside Lofts Sales Centre | April 2006
1150 Queen St W, The Drake Hotel | May 2006
Woolfitt’s Art Supplies, the Will Alsop designed condo marketing centre with stripes and giant egg, and 48 Abell Street behind them are all visible in the reflections.
