Toronto 1280-1286 College Street | 32.5m | 8s | Collecdev-Markee | Batay-Csorba

Undead said:
The way my brain works I thought juggalo was another way of saying gigolo.


I don't see how this issue gets any better when you have a building here with, presumably, parking and poor sightlines at the garage ramp as many buildings do.
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The frequency of vehicles coming in and our would be reduced. That car wash was busy and had lots of cars coming in and out. The S-Mart on the south side of College, which most of us are talking about, has notoriously bad circulation. It is such a cramped parking lot. So you get vehicles pulling stupid manoeuvres to get in and out, you get overflow of cars just parking in a live lane of traffic because there is no space, but my favourite is the "cheating" that all these motorists do by sticking half their car into live traffic, or the streetcar lane in order to make a left or right turn out of the plaza or the car wash. And I say all of this as a motorist myself.

This particular development, is rumoured to have no parking. So cars coming in and out is not an issue. But if it did, at least in my experience and observation, a low/mid-rise condo wouldn't have the frequency of cars entering and exiting like the car wash did. Also, you'd have a more controlled access point with the garage.
 
JoeParez said:
The frequency of vehicles coming in and our would be reduced. That car wash was busy and had lots of cars coming in and out. The S-Mart on the south side of College, which most of us are talking about, has notoriously bad circulation. It is such a cramped parking lot. So you get vehicles pulling stupid manoeuvres to get in and out, you get overflow of cars just parking in a live lane of traffic because there is no space, but my favourite is the "cheating" that all these motorists do by sticking half their car into live traffic, or the streetcar lane in order to make a left or right turn out of the plaza or the car wash. And I say all of this as a motorist myself.

This particular development, is rumoured to have no parking. So cars coming in and out is not an issue. But if it did, at least in my experience and observation, a low/mid-rise condo wouldn't have the frequency of cars entering and exiting like the car wash did. Also, you'd have a more controlled access point with the garage.
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Correct, no parking at all here (visitor or resident). Slab on grade construction.
 
There are several on Dundas West and three on Sterling.
 
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Towered said:
They're not cozy enough!!
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How about Run and Gun Coffee at Dundas and Sheridan?

Also, there us a cozy little coffee shop at the corner of College and Lansdowne?

Tim Horton's. Super cozy. /s
 
JoeParez said:
How about Run and Gun Coffee at Dundas and Sheridan?

Also, there us a cozy little coffee shop at the corner of College and Lansdowne?

Tim Horton's. Super cozy. /s
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I'll give you Run and Gun (is it still called that even?) - I need to profile that place in the Cozy Cafe thread!
 
Towered said:
I'll give you Run and Gun (is it still called that even?) - I need to profile that place in the Cozy Cafe thread!
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It is still Run and Gun. It is my daughter's favourite and we always have to stop off for a treat after some time at McCormick park.
 
JoeParez said:
It is still Run and Gun. It is my daughter's favourite and we always have to stop off for a treat after some time at McCormick park.
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I love McCormick park. In summer I often bring my boy there to play. Bonus points for the Japanese cafe in the shipping container - I don't understand why that isn't widespread in parks across the city...
 
Soil testing on site? Taken Thursday March 13.

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The ZBA on this is now in the AIC.

Key bits for @Paclo

Proponent: Markee

Architect: Batay-Csorba

Height: 8 storeys

Man..... I don't know how Markee manages to keep going when they splurge on renders like this:

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Description with Stats:

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Site Plan:

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Ground Floor Plan:

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Elevations:

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Typical residential floor layout:

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Elevator Ratio: 2 elevators - 77 units, 1 elevator per 38 units.

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Comments:

Glad to see two elevators from the outset. I take no issue w/the height here. I personally an 8-storey street wall excessive and it is prone to creating wind issues at street level. I get that its a tight site, but I'd love to see even 1.5M bump back above the 3rd floor. For which I would happily endorse another storey or two in total.

Unit sizes: Two-beds look quite reasonable, not 'large' but solid, most 1 beds are a bit on the small size.

Aesthetics: Early to comment, based on the 'render'...... but like the site on Danforth.....those windows give me a headache. The various sizes and offsets add no value aesthetically and do add at least some construction costs. It should be easier with modular to produce a form that has identical windows, in straight rows at identical elevations.

Ground floor, more retail would be ideal, particularly on the College frontage.

Overall, endorsable, but room for improvement.
 
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