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Seems legit 😬

I drove by it today as well and thought the same thing!

Well don't zoom in! 😬

Oh! I hadn't seen this "rendering?" 😂 I only saw the south elevation where all they kept was the 300mm of wall thickness and assumed they were doing the same between the two buildings

Especially the bridge between the two warehouse buildings

Latex paint traps moisture inside of heritage bricks causing the face to spall and then it becomes a vicious cycle of repainting and further deterioration. Clay bricks need to breathe and moisture needs to escape through the breathable mortar joints (no cementitious mortar either!) Because clay...

Looks like latex paint 🤦‍♂️ #dontpaintbrick

Maybe removing the gas tanks and doing remediation in order to sell the site?

There were arguments for some of the high-rise Regent Park buildings, but unfortunately they interfered with the new streets.

Haha!.... yes, I am quite familiar with the building. Building is modernist though, not brutalist.

I agree especially regarding lawns. I grew up on a farm with a marshy forest so I am used to and enjoy seeing evergreens as part of a whole rather than stand alone. Unfortunately, urban trees are often individual follies

Partially both. The trees themselves are not dynamic because they do not reflect the seasons, wind, sun. So you have two static things on the same site. They are often spaced far apart on these types of sites, create dead zones underneath them, and appear heavy.

Some... of course there are bad examples in all types of architecture. There does need to be a softening of some concrete architecture. The buildings can be altered to meet the needs of today aka accessibility and landscape, which is what my thesis should have been about. Filling in moats...

I'll see what I can do. The design project synopsis was: Reframing Perception The historical preservation of concrete architecture from Toronto’s post-war boom is crucial in the city’s architectural culture. Despite widespread disdain for these buildings, my thesis argues these buildings...

Terrible. First we lost the history and texture of 488 University and now we are losing this one. 😭 We really should be preserving our good examples of concrete modernism (My MArch thesis). It was a reflection of the 60-70s boom period of Toronto and helps build the narrative of the City. Soon...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fire-commercial-building-hamilton-1.6493682

That poor facade without any form of return on it

The World's biggest Jungle gym

I bought in Riverside a couple years ago....and Metrolinx released the vibration and noise map years ago. Needless to say, I did my research (Thanks UrbanToronto!) and found a place outside the impact area.

I updated the post to show the back. Apparently building above grade might even cost more than tunneling under the Don River