Marcanadian
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Some pictures of One Park yesterday afternoon.
A scary but imho accurate assessment: 1 Park Tower looks better and is of higher quality than ROCP1/2. Wow.
It looks strange though--like a lego condo tower. Very plastic Disneyfied on a cheaper scale. Perfect for a certain segment of Canadian society that loves to spend winters in Florida trailer parks
There's something about peaked roofs that feel like "home." Something stately, permanent and domesticated. There's a finished feel about this building--painted balconies (ROCP do you have this detail?), generous balconies.
Sure, it's still a cheap and tacky building; if this was built in Virginia you know it would've been red brick, higher quality, and fit in perfect with the lush green countryside. In Miss, the greyness is overbearing, yet it kinda makes sense in the Ottawa/Canuck tradition of muted tones. It's like a first generation (c.1995) new urbanism housing estate; fitting since Daniels is about 10 years behind the design times.
Daniels: Loathe what you love.
For some reason, those from "old" countries are attracted to the tacky, new, mockerama's like 1Park Tower.
Maybe it does have a bit of a "Virginia" sensibility, i.e. traditionalism as Red America-style comfort food. High-rise urbanism for the Keith Urban crowd...