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Okay, yesterday we got back to you about the Pug Award Winners - today, let's talk about the losers.
Below are the results from the bottom half of the residential projects, in the order they placed. First, we have a dirty little secret to cover: we didn't ask you to vote on three of them. Maybe some of you caught that back in May during voting, and you chose to keep quiet too. You see, three projects snuck through the Pug filters that were meant to keep out projects from beyond the City of Toronto proper. Two of the projects were in Markham, and one was in Oakville. Most people wouldn't care about that, they'd consider that a minor technicality, so we saw no reason to make a fuss about that. We, however, are nitpickers, and sticklers for things like imaginary lines down the middle of Steeles Avenue, so neither could we ask you for your opinion on The Majestic, nor Courtyard Residences, nor Rouge Bijou, all found in that hinterland netherworld of strip malls and fledgling express bus services that we pugly Torontonian types feel vaguely anxious about. Anyway, 'nuff said about the 905, let's look at the rest of the underachievers below:
17. Rouge Bijou
18. 263 Wellington Street West
19. Madison Avenue Lofts
20. Edge Lofts
21. Minto Skyy
22. Summerside
23. 900 Mount Pleasant
24. Eq1 at Equinox
25. Malibu at Harbourfront
26. Success Tower at Pinnacle Centre
27. Chateau Royal
28. 88 on Broadway
29. The Majestic
30. St. Gabriel Terraces
31. Zip at Battery Park
32. Plaza Royale
33. Grande Triomphe – Phase II
34. Courtyard Residences
Well, our bottom nine are all there, not in quite in the same order of wretchedness, but our sample size was pretty small, and when you're considering some of the buildings in the list above, which one would place where at any given time could change with your mood. Feeling indignant about faux today? X marks St. Gabriel Terraces. A modernist at heart, but feeling betrayed today by lazy lousy examples? Success Tower does not succeed today. Wanting NoMo' PoMo? Grande Triomphe's misnomer attracts your wrath. Nothing special today, just generally fed up with crap? Zip zips to the bottom of the list. It's so hard to pick. ... yet it's good to know we can pick'em. Thanks for your votes UrbanToronto!
posted:2010-06-18 02:36:38
