1472 Dundas St W (e of Dufferin, 4s, ?)

AlbertC · Sep 21, 2020

Mid-block 2 storey addition onto an existing 2 storey building on Dundas W, just east of Dufferin:

Sept 19, 2020

Towered · Sep 21, 2020

Looks a bit weird, but I wish there would be a ton more of these types of small-scale density increases.

concrete_and_light · Sep 21, 2020

Very strange how it interacts with the shared facade with the adjoining properties but in a cool messy-urbanism way! Great that it maintains the narrow-frontage cadence of the street.

AlbertC · Sep 21, 2020

The subtle slanted orientation of the floorplate is also pretty neat. Ideally, it would have been even better to see the entire base structure be intensified. But understandably it's separate ownerships, and the other units are fully tenanted anyways. Wouldn't mind seeing more of these along streets like Dundas and College. As they bring in additional density without being too disruptive to the existing streetscape.

concrete_and_light · Sep 21, 2020

AlbertC said:
The subtle slanted orientation of the floorplate is also pretty neat. Ideally, it would have been even better to see the entire base structure be intensified. But understandably it's separate ownerships, and the other units are fully tenanted anyways. Wouldn't mind seeing more of these along streets like Dundas and College. As they bring in additional density without being too disruptive to the existing streetscape.

If the entire four-storefront structure was redeveloped at once we'd probably end up with a less fine-grained streetscape — possibly just 1, maybe 2, mayyyyybe 3 street-facing units, so IMO it's way better for these things to happen this way. Keeps the city dynamic, walkable and vibrant.