ushahid
Senior Member
i was very happy that the developer was given the permission to build 200m buildings. but now i think whoever gave them the permission, should have lowered the height permisison to 100m. these eyesores will be prominent.
Toronto 400 Front Street | 195.75m | 60s | State Building Group | Kirkor
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cd concept
Senior Member
They keep on changing things and I don't think it's for the better! The building are more broader and generic. I thought there going to keep them slim so light can penetrate between the two buildings for the park's sake! Come on Developers !!
NorthshoreCity
Active Member
Reminds me of (with the exception of Zaha Hadid's 1000 Museum) the glass towers along Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. In other words, doesn't belong in a pedestrian oriented neighborhood.
abovetoronto
New Member
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
Well, that design was certainly a choice.
Automation Gallery
Superstar
Remember this office bldg.... https://www.sweenyandco.com/projects/49-spadina will be be built in between @the back of that heritage structure
A Torontonian Now
Senior Member
Is it good? No. But compared to Kirkor's prior standard of work, it is an improvement. The wrap-around balconies are also a good choice for their ability to hide the expected spandrel mess that is sure to lurk behind.
Amare
Senior Member
This is going to be like Daniel's disasterous Lighthouse towers on the waterfront...but somehow State will find a way to make this even worse.
Yegger
Active Member
this is offensive. It is upsetting that such a prominent location, beside a premier square, heritage district and future outdoor mall (the well) couldn't conjure more creativity and ambition. I would rather it remain an underutilized parking lot than to have this wasted potential materialized
canarob
Senior Member
This is so bad it could be on the waterfront.
ADRM
Senior Member
Anyone who knows anything about development knew this was going to be bad, but this is truly, remarkably horrible.
The Preservationist
Active Member
A 200 m building with no setbacks sitting almost on top of a small public square. Totally unbalanced.
karledice
Senior Member
Awful, disastrous on so many levels
Everything is messy, bland, boring, cheap looking: podium, tower, the balcony indents to break the monotony
I'd just rather not think about a missed opportunity here for such a prominent area facing the hundred year old park (not going to be covered by anything nicer)
ushahid
Senior Member
Sweeny&Co Architects | 49 Spadina
Sweeny&Co identified this heritage brick-and-beam office building, with an attached one-storey industrial/retail building as having strong potential for intensification which would see the base for a new office building rising up and cantilevering over the existing building. WolfeCorp. loved the...
www.sweenyandco.com
Riseth
Senior Member
Meh, it's not the worst thing to be foisted upon this city. Looks decent to me and relatively harmless. If anything it adds some nice density to this area.