“I just remember the first time, when I came here as a little kid … it was the most exciting [place],” says Mr. Bonanni. “I was just shaking, because I was like, ‘Oh, my God I’m in Toronto.’ And of course, this [room] was gigantic.”
“This entire building is going to be repurposed; originally, what we thought is that we could build above here,” he says, pointing to the long skylight over his head, “but then we decided no, because we wanted to make sure that the actual bus building itself remained proud. So any built form would be completely behind.”
As impressive as those future towers may be, as our little group walks up the grand staircase and peers down onto the travertine-columned, blank canvas below, there is more excitement in dreaming about this space’s future.