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    Toronto 33 Isabella | 25.3m | 4s | Cromwell | IBI Group

    This is one of those situations where it would make sense as a true mid-rise and be doubled in height. One block away City Council has approved 60 storey buildings. Why not allow more mid-rise near these ghastly, inhumane towers?? City planners seem almost sadistic the way they encourage these...
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    Toronto 191 College | 166.76m | 45s | Unix + York | 17|21

    Glad this was approved for no higher than 31 storeys. That's a reasonable height for the neighbourhood.
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    Toronto 1677 Bathurst | 16.68m | 4s | Metroly Developments | RAW Design

    It's a shame this site is being sold. The new design is exquisite.
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    Toronto Chabad of Midtown Addition | 15.61m | 4s | Chabad of Midtown | SvN

    Chabad are great neighbours, and this project will animate the corner really well. It's a little sad to see Albert's will be gone, but hopefully he'll simply move to somewhere else in the neighbourhood. The design is interesting = it's a replica of their founding rebbe's house in the UK...
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    Toronto 1423 Dufferin Street | 28.55m | 8s | Toronto Standard | ps-a

    An excellent project. Sympathetic external expression, great scale, gentle density. Bravo!
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    Toronto 1087 Yonge | 120.1m | 35s | Generation Capital | a—A

    To purchase this at $190/sq ft means the developer expects to get approval for a 50+ storey tower. The choice of architects-Alliance for the promo renders could mean they'll do the final designs. Cheap materials, too-few elevators and cramped units. This has high likelihood it'll be a repeat of...
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    Toronto 580 King West | 41.83m | 9s | Constantine | AUDAX

    Great scale, massing and affinity for context. Even when Audax does modernism it's done well. 🤯
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    Toronto 3440 Yonge | 18.59m | 5s | AUDAX

    Council should make as easy as possible these sorts of gentle densifications with quality architecture.
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    Toronto 888 Dupont | 62m | 19s | Carttera | Graziani + Corazza

    Bingo. G+C and aA are the two worst offenders.
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    Toronto 50 Scollard | 147.62m | 41s | Lanterra | Foster + Partners

    Then it's good that you have such a wide selection of tiny units to choose from!
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    Toronto 50-90 Eglinton Avenue West | 169.03m | 49s | Madison Group | Audax

    This looks like a fantastic proposal with the right amount of density for the Eg/Yonge transit hub. The height is not excessive, the streetwall is a wonderful improvement of what was there previously, and the punched-windows/nod to early 20th century warehouse-expression is refreshing. Wonderful...
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    Toronto 147 Spadina | 82.8m | 24s | Hullmark | Audax

    Remarkably empathetic design from the scale to the vernacular! It's lovely to see something that adds to the neighbourhood. That will be a spectacular corner if this gets built. Let's hope the materials don't cheap out.
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    Toronto 1 Marlborough | 60.7m | 13s | Devron | Audax

    This is an exquisite proposal and let's hope the market allows it to come through and this beautiful, well-scaled building is built.
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    Toronto 888 Dupont | 62m | 19s | Carttera | Graziani + Corazza

    Oh my god, this project keeps getting worse and worse! How does crap like this get passed??
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    Toronto 50 Scollard | 147.62m | 41s | Lanterra | Foster + Partners

    The suite shown earlier in this thread seems awfully tight. The average unit in a Holiday Inn Express has more room than this. Why are governments allowing this sort of quality of life to be forced on citizens? Don't say 'cost per square foot,' it's a scam and can be regulated away.

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