Well looky here - Market Wharf:
Toronto Market Wharf | 110.33m | 33s | Context Development | a—A
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unimaginative2
Senior Member
It's hard to tell from the rendering, but it looks like a twin for that building across the road. I'm guessing that's red brick.
theman23
Active Member
It looks very simple.
caltrane74
Senior Member
I like it! ( I think it will fit in fine)
maestro
Senior Member
tower looks like Aqua in Chicago
Conrad Black
Senior Member
Where did you get that rendering?
The interweb. Context has posted their July newsletter to their site.
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rdaner
Senior Member
from Elliot on SSC:
The second site, 18 Jarvis Street, is known as the Gross
Machinery site and is separated from the South St. Lawrence Market
by a city-owned parking lot that will become a future park space.
This team paid particular attention to the study area’s open spaces.
The abundance of courtyard and lanes in the area creates opportunities
for a range of public, semi-public and private open spaces.
The current zoning for the 18 Jarvis Street site is proposed to be a U-
shaped residential building with a 3-sided courtyard facing west. The
team recommended that the southern portion of the site could have more
height as it abuts the rail corridor and would not negatively impact any
surrounding developments. The team proposed the closure of Wilton
Street, which is directly north of this site, to create a unifiedparkspace
that could be used to handle activities of the St. Lawrence Market and the
proposed building. This park space would offer both summer and winter
activities by providing a water feature in the summer and an ice skating
rink in the winter. Both the Market and Crombie Park would be linked to
this new park space.
The group also explored the possibility of creating an underground parking
structure to serve this building and the south Market. Parking would be
accessed from Market Street and the structure would be below the new
park space. A series of ramps provide service and delivery routes to the
lower level of the Market allowing the south end of the Market building to
be free of its current use as a loading area.
The creation of a new intersection on Jarvis Street south of the 18 Jarvis
Street building would help to slow down traffic along this stretch creating
safer pedestrian circulation around this and the Market site.
The second site, 18 Jarvis Street, is known as the Gross
Machinery site and is separated from the South St. Lawrence Market
by a city-owned parking lot that will become a future park space.
This team paid particular attention to the study area’s open spaces.
The abundance of courtyard and lanes in the area creates opportunities
for a range of public, semi-public and private open spaces.
The current zoning for the 18 Jarvis Street site is proposed to be a U-
shaped residential building with a 3-sided courtyard facing west. The
team recommended that the southern portion of the site could have more
height as it abuts the rail corridor and would not negatively impact any
surrounding developments. The team proposed the closure of Wilton
Street, which is directly north of this site, to create a unifiedparkspace
that could be used to handle activities of the St. Lawrence Market and the
proposed building. This park space would offer both summer and winter
activities by providing a water feature in the summer and an ice skating
rink in the winter. Both the Market and Crombie Park would be linked to
this new park space.
The group also explored the possibility of creating an underground parking
structure to serve this building and the south Market. Parking would be
accessed from Market Street and the structure would be below the new
park space. A series of ramps provide service and delivery routes to the
lower level of the Market allowing the south end of the Market building to
be free of its current use as a loading area.
The creation of a new intersection on Jarvis Street south of the 18 Jarvis
Street building would help to slow down traffic along this stretch creating
safer pedestrian circulation around this and the Market site.
The parking and loading area plan for underneath the park is an excellent idea. I wonder if it is affordable? What's the south end of the market like? Is there another level below ground into which goods could be unloaded, or would that have to be excavated as well to get goods into the market from an underground dock?
It would be great if all that could be done: the Saint Lawrence Market would have a new pedestrian-friendly southern face to interact with a new park facing a potentially lovely new aA-context building. That's the kind of urban context I really like.
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It would be great if all that could be done: the Saint Lawrence Market would have a new pedestrian-friendly southern face to interact with a new park facing a potentially lovely new aA-context building. That's the kind of urban context I really like.
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Conrad Black
Senior Member
As far as I can tell there is no basement in the south side of the market. An underground connection would need to be built. Nice addition to the area.
brettrobinson
New Member
Drove by the site today and nocticed the 'City Notice' sign and it stated a 46 story tower with a 6 story podium.
p5connex
Active Member
Whoo that is big- 52 stories..
Now with Context planning this one, I gather we should expect a Clewes tower?
p5
Now with Context planning this one, I gather we should expect a Clewes tower?
p5
urbandreamer
recession proof
And business as usual with context--ie move in date 5 years from now?
Since I live near their HOME condos project I was examining the quality--it sucks you can see waterproofing(?) sticking out of the foundations--walk around the edge of the ravine @high park you'll understand what I mean.
Market Wharf looks promising--but may take ages to build.
Since I live near their HOME condos project I was examining the quality--it sucks you can see waterproofing(?) sticking out of the foundations--walk around the edge of the ravine @high park you'll understand what I mean.
Market Wharf looks promising--but may take ages to build.
caltrane74
Senior Member
nice to see them thinking about pedestrians.
The image at the top of the page (post 46 if you're doing this 15 posts per - which is the default) looks very Clewesian. And while it may just be because of the small size of the image file, the balconies appear to have an interesting woven effect.
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