The Globe and Mail

No grand 19th-century avenue in downtown Toronto was more injured by 20th-century neglect and mindless development than Jarvis Street. But before Toronto's current boom in residential construction is done, old Jarvis could get back some of the dignity and high style that distinguished it in Victorian times. Among the latest moves afoot to do just that is the soaring condominium block that Great Gulf Group intends to put up at 590 Jarvis, the address of the old Metropolitan Toronto police headquarters. Designed by Peter Clewes and Adrian di Castri, principals in the Toronto firm architectsAlliance, and currently winding its way through the city's approvals process, the 45-storey tower will stand at one of the few spots along the street where such monumental height makes sense.