OMG, I didn't realise that this project means the end of that hideous car dealership on Yorkville! Fantastic! Those landmark historic Yorkville buildings, the fire station and library, will finally receive the respect they deserve. The library now has a quaint park beside it thanks to the 18 Yorkville development and the fire station will no longer have that car dealership bunker looming over it. I'm thrilled... this could be the most exciting new development in the city.
wow.. these are beautiful..
just wondering why is the city paying more attention to this project and showcasing it on their website more so than any other project going on in the city?
Wow - the "Toronto Style" on steroids. Very, very nice.
It has a strange similarity, at least ideologically, to the Rotz-Carlton it seems - the lofty, transparent spaces. Indeed, this, along withe the variations in plane and texture, is increasingly the vernacular of our better buildings.
Bring it on!
just a guess, it could be because the heights aren't set yet. i have an inside source who's adamant that the taller tower is 35 storeys, and that the other tower is 20 something. they could be mistaken, but they've seen the prints for both towers, and that's what they insist they saw
If their looking to lop off a few floors from the towers to more reasonable heights I would suggest that 30 floors might be a little outrageous. Why not propose the towers at 40 and 25 and than knock off 5 floors each, not 20 and 10.