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Tridel has excellent craftsmanship from what I've heard, but the company struggles in terms of architectural quality and execution. Their projects like 300 Front are the definition of architectural mediocrity and have worsened the architectural profile of the city. Most of their mediocre towers have been in the suburbs, where it doesn't matter as much, though mediocrity shouldn't be built anywhere. However, Tridel's commitment to quality construction suggests that with more attention to architecture, they can truly be at the top of the game.
 
junctionist said:
Tridel has excellent craftsmanship from what I've heard, but the company struggles in terms of architectural quality and execution. Their projects like 300 Front are the definition of architectural mediocrity and have worsened the architectural profile of the city. Most of their mediocre towers have been in the suburbs, where it doesn't matter as much, though mediocrity shouldn't be built anywhere. However, Tridel's commitment to quality construction suggests that with more attention to architecture, they can truly be at the top of the game.
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Why doesn't it matter as much if mediocre buildings are built in the suburbs? If that attitude persists, than the suburbs will continue to languish architecturally.
 
junctionist said:
Not as many people see buildings in more isolated locations. Read the second part of the sentence, though.
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What are you talking about? There are far more people in the suburbs than downtown. More people see the ugly slabs in the suburbs compared to what is in the city core.
 
Patty said:
What are you talking about? There are far more people in the suburbs than downtown. More people see the ugly slabs in the suburbs compared to what is in the city core.
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That may be so, but in the suburbs you're only exposed to the blight in your particular area; on the other side, everyone goes to or through downtown at some point, so whatever bad architecture is built there is seen by everyone who calls the GTA home.
 
FNTS said:
That may be so, but in the suburbs you're only exposed to the blight in your particular area; on the other side, everyone goes to or through downtown at some point, so whatever bad architecture is built there is seen by everyone who calls the GTA home.
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That's not true. Many in the suburbs travel far beyond their own neighbourhoods on a daily basis. What about people that live in North York but work in Scarborough? They travel great distances and can't help but notice the ugly apartment towers that are present in each neighbourhood. It's not as if people in the suburbs only stick to their own communities.
 
Patty said:
What are you talking about? There are far more people in the suburbs than downtown. More people see the ugly slabs in the suburbs compared to what is in the city core.
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If you don't live in downtown, you go downtown at least once in a while. It's also where visitors go. The towers in the suburbs are spread out over a huge area with many places that few people seldom see. You can go a lifetime without seeing what Malvern or Bramalea looks like. Still, lots of people live in those places and pass through them anyway, so they too should have good architecture, even if they're not as visible as downtown. Downtown is for the cream of the crop.
 
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The tower does provide a nice clean facade to the area -
contrasting with all the horizontal bading of the residential towers.

The Delta and L Tower look tiny in that last shot!
 
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Not very impressed with this one. Great to have all those workers and activity in the area but definitely one of the worst looking commercial buildings in this cycle.
 
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