Hypnotoad
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March 30
Toronto 300 Front Street West | 156.05m | 49s | Tridel | Wallman Architects
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salsa
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^Hard to tell which of the two buildings look worse.
mrxbombastic
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^^ it looks eerily PoMo is in that shot.
The spandrel wall off set from the balconies looks like some precast promo pieces
The spandrel wall off set from the balconies looks like some precast promo pieces
Therion
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This project is the likely winner of the "looks least like it's render" award. Ugh.
JasonParis
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A sign went up for a Starbuck's in the base today. Not sure if the Starbuck's a few steps up John (at Wellington) will remain.
Therion
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A new Starbucks has never been a reason to get rid of an old Starbucks. Sadly.
Logan
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What's with all the different sized windows at the top? Looks really messy-
Hanlansboy
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Hamiltonian
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lol ew
DarkSideDenizen
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Selling condos in Toronto has become far too easy. Developers (Tridel in this case) are just plain lazy and cheap with their design. It seems they have forgotten that every building they put up will be representative of their brand for decades to come. Maybe they just don't care..
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Funny we say this, because the north side is actually it's good side.
christiesplits
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Agreed, it is the best side, which I know isn't saying much. If they should clad the whole thing in black spandrel it would be an improvement.
Torontovibe
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Black ALWAYS looks much better than grey! It's worth the small added expense.
CITY_LOVER
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yes, true but this is one of the better sides of the building; the grey-ish spandrel side really shouldn't have had the light frost colored balcony glass; instead it should have had black balcony glass for nice contrast. Or better yet, replace the grey spandrel with black. As for someone asking why the top row of windows are different sizes (as it looks messy), my answer is it gives the building that Toronto 'scruffy'/haphazardly-developing look, like Trump Tower, Aura, 10 Dundas East, Liberty Village buildings, etc. If Tridel and other developers didn't do this relatively consistently, it would go against Toronto's design and planning guidelines. (Sorry couldn't help myself.
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urbandreamer
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10 May 2014: I remember staring into the pit at the Icon thinking what a pos it would be. x3 today
