Toronto 145 St George | 95.64m | 28s | Tenblock | a—A

[junctionist]

Count me in as someone who enjoys the current building and would be sad to see it go. The proportions are elegant, as is the distinctive colour combination and the composition of the lines in the balconies and windows. I wouldn't be surprised if Peter Dickinson designed it.

 

[Toronto1834]

Has to be some serious height proposed to offset the rental replacement units.

That's what I was thinking. It's no small building, it must have 150 rental units that would need to be replaced.

 

[greenleaf]

11 units per floor, I think.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

In a just world they leave this building alone and put the new one behind Atwood's house...

 

[AlexBozikovic]

This is exactly the kind of building we should be building, not demolishing.

 

[neo]

This is exactly the kind of building we should be building, not demolishing.

Neither this height nor even something much shorter is allowed today. The maximum height through the Annex is 12 metres (3 storeys or maybe 4 short storeys) with up to 14 metres on St. George (4 storeys). So anyone wanting to build anything taller such as even this existing building has to rezone which is multiple years and millions of dollars. Annex Residents Corp will fight you to the death for anything. Neighborhoods are untouchable. Even 30 story buildings on Bloor West at subway stations are fought like an invading barbarian force. Yet we need housing and the market reflects that. So stupid things like this happen instead of an orderly use of the land Toronto actually has, thousands and thousands of acres untouchable where the people with power live. This site redevelopment is a symptom of that problem.

edited to correct heights

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Taken today:

 

[ProjectEnd]

Count me in as someone who enjoys the current building and would be sad to see it go. The proportions are elegant, as is the distinctive colour combination and the composition of the lines in the balconies and windows. I wouldn't be surprised if Peter Dickinson designed it.

Crang & Boake.

 

[Northern Light]

App is into the AIC but docs are not up yet.

Development Applications

City Planning COA Application Information Center

app.toronto.ca

 

[ushahid]

instead of demolishing this building it would be great if they could renovate the existing structure and build on top of the existing structure using same materials and colors if it is feasible.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Doubtful - it's not built to current code, isn't air conditioned, and has a myriad of other issues. Beautiful, it is, and a shame it will be to lose, but it's an old building and retrofits are likely too expensive.

 

[AlbertC]

Mood

 

[neo]

City AIC is still empty but the project website has gone live. 29 storeys - https://145stgeorge.com/

I like how it lines up with the apartments on St. George and keeps the deep setback. Although this could be more lush and less hardscape. It is shown as a POPS in the site plan.

 

[condovo]

This proposal is growing on me.

 

[.dwg]

Twenty bucks the city says it needs a well-defined podium that bumps out from below the tower, context and architecture be damned.