Toronto Qube Condos | ?m | 8s | First Avenue | Romanov Romanov

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Here's your Qube, 2014.05.10:

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[greyarch]

Qube is going to be the most stylish condo in Etobicoke

 

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The posts regarding units have gone where such things are meant to be; the real estate thread for this development.

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Three weeks after the previous photos, which makes that yesterday:

This one shows the adjacent convenience store:

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[urbandreamer]

5 June 2014: The good news: it's not ugly. The bad news: it's not nearly as good as The Hive.

 

[greyarch]

Why "it's not nearly as good as The Hive"?

 

[ProjectEnd]

Because of the way the two projects look?

 

[ProjectEnd]

The west facade has been bricked up. Looks pretty good.

 

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It will be interesting to see (if and when) The Beer Store is redeveloped here (let's hope sooner as opposed to later) how that lightwell is treated.

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[kram74]

 

[ProjectEnd]

There's no reason an ROW would be required through the whole segment. An LRT / streetcar could run in mixed traffic when the road widths are too tight and on its own ROW when they permit.

 

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Earlier in October:

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[ProjectEnd]

It's not 'bad' per se, but there are several busy details which detract from what could have been a nice, simple mid-rise. Frosted glazing on two of the balcony railings but clear on the other two? Why? The heavy line of grey spandrel right above the retail area? Why?

 

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I'm assuming that retail signage will be affixed over the spandrel. The frosted/non-frosted thing though? Not sure why any of the balconies are completely clear. They should all be frosted (or smoked) to cut down on the visual clutter that often accumulates over time.

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[junctionist]

It's an interesting facade with those floating '7' columns. But their effect is diminished by all the clutter.