stjames2queenwest
Senior Member
Barf
Toronto 245 Queen Street East | 94.3m | 25s | ONE Properties | Graziani + Corazza
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TheKingEast
Senior Member
Pretty much!
radioheadmike
Active Member
It's better than what exists today. I'm glad this developer has the balls to build in the worst corner of the city. However, I'm not a fan of the park/court
If you look at the pictures from their site it's not as bad: http://oneproperties.com/queen-sherbourne-retail/
If you look at the pictures from their site it's not as bad: http://oneproperties.com/queen-sherbourne-retail/
TheKingEast
Senior Member
It looks like a mismash of confusion though. I'd rather wait till the design is improved whether it be by this developer or someone else.
mrxbombastic
Active Member
My god this is terrible. What an absolute monstrosity foisted onto the city.
If they are going to do this, then what's the point of heritage retention? Just let the original plan go forward as atleast the desecration of heritage would be replaced with something nice.
If the developer bought the site for to much and needs these minimum densities then sorry. But this is just garbage....
If they are going to do this, then what's the point of heritage retention? Just let the original plan go forward as atleast the desecration of heritage would be replaced with something nice.
If the developer bought the site for to much and needs these minimum densities then sorry. But this is just garbage....
n31295
New Member
Interesting to see the massing against the condo building at 320 Richmond Street East is less offensive than the previous renderings.
I think those are old renderings - the floorplans on the link you posted still have the old "urban room" and is missing the shitty new parkette. But thanks for the link, hadn't seen that site yet.
radioheadmike
Active Member
The links on the site are definitely outdated but the pictures on the landing page are recent.
The original plan is much better. The developer is not to blame here . It's the city by rejecting the original plan.
isaidso
Senior Member
HOLY YUCK!
grey
Senior Member
A poor man's Mirvish Village redevelopment.
ponyboy
Active Member
Perhaps there can be a design contest for the park. The placeholder park is boring. Needs interesting seating, water feature (e.g. channel of water that runs downhill), people watching opportunity, small area for performers, a couple of cafe's/restaurants with outdoor seating. The amalgam of heritage and new might look better up close, but a lot depends on details, material choice, and execution.
torontologist
Active Member
The original plan was a ridiculous overbuild of the site. There was no way it was ever going to get approved. So yeah, you can blame the developer.
n31295
New Member
I agree, the original was way too tall and dense for the area. The developer is just trying to build as much as possible on that piece of land.
Amare
Senior Member
This proposal is atrocious, and everything about it is just bad. The podium levels immediately above the heritage buildings are just a slab of glass plastered along the street and they hardly make the heritage buildings distinguishable, the massing of the buildings are humongous and makes the massing of Time and Space condos (a similarly hugely massed project) look much smaller, the articulation is just laughable and messy, while the park space is just begging not to be covered in shade 24/7.
This reminds me of that horrid condo proposal we had in the northwest section of the city (of course the name and the exact location is slipping my mind) at some point in 2017/2018.
This reminds me of that horrid condo proposal we had in the northwest section of the city (of course the name and the exact location is slipping my mind) at some point in 2017/2018.
ptbotrmpfn
Senior Member
I disagree, the giant paper clips are kinda cool. But. That’s all.Not much to like here
doug
Active Member
That park is perfect for another safe injection site.