Blixtein
Active Member
This project proves that money does not buy taste.
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Regency Yorkville (Plazacorp/HiRise, 18s, Turner Fleischer) COMPLETE
Jdot
Active Member
From the pics, it looks an awful lot like 1 St. Thomas. Perhaps in real life it looks much worse. That is the problem sometimes with looking at projects on this board. Pics dont always do a building justice, and sometimes they do it too much justice.
caltrane74
Senior Member
I said it fit in well, I can stand by that, it does maintain the unformity of the streets in Yorkville. - "Dropping the ball, wtf?" I'm an advertising executive, posting my opinion on a message board, not an art consultant writing a review for better homes and living. You are taking the "chatter" on this site a little too seriously my friend.
Hypnotoad
Senior Member
Walked by this development today and the pictures express pretty much the same level of disapointment as the actual site.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
"Good taste" rather than good design is what historicist stylings are all about - and no amount of "attention to detail" in finishes can upgrade the one to the other.
adma
Superstar
I, honestly, can't find it that offensive, either--even if, for what it does, it isn't Stern-calibre. (Or Clewes-calibre, needless to say.)
It's routine, and a mite fussy, and certainly not "cutting edge", but I wouldn't hyperbolize its demerits, because that's letting the Urban Toronto get to one's head...
It's routine, and a mite fussy, and certainly not "cutting edge", but I wouldn't hyperbolize its demerits, because that's letting the Urban Toronto get to one's head...
Mike in TO
Senior Member
October 5th Update:
yin_yang
Active Member
wowowow, so fugly! they had to have broken many, many rules of design with this one
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Hydrogen
Guest
It might come as a surprise, but some of the purchasers might have bought on the basis of what would be found inside.
yin_yang
Active Member
i'd say probably most if not all did! can't imagine people buying because of the look if the building from the outside...bnesides the renderings probably made it out to be way more appealing. it's probably quite luxurious inside (it better be for the prices they charged!). too bad it's like a really nice at heart girl that's fat and ugly.
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Hydrogen
Guest
With respect to the exterior, I'm with adma on this one. Certainly nothing to write home about, but not hideous, either.
nicetommy
Active Member
It looks a million times better than the run-down, rusted uP strip mall that used to reside on this spot. I went looking through my old folders, and found some pictures I had taken of it before it was torn down:
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caltrane74
Senior Member
yuk yuk's...
hehe.
I almost forgot it use to be there.
As for the building, it will fit in with the Yorkville scene.
hehe.
I almost forgot it use to be there.
As for the building, it will fit in with the Yorkville scene.
Irishmonk
Senior Member
On its own it's moderately ugly, but in its context I think it fits in just fine. Very few people are even going to notice this building when its finished; in a few years it'll seem like it was always there. That's what building to context is all about.
So if the neighbourhood is an ugly jumble, it's best to encapsulate that in each building added to the fray?
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