Benito
Senior Member
Renderings of the Charles Promenade from the Greater Yorkville Residents Association Newsletter. I really hope they do something about the Balmuto side, they‘ve had two fires in the garbage bins there over the past 4-5 years.
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Northern Light
Superstar
Hmm, I missed this post somehow.
As to the renders..........better than it is now..........that's not much to brag about.
I don't think the open space around the entrance makes much sense as envisioned.
No green, very sterile.
If you wanted to keep space here, there should at least be a patio, if not two.
Each of which would 'green' the space seasonally.
The austereness of it is unpleasant.
Benito
Senior Member
I agree that it is a lost opportunity and could be so much better. No green landscaping is very sad.
pw20
Active Member
RI notes that the gap is closing their flagship at Bloor and Bay. Lotta retail space there. If I were Holt Renfrew I'd move my Men's Store there (which, if the lobby access to the office build was reconfigured to a bay street access point vs bloor street) could also have a direct connection to the main store and would have the corner windows...
zang
Senior Member
In fact, there are planters currently that aren't in the rendering, so they're *losing* greenery.
It barely registers as much more than a terrible reclad and paint job.
ericlewis91
New Member
Didnt they just re-model this location?
Bayer
Senior Member
It looks like the Fossil store on Bloor W., between Aritzia and Zara, is gone.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Well, Fossil is now a fossil in the history of retail.
ADRM
Senior Member
CafeTO looking very good on Bellair; may this stretch never return to “normal.”
Northern Light
Superstar
Bellair as Pedestrian Mews and/or Woonerf yes.
But minus the pylons please.
Maybe a tree or three.
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Interlocking pavers for a surface!
ADRM
Senior Member
Yes to all of the above! The other benefit of closing Bellair permanently would be to (somewhat) curtail the scourge of d-bags revving their rented Ferraris/Lamborghinis/Harleys as they do their obnoxious half-kilometre loops around the neighbourhood.
pw20
Active Member
Looks like Brooks Brothers will close as it's for lease
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pw20
Active Member
Banana Republic is closing (that building is slated for redevelopment)
pw20
Active Member
Looks like Club Monaco is up for sublease.
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fiendishlibrarian
Active Member
Huh. Worked at that Club Monaco unloading trucks when it opened in April '96 to the fall of '98, then went across the street to the Banana Republic from '98 to '01. Talk about an end of an era.