Vaughan Centro Square Condos & Shops | ?m | 33s | Liberty Development | Kirkor

[jdoe1369]

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Taken today in honour of Euro 2016

There's an even bigger two story by many, many feet Portuguese flag on the other side (facing Highway 7/400) and a smaller flag for another nation on one of the tower cranes

 

[ProjectEnd]

The hoarding says "luxury condos", but the ugly walls of spandrels suggest otherwise.

Applying the word 'luxury' to anything by Kirkor should be a criminal offense...

 

[someMidTowner]

Quick drive by shots from today:

 

[PMT]

Cell shot from today:

 

[Edward Skira]

Getting larger. I assume the shorter building in the back is office space?

 

[Transportfan]

905 regional road departments should get rid of those ugly highway-style blue attraction signs for every specialty store, golf course, and motel if they want their roads to look more urban.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Probably date from the era of when this was actually a provincial highway.. I can assure you they have been removed on the rebuilt stretches of Highway 7.

And yes, the building at the back is office.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Wow. That is awful, truly awful.

I at least hope the folks in charge at Kirkor and Liberty are flush with spandrel-manufacturer stock...What a pile.

 

[interchange42]

905 regional road departments should get rid of those ugly highway-style blue attraction signs for every specialty store, golf course, and motel if they want their roads to look more urban.

Probably date from the era of when this was actually a provincial highway.. I can assure you they have been removed on the rebuilt stretches of Highway 7.

And yes, the building at the back is office.

They might have removed the blue 7 shields from Highway 7, but they do not care one iota about making these roads more urban. To do that they'd have to bring down speed limits, add more intersections, and dump the name Highway 7 in favour of something—anything—else. Gord Downie Blvd., Golden Horseshoe Way, York South Drive. Streets have proper names. York Region knows this isn't a proper street though, so they've hung onto Highway 7 even though it's technically no longer one.

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[Transportfan]

Probably date from the era of when this was actually a provincial highway.. I can assure you they have been removed on the rebuilt stretches of Highway 7.

Actually, the Region itself puts them up, as other arterials have them too. 905 regional road departments for some reason, seem to cling to a rural county mentality.

Even Peel Region, which has always had a more urban signage standard, is starting to do it in the last few years:

 

[Edward Skira]

I assume they charge so perhaps they like the revenue stream?

 

[Woodbridge_Heights]

They might have removed the blue 7 shields from Highway 7, but they do not care one iota about making these roads more urban. To do that they'd have to bring down speed limits, add more intersections, and dump the name Highway 7 in favour of something—anything—else. Gord Downie Blvd., Golden Horseshoe Way, York South Drive. Streets have proper names. York Region knows this isn't a proper street though, so they've hung onto Highway 7 even though it's technically no longer one.

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Ahem the "Avenue 7" lobbying says otherwise

 

[interchange42]

Yeuccch.

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[Transportfan]

Ahem the "Avenue 7" lobbying says otherwise

Calling it "Seven Avenue" would sound better than "Avenue Seven". Who puts the designation before the name?

 

[Woodbridge_Heights]

Calling it "Seven Avenue" would sound better than "Avenue Seven". Who puts the designation before the name?

The same people who thought the "City above Toronto" marketing campaign was witty, smart, and catchy.