Hidden design at TD Centre, Toronto's Mid-Century Modern masterpiece - Doors Open 2022
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- Join Heritage Toronto Emerging Historian Ori Abara as she explores the 54th Floor executive suite at TD Centre, a Mid-Century Modern architectural time capsule conserved since the 1960s by @TD and @Cadillac Fairview.
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Beautiful!
My Dad took me to the observation deck at the TD Centre shortly after it opened in 1969. Still remember it like it was yesterday. That was the beginning of modern Toronto. Now, Toronto's future is world-class. Truly one of the world's greatest cities!!
Lovely comment. Thanks Brian!
I LOVED the tour--so fun to get a peek behind the closed doors. Thank you TD for sharing and for valuing Canadian artists by purchasing, archiving and displaying significant works..
They are still my favourite buildings.
I remember visiting the tower in 1968 and ascending an express elevator to the 56th floor where there was a museum of Inuit art and the far shore was visible that day !
Feel so mad men! I love it!
The thing that always stood out to me about TD Centre is the high quality of the materials used. Frankly, if you walk around in the banking area or the towers, everything looks simultaneously retro 1967 archaic and yet looking shining new. Mies only used the best stuff, and his buildings last without aging.
I used to go to the restaurant called "The 54th" back in the 90's. Such a great restaurant.
Thanks for sharing this once again. I cant get to the sites in person so this is a nice visit and I can share with others out of town/Canada who like architecture
Only thing missing is the ashtrays
Wow! Beautiful! I wish they keep it for many decades to come. Love those wood panels.
God the acting is APPALING
The buildings they knocked down to make TD Towers, Commerce Court, the Bank of Montreal building, etc...holy crap.
the first Canadian place is still the tallest skyscraper in Canada .
Came here to say this!
Not for long since a giant mixed use skyscraper known as The One is getting close superseding the First Canadian Place.
This made my day. Thank you
how to turn off captions??
Why the terrible, canned script? Cast sounds like robots.
Too Bad Cadillac Fairview didnt Conserve Their in-House Workers like the Furniture-The Decor Stayed But The workers were all fired after many years of service
what a great video! beautiful board room and table.
I was in Dentons office. Interesting facts about Italian stone and the table. But still it is MCM style, old times, classic interiors.
This was wonderful. A tad "overproduced (?)", but wonderful. We (Canadians) need more content like this.
Thank you for this. It was a delight.
Dear you may wish to do some research and ask some questions
"Mid-century modern" isn't a term used in the world of architecture. It's a term for a style of interior decor widespread from about 1945 to 1970. (It wasn't used at that time, though. It came into wide use in the last ~20 years.)
The TD Centre is in the _International Style._ And it was not the first of that type in Toronto.
These are basic facts, not obscure or highly specialized ones.
Genuinely curious.. what would someone call a home that’s typically described to have mcm architecture then?
Facts!! Parts of this video are overly scripted and inaccurate. Beautiful spaces, though!
Why describe it as mid century modern? They’re in the International Style, a well established global aesthetic for architecture. The whole MCM moniker is way overused, vague and often inaccurate.
ORI = DEI - speaks volums
JR
"Meece" not "Mees" van der Rohe
Rarely does one get to see this quality of acting outside of pornography of course. Nice building, but this would be far more enjoyable if it were a silent film.
Art collection? So that’s where those banking fees go.
These bankers all seem creepy and speak so strange.
We did not see a single banker.
Banker art 😅.
Neither of you two would have been there that’s for sure…
indeed
Thank you racialized historian they/them! Now our corporate financial overlords feel a lot more relatable!