Edward
Senior Member
I am getting a sense that some members in UT tends to just bash any projects that is not downtown Toronto
Take a look at the ROCP thread to see that's not true.
I am getting a sense that some members in UT tends to just bash any projects that is not downtown Toronto
I am getting a sense that some members in UT tends to just bash any projects that is not downtown Toronto .... I do not believe anything built in North York, Scarborough, Markham, Vaughan, Missisissauga are just crap by default
Regardless ... I think this project is well design/built and if you know the builder's products, you may be impressed by their current profolio of upscale residences which I look forward to seeing here as well when completed ...
I agree the facade colour here was too similar to the '3 sisters' to the west, I suppose Shane Baghai was trying to fit in, but it would have been nice if they were more distinguishable .... and indeed the site is a bit tight much like most new developments along Sheppard ... but overall the design concept works
when the site was redeveloped, a new church was built on the northern part of the site away from Sheppard, I suppose lands with Sheppard frontage was more valuable to sell so that the church would get more out of the real estate transaction
Too bad they have nothing do architecturally with the forward-thinking new St. Gabriel's Church immediately adjacent to them.
The church isn't much of a gem either, in my opinion. Other than the fact that it's a green building with coloured glass skylights, it's not much to look at.
These buildings only fit with the faux feel that Daniels is pushing on the area, and with the McMansions that have been obliterating the 50s and 60s ranch moderns that the area was once chock-a-block with. They are overdone, mawkish, pretentious, kitsch.
Too bad they have nothing do architecturally with the forward-thinking new St. Gabriel's Church immediately adjacent to them.
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The commie blocks were typical for their time - which wasn't a time when nostalgia for some other time dictated the exterior appearance of residential towers. I think it was also a time when contemporary design, such as it was, was the default mode for such buildings.