Toronto 383 Sorauren Avenue | 33.83m | 10s | Gairloch | a—A

[JoeParez]

I took my fiancee to the site on Sunday to show her the progress and they seem to be on time (according to the construction schedule I was able to obtain).
I wanted to take a picture of the progress but I am no where near as talented a photographer as Marcanadian and drum118.

But I have attached the ground floor plan and as of Sunday afternoon, I was able to see that all the walls for the town-homes were poured, the step up and walls for the vestibule/residential entry were poured, and all the necessary concrete walls on the north side were already poured (plus the concrete columns at the back of the site for the cantilevered second floor). Most of the forms were in place for all the south side walls and they were beginning to deck and prep for the second floor.

 

[Marcanadian]

From last week:

 

[Marcanadian]

From Friday:

 

[GeneralGrievance]

Our front-page story from today:
http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/11/lower-units-coming-together-gairlochs-383-sorauren

 

[Marcanadian]

Update from Friday. Views are starting to get good:

 

[salsa]

 

[drum118]

Dec 5

 

[JoeParez]

Windows are going in!
Up to the third floor as per this picture (I also went by last Saturday and the windows are in along the north and south side units).
Looks like they're up on the roof too and framing the exterior walls to receive bricks.


Picture courtesy of Bluescape's Instagram account:

 

[interchange42]

Our story on the topping off of 383 Sorauren (the celebration took place at noon today) is here on the front page.

Here are a few pics I got of the building, approaching from west of it on Dundas Street:

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[hawc]

God, what a monstrosity. Totally out of scale with the residential street it sits on, and even the building right beside it. Yay development for development's sake.

 

[interchange42]

We don't see eye-to-eye on this at all. The first two images above, from a distance, show that this doesn't overwhelm the area at all. Up close, the building's look will change significantly when the brick (looks like is the gorgeous purple-tinted ironspot that's on Paintbox) and windows go on. Seeing it topped-off in person, I am surprised by the fuss it caused when it was proposed at 11 storeys. The 10-storey version only feels like 8 on the street owing to the setback for the penthouses. I think that this is looking like it's going to be quite the handsome addition to the neighbourhood when all is said an done.

By the way, we develop in the city partly because the provincial government told us we had to intensify, and partly because we get that Toronto is becoming a more fun place with all the people in it, and people want to move in. It's development for people's sake.

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[ChesterCopperpot]

It could have been the best designed building in the world and hawc would have hated it based on his multiple comments in the thread

 

[JoeParez]

According to Bluescape's Instagram account, the crane was coming down this past weekend:

 

[hawc]

It could have been the best designed building in the world and hawc would have hated it based on his multiple comments in the thread

Oh sorry, forgot you're only allowed to love every new development on Urban Toronto. No critique at all is allowed. And the bigger and taller it is the better. Them the rules.

 

[torontologist]

But.... this one isn't that tall... and it's in an area well served by transit... and there are taller buildings just north and south of here... and the red brick fits in with the neighbourhood...

I can't help but think that variations on this theme is exactly what should be built from High Park all the way to Victoria Park.