Hidden design at TD Centre, Toronto's Mid-Century Modern masterpiece - Doors Open 2022

[@NW255]

God the acting is APPALING

[@cl3761]

Scrolled down and found the exact comment I’m looking for😂

[@stickynorth]

CRINGE TO THE MAX! WOW! ;-)

[@jonathong-pc7cy]

The camera angles too. Too many shots of people talking and not enough of the actual place itself

[@breadmaker]

@@jonathong-pc7cy yeah when that dude pressed the button that closes the boardroom door, the camera person is REALLY intent on not showing you what's happening.

[@martyavery5023]

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..

[@DrRestezi]

Most awkward first date ever.

[@definitelyfunatparties]

Please, have a look at the rest of the floor 🫠

[@DoneRightReviews]

Why the terrible, canned script? Cast sounds like robots.

[@IsraelistheJewsland]

She is a strong black woman and maybe gay! That is all that matters

[@BrianMcElwain]

I think it's true and honest mutual passive aggression

[@void308]

@@IsraelistheJewsland LOL

[@The_Harylaba]

@@IsraelistheJewsland What has that got to do with anything you bloody racist.

[@marionbacon5821]

In 1972 I was taken by my parents to dine at the 54th - as the restaurant in the TD Tower was called. I will never forget looking down onto the roof of the Royal York hotel and marvelling at how high up we were. I also remember the waiters making Spanish coffees at the table-side, and their showmanship as they poured from a carafe held three feet above the cup. Haven’t been anywhere quite so spectacularly impressive since!

[@BrianBaileyedtech]

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!!

[@HeritageTorontoVideos]

Lovely comment. Thanks Brian!

[@BrianBaileyedtech]

@mariskab.9106 Why so negative. You are wasting your life with that attitude. Sure problems exist but you only have one life - why don't you be the one to fix the problems instead of just complaining? Tiresome. Smile and the world will smile with you. Cry alone.

[@rutheliz75]

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 !

[@philpaine3068]

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.

[@BrianMcElwain]

It's custodians too.

[@TheFirefox]

Use of high quality materials were one of the keys of Mies’s design philosophy. They make all the difference in the world.

[@dutchcanuck7550]

I worked in the South tower in the 1990s, the view out my window was the plaza beside the main tower, where office workers would congregate among the bronze cattle for lunch when the weather was nice. Our decor was nothing special, just your typical Steelcase cubicle farm/veal calf pens, but the meeting room was nice, and still had some original Barcelona chairs in the lobby. The South tower also had a great collection of Inuit sculptures on the second floor. What struck me about the place was the high quality of the materials, and the tastefully spare design. Later office towers along King and Wellington have loads of chromed mullions, blue-tinted glass and highly polished granite, and they now look tacky and shabby, very late 80s faded glitz, like a 15-year-old's idea of "rich". The TD towers still look fresh and brand new. If only the workers in the Towers dressed as nicely now as they did in the late '60s...

[@JoelWright-e7m]

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.

[@evfast]

I was thinking high school film club 😆

[@tracyforsyth4060]

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

[@theadvocate4698]

Feel so mad men! I love it!

[@andrewlee88]

Anyone know the model of the sofas and single chairs at the @4:00 mark?

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

I used to go to the restaurant called "The 54th" back in the 90's. Such a great restaurant.

[@EvelynSaungikar]

Still there, though now it’s called Canoe.

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

@@EvelynSaungikar Interesting! I remember that name as well. I might have actually dined there too. LOL Ya, the old memory is not always so acute as I would like; however, I thank you for reminding me of the newer name as that tweaked something in the blur that is my recollections of time. 🤓

[@Eiramilah]

@@EvelynSaungikar It's still there?

[@EvelynSaungikar]

@@Eiramilah Yes, but it’s called Canoe.

[@danjohanis]

Nice to see one of my family's works of art (Composition) showcased up there. I worked in that building for a number of years and really had no idea about the 54th floor so thanks for sharing

[@blxvkpxndx]

the first Canadian place is still the tallest skyscraper in Canada .

[@es3359]

Came here to say this!

[@r.pres.4121]

Not for long since a giant mixed use skyscraper known as The One is getting close superseding the First Canadian Place.

[@DozIT]

@@r.pres.4121we’ll see… has anyone bought it since it was put into receivership?

[@jpp7783]

⁠@@r.pres.4121The One has been a financial disaster, mired in scandal and bankruptcy. If it ever is completed, my suspicion is that it will be a scaled down version of what had been promised.

[@waffles1ca]

That was fantastic, glad to see TD honouring this significant building, I visited the TD centre observation floor in about 1970, the height was amazing looking down on the Royal York. Thanks for the tour.

[@lewispaine4589]

Only thing missing is the ashtrays

[@pinlight97]

It’s missing the mistreated secretaries too.

[@KristinaTurner-f7l]

what a great video! beautiful board room and table.

[@jpatherton2415]

how to turn off captions??

[@renod42]

I've spent many many hours on the 54th floor for various meetings, also the 55th. Great views.

[@Supesfan88]

The buildings they knocked down to make TD Towers, Commerce Court, the Bank of Montreal building, etc...holy crap.

[@twilliams8041]

Why do TD Bank employees express measurements in "feet"? Like the board room table for example? Canada was supposed to metric, but perhaps the U.S. does not really permit it, since they are also unable to convert to metric system.

[@dutchcanuck7550]

You are correct. Construction and Real Estate in Canada still follows the Imperial system (inches/feet/yards). Why? Because Canada is one of the largest manufacturers of construction materials, and its biggest customer is the United States, who buys something like 90% of what Canada produces. As a result, commercial real estate here is still built, costed out, and rented by the square foot, not square meter. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Also, the TD Centre was constructed in the 1960s using the Imperial system, and the entire campus and nearly all the interior spaces are constructed on a precise 16-square-foot grid. Converting everything to metric for the video would probably sound silly.

[@TheSimArchitect]

Wow! Beautiful! I wish they keep it for many decades to come. Love those wood panels.

[@meliali5939]

It's amazing how the green chair is no longer there

[@dixonpinfold2582]

"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.

[@heckyeahhome]

Genuinely curious.. what would someone call a home that’s typically described to have mcm architecture then?

[@es3359]

Facts!! Parts of this video are overly scripted and inaccurate. Beautiful spaces, though!

[@pinlight97]

My specialized human geography degree agrees with you! I like this architectural era a lot but personally prefer BCE place’s postmodern one, especially the nod to a maple-tree-lined street with the older-era building elements included.

[@derrickkwan5904]

This made my day. Thank you

[@rowauthority]

This was wonderful. A tad "overproduced (?)", but wonderful. We (Canadians) need more content like this.

[@jonchan8354]

Fantastic work - a Toronto treasure.

[@sandihunter1260]

I used to work there for the "Green Machine" when it was first beginning.

[@ElonKarp420]

How do they clean the travertine floor with all the pores? 2:18

[@lorddio99]

Really good segment.

[@corinnelaking569]

Beautiful!

[@lkat5113]

Love these buildings…we are so lucky to have them.

[@discodirk48]

I always have found it odd that these were considered the vanguard for modern architecture when you have the glorious old buildings such as the hockey hall of fame or union Station which are glorious works of art whereas the td bank a glorified cube. Now all we get are inferior bland cubes.

[@BunnyWatson-k1w]

I toured this place back in the 1980s. There was a bank vault in the basement with huge tall doors. the door was over six feet thick. And there were many gold bars stored there. It looked like something out of the movies.

[@ryleighloughty3307]

They are still my favourite buildings.

[@BrianMcElwain]

The first sky scraper in Toronto was 158 Sterling Rd

[@jyounder]

great space and information. Production look like a high school project.

[@ElenaVishnevskayaAEGConsulting]

I was in Dentons office. Interesting facts about Italian stone and the table. But still it is MCM style, old times, classic interiors.

[@Ursaminor31]

Dear you may wish to do some research and ask some questions

[@BunnyWatson-k1w]

The TD Centre architect may have designed the Seagram's building in NYC.

[@samderrida]

That’s right.

[@williamwright5964]

Thank you for this. It was a delight.

[@davidreichert9392]

A lot of that decor wouldn't look too out of place today

[@breadmaker]

My favourite is Ori saying "I didn't know TD had an art collection" after having already been in several rooms that have . . . art . . . clearly in them.

[@TheDavelaird]

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

[@mbogucki1]

Great video but seriously folks...add some metric subtitles!

[@chynazes5000]

The way her response to every fact she hears is “wow!” “cool!” “interesting”😭 Also “please, have a look at the rest of the floor” is straight from The Room

[@andyrobinson7007]

There's another time capsule in one of the towers. Near the end of construction one of the steel beams was painted yellow and set on low blocks in the square in front of the building. My mother took my brother and I downtown and when she realized we actually could write our names on it, she gave us her lipstick and we wrote our names on the beam. It was hoisted up and added to the structure. So somewhere at the top of one of the towers is a yellow I-beam with a bunch of graffiti on it including my name and my brother's name in red lipstick. And yes, the scripted dialogue of this video is a bit lame.

[@tonyrogers5710]

Very rich history I use to work there…

[@anthonymatthews3698]

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.

[@HavokR505]

Interior is indeed very interesting. its nice that we maintain and save these things for the future. who knew such an unremarkable exterior and uninteresting exterior would contain such an interesting snapshot of MCM. hey atleast the building is nicer than the NAC in Ottawa I guess.

[@jutperry]

I was really looking forward to seeing this video but sadly it fell flat for me. It lacked not only in script from the host (who barely said anything), but also the very restricted camera shots and panning around in the spaces was pretty disappointing. This video had great potential but it turned out to be just plain boring. Sorry for the critical comment but it's an honest perspective; no disrespect intended.

[@yeltsin6817]

Interesting.

[@eltanko178]

When I picture Bank Manager in my head, I see that dude.

[@jewjubes3688]

Did ChatGPT write this script?

[@p_p_a_a]

That video made me cringe so hard i think i pulled a muscle.

[@rabbitfishtv]

After Ori met Dora, I was hoping all their names would sound alike: Ori, Dora, Rodney, Ariadne, Rhododendron…

[@rickarmstrong4704]

Despite Modern day TD these Towers Rival any anywhere on Earth they Scream Money and are so staid, have always thought this of these towers! to bad no one can see them anymore with all these condos littering the city! Thanks to those in the past Whom made these Glass and Steel Monuments Real! Thanks Ori! Cheers!

[@Valkyri3Z]

Cameraman does not know where to focus .

[@knittingbouvier]

Interesting but oof, the “conversations” are cringy. I think they could have loosened up a little.

[@ryzlot]

ORI = DEI - speaks volums JR

[@guyo83]

Nice to see banks were blowing their customers money on extravagance way back then

[@junkboxxxxxx]

"Meece" not "Mees" van der Rohe

[@IronChefPeter]

It looks like the set of madmen

[@gounchface]

Banker art 😅.

[@ZAGAN-OZ]

This is how English sounds when u first are learning English.

[@adanactnomew7085]

Mies van der Rowe kind of ate this up ngl

[@spawny4205]

if TD can afford to do this then they can for sure afford to cut our banking fees and start giving us interest back too

[@thomashattey8037]

Straight out of "Madmen."

[@tertur2957]

Art collection? So that’s where those banking fees go.

[@scootermann83]

I can't get rid of the fuckin subtitles and I'm not happy about it !

[@pryles2000]

I wonder who paid for all that stuff?

[@thatguythere996]

This should be re-done with a more natural approach to conversation and exploration of the space. The lack of seeing some things out of shot; adding aiming at people's faces and the ridged script, is tiring to listen too

[@JoshuaKnowbuddy-gm1ez]

Camera work is disastrous.

[@darrylteichroeb9132]

Nice. But hey, an art collection? TD Bank made only $7.6 BILLION DOLLARS PROFIT in 2023... Way down from the $13,300,000,000 MILLION (13.3 billion) from the year before. Why am I watching this? I can't get a job right now and I'm watching this. My Mom is giving me a hard time about losing my job and ironically she worked for the TD Bank for whole career.

[@shmujew4791]

IT WOULD BE GRREAT IF THESE DEI HIRES COULD WRITE THEIR OWN SCRIPTS

[@junkboxxxxxx]

These bankers all seem creepy and speak so strange.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

We did not see a single banker.

[@stickynorth]

Absolutely gorgeous building, complex and space... Terrible video with awful awkward DPRK-like scripting!

[@gholamhassani758]

Thank you racialized historian they/them! Now our corporate financial overlords feel a lot more relatable!

[@szabi_nagy]

Jesus Christ why are they robots

[@skywriting33]

This is what my bank fees pay for.

[@maxwelllightfoot5603]

The host of this is absolutely brutal. Can we just get some normal conversation please? Made me cringe so much

[@jackechan1311]

Typical TD Bank. Promise you a tour of the 54th floor and leave out the restaurant. Meh.

[@The_Harylaba]

My God, this felt so mechanical and inorganic for a script. I was bored to death.

[@AutodidacticRED]

Masterpiece? This type of soul-less architecture is not a masterpiece.

[@clearlynotwoke4929]

Neither of you two would have been there that’s for sure…

[@bastymanguy]

indeed

[@gregorythompson6969]

The dialog is was to scripted!! Be your self.

[@DarrylGold]

Soviet style acting

[@jenniferfitzgerald1796]

I couldn’t watch, the acting is cringey

[@dynomike1964]

Eat the rich .

[@nickbasilico9659]

The acting is really bad.

[@pissybadger4446]

The acting is so stilted and cringey, it was distracting from the point of the piece.

[@eggsellent88]

Agreed. I was thrown off from the jump - I dont even remember anything about the lobby and the entrance to the 54th floor

[@quantum1953]

Toronto canada garbage town.

[@stuartwilliam6010]

A fake effort of pronounciations, underbite, and terrible lisp has me questioning “wtf is wrong with this country?” 🤷🏻‍♂️🫣🙂‍↔️