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Yeah and some of the ones they like are building garbage, figure it..., hey different strokes for different folks
Toronto Quay House | 73.15m | 21s | Empire | Kirkor
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.dwg
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If you are trying to equate the worst of KPMB, aA, HPA and similar firms’ work with Kirkor, you are terribly mistaken.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
I'd support that by-law. Add G+C to the list for good measure.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
But it is good to see movement on this site. For some reason I thought it was part of the FedEx site at 215 Lake Shore Blvd E.
I am curious now if there has been any movement on the Castlepoint Numa site at 176-180 Queens Quay East.
I am curious now if there has been any movement on the Castlepoint Numa site at 176-180 Queens Quay East.
spandrel
New Member
The DRP presentation is online:
The proposed height seems totally absurd in the context of the original plan for the East Bayfront. By the time this, Daniels and 215 Lake Shore are done, there won't be any space to breath there.
The proposed height seems totally absurd in the context of the original plan for the East Bayfront. By the time this, Daniels and 215 Lake Shore are done, there won't be any space to breath there.
raptor
Senior Member
It's more than reasonable; 21s, 73m. Architect is Wallman.
jje1000
Senior Member
Another pro-forma superblock- boring!
raptor
Senior Member
given the following:
- maximize profits
- constrained building envelope
what would you have done differently?
jje1000
Senior Member
Unfortunately, if #1. is the reason to end-all-reasons, all urbanistic frills usually go out the window and you get an investo-box. However, if you must have a superblock, it should try to wear the mask of a finer-grained built form.
Well at the very minimum, I would look into providing some vertical visual breaks to the podium massing to break it up into something at least human-scaled. Some natural materiality (i.e. brick) on the podium and streetlevel would go a long way in ensuring that the streetscape doesn't feel too dead in bleaker months. If possible, a second residential entrance closer to Queens Quay might provide an additional level of animation to the street. Retail frontages should be intentionally partitioned and made deeper, rather than the spaces that seem all-too-well designed for BMOs and Shoppers Drug Marts (you know that if they take up the entire retail space, none of the other entrances will be used). Less parking would be a benefit, but this is something that would need to be addressed by the city.
This project is thankfully not as large as something as what's going up next door, but I have a gut feeling the whole area will never be as vibrant as what planners envision.
67Cup
Active Member
More grey! We don’t have enough grey in this city. It’s so cheerful, especially in November, don’t you think?
old boy
Senior Member
Not just November !
ProjectEnd
Superstar
It's Kirkor.
Wallman helped negotiate the settlement. Empire replaced them with Kirkor when they bought the site.
Automation Gallery
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raptor
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Docs are up
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Now I see how they fit so many units in this one - the units are all microscopic. tons of sub 400sf units.