Toronto Downtown Condos at Wellington West | 36.57m | 11s | Parallax | Sweeny &Co

[TheKingEast]

The wood paneling turned out pretty nicely.

 

[interchange42]

Catch the latest pics in the front page story here.

 

[urbandreamer]

16 August 2014

 

[Red Mars]

A final exterior touch-up. BTW the city has been very active fixing sidewalks in the neighbourhood.

I hope, when the major construction of the Well on the South side takes place, they bury all the hydro lines on this street.

Pic taken Sept 2, 2014

 

[400WellingtonGuy]

They are redoing the intersection.

 

[neuhaus]

Backside, sandwiched between 500 Wellington and Seventy5 Portland:

 

[ponyboy]

today: this building a few shots of others near by.

 

[Gphorce]

Wellington is looking great! A beautiful local example of medium densities making for an urban but not overwhelming neighbourhood. Really goes to show how softer materials on the first few floors can help bring it to the human scale.

Also, it's a shame that tall tree is gone. I'm assuming it was an ash and the emerald borer got to it.

 

[TheKingEast]

Did a good job with that blank wall.

 

[felix123]

Why is the west-facing wall almost entirely blank, save for a few tiny frosted windows? Is that due to zoning? My friend lives in a long, corner unit in the building and even though it's south-facing, it's very gloomy without much light coming in from the west.

 

[TossYourJacket]

Why is the west-facing wall almost entirely blank, save for a few tiny frosted windows? Is that due to zoning? My friend lives in a long, corner unit in the building and even though it's south-facing, it's very gloomy without much light coming in from the west.

Because they built up to the property line, that wall has to be blank, in the event an adjacent building goes up next door. If they'd wanted to have real windows along that side, they'd have had to build back from the property line in order to ensure permanent access to sunlight, plus there's a minimum distance needed to ensure some level of privacy between units of adjacent buildings that face each other. The sections with windows on the sides are either set back, or adjacent to a driveway, which ensures no building will go up directly next to them.

 

[felix123]

Because they built up to the property line, that wall has to be blank, in the event an adjacent building goes up next door. If they'd wanted to have real windows along that side, they'd have had to build back from the property line in order to ensure permanent access to sunlight, plus there's a minimum distance needed to ensure some level of privacy between units of adjacent buildings that face each other. The sections with windows on the sides are either set back, or adjacent to a driveway, which ensures no building will go up directly next to them.

Thank you for the explanation!