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Interesting legal notice in today's Star. If you are a descendent you may be richer than you thought!

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DSC said:
Interesting legal notice in today's Star. If you are a descendent you may be richer than you thought!

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Anyone whose ancestors were known to be in Toronto or investing here in the early to mid 19thC or related to Mr. Lardner need to get right on that.

That would be a potential windfall!

Sadly, my relations weren't in Ontario back then.
 
condovo said:
With Partisans is involved, we can relax.
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Did you speak too soon?

There's new ZBA/SPA for this one.................it's still Partisans............

But what is this on on top of the building now???

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That's the render before the app........but I thought it demanded it.........

Now the app:

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I endeavoured to find a good Streetview image to convey where the proposed infill would be sited.

I have to say, just getting in there to build it .....

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Note that there is no visible access to this area from the north.

Access appears to be from the west and south only:

(via Yonge)

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Via Colborne:

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...in someways the original building already looks like a facade. So sticking something new behind it is unlikely to distract from the heritage portion.
 
I have no problem with the infill of the corner - that's a good idea for additional density even if difficult to construct. I am not at all sold on the "hat" addition on the top, which to me makes this look like a facadectomy, even when it is not.

I might be convinced if renderings from a pedestrian viewpoint show that the setback means that the hat is not really visible from the street.
 
For the love of god make it stop. Fine, stick an infill building in there, but under no circumstance should it be taller than the existing pinnacles. That haphazard, asymmetrical window design is a mess that just districts from the original building too. Whatever's built shouldn't compete with or draw attention from the original CP Building.

Also, that looks like a miserable place for a condo; I don't think sunlight would ever touch the lower levels of those units on the north/east sides. Depressing.
 
egotrippin said:
For the love of god make it stop. Fine, stick an infill building in there, but under no circumstance should it be taller than the existing pinnacles. That haphazard, asymmetrical window design is a mess that just districts from the original building too. Whatever's built shouldn't compete with or draw attention from the original CP Building.
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I concur. I posted in middle of the night, as I often do........and that was my instinct, but I wanted to look at it later, when fully awake before deciding. I'm decided. The add-on, on top is incongruous to the rest of the building, it's not complimentary at all, it's a sore thumb; and beyond unnecessary, it's undesirable.

egotrippin said:
Also, that looks like a miserable place for a condo; I don't think sunlight would ever touch the lower levels of those units on the north/east sides. Depressing.
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I'd have to go back and look at the layouts, but w/o only 4-5 units per floor, I assume they could be laid out to achieve light from 2 sides......

But regardless, the infill construction and extant presence would likely kill the trees now present over the parking at the condo to the east; and certainly make that, as an outdoor amenity space (which I'm assuming it is); rather inhospitable.
 
Northern Light said:
I concur. I posted in middle of the night, as I often do........and that was my instinct, but I wanted to look at it later, when fully awake before deciding. I'm decided. The add-on, on top is incongruous to the rest of the building, it's not complimentary at all, it's a sore thumb; and beyond unnecessary, it's undesirable.



I'd have to go back and look at the layouts, but w/o only 4-5 units per floor, I assume they could be laid out to achieve light from 2 sides......

But regardless, the infill construction and extant presence would likely kill the trees now present over the parking at the condo to the east; and certainly make that, as an outdoor amenity space (which I'm assuming it is); rather inhospitable.
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Ah, good point, I didn't pay much attention to the units/floor. Still, if your unit only has north and east exposure on the lower floors, it'll be quite gloomy most of the year.

I imagine those trees are part of amenity space for 7 King St; I bet those residents won't love this proposal. The entire thing looks challenging to build, I'm still wrapping my head around how they'll get all the machinery into that site.
 
DSC said:
Interesting legal notice in today's Star. If you are a descendent you may be richer than you thought!

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Lardner arrived in Upper Canada in 1804 with his parents. About 1808 he married Sarah Bradshaw, daughter of George Bradshaw (1762-1810) and Margaret Hill (1765-1817). In 1810, the family moved to the Town of York. Lardner’s wheelwright and carriage factory was on the south side of King Street at the east corner of Yonge Street. In 1834 he was a councilman for St. Lawrence Ward in York. He and Sarah Bradshaw had nine children. Good chance for a lot descendants!
 
centralblue said:
Lardner arrived in Upper Canada in 1804 with his parents. About 1808 he married Sarah Bradshaw, daughter of George Bradshaw (1762-1810) and Margaret Hill (1765-1817). In 1810, the family moved to the Town of York. Lardner’s wheelwright and carriage factory was on the south side of King Street at the east corner of Yonge Street. In 1834 he was a councilman for St. Lawrence Ward in York. He and Sarah Bradshaw had nine children. Good chance for a lot descendants!
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They had better step up soon!
 
Those arched windows look awful (mostly because of the light coloured stone).
Their randomness detracts from the sentinel-like placing of the copper domes on the corners.
If a tall tower is to be "in-filled" then it should contrast with the limestone of the heritage tower and the green domes, to make the heritage elements stand out.
Dark, maybe brown, bronze or olive tinted, non-mirrored glass curtain wall on the new tower would do the trick.
This is where "Toronto modern" would work well.
... and cover up that elevator overrun.
 
Northern Light said:
Did you speak too soon?

There's new ZBA/SPA for this one.................it's still Partisans............

But what is this on on top of the building now???

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That's the render before the app........but I thought it demanded it.........

Now the app:

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app.toronto.ca

Application Details

app.toronto.ca app.toronto.ca

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I endeavoured to find a good Streetview image to convey where the proposed infill would be sited.

I have to say, just getting in there to build it .....

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Note that there is no visible access to this area from the north.

Access appears to be from the west and south only:

(via Yonge)

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Via Colborne:

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I'm into it. It knows the rules and then breaks them but in a cool way, not in clueless, tasteless Kirkor / G+C way. It's poking fun, even thumbing its nose at Toronto's pearl-clutching schtick. The blonde cladding is deferential but the form is irreverent and I'm all for the tension. (We want diversity of form as in Sweden, right?) And I adore the "New New Formalism" design language. (Neo New Formalism?) Anyway, from the sidewalk, people aren't going to see the new bit poking up above the old. And so what if they do? The units aren't going to get much sun but that's life in the big city. You got to squeeze stuff in.
 
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