Toronto Minto30Roe Condos | 113.08m | 34s | Minto Group | Wallman Architects

[Roundabout]

July 8th:

 

[Roundabout]

Last week/this morning:

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Now that I see more of it, I am not much of a fan.

 

[someMidTowner]

July 22:

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Now that I see more of it, I am not much of a fan.

I'm just glad that E Condos will be blocking it.

 

[someMidTowner]

July 27:

 

[Roundabout]

August 4th update:

 

[someMidTowner]

August 4th:

 

[kris]

Popping up now.

 

[Roundabout]

This morning:

 

[stjames2queenwest]

50 shades of grey, a shame since the shape of the floor plates/balconies is really interesting. Why are people so scared of colour.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

50 shades of grey, a shame since the shape of the floor plates/balconies is really interesting. Why are people so scared of colour.

Do you think 20-30 years down the line when (if) we have better taste, we can amend this situation by coloring all that sprandel?

I know many thought the same of the commie block buildings of post-socialist Europe, but now those buildings are painted in all manner of colors. It won't be as simple as applying paint, but I would welcome some similar initiative here.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

Maybe eventually but I imagine it won't be for a long time. I think the grey and pale blue glass of this decade is still a lot better than the concrete brutalist commie slabs of the 60's and 70's. I just hope that in the coming decades we go back to more colourful glazing like we saw in the late 80's and early 90's. Seems like there is already a switch to black and white cladding, which atleast offers high contrast and is fairly timeless.

 

[someMidTowner]

 

[someMidTowner]

Terribly grainy cell phone shot, but it shows off the impact this project has viewed from Uptown Yonge