Toronto The Madison | 121m | 36s | Madison Group | Kirkor
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someMidTowner
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innsertnamehere
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From a planning perspective this is a great addition to the area. From an architectural perspective, a little less so.
Especially considering what Tridel did across the street a number of years ago. Replaced the Union Carbide building with this planning disaster. Who allowed no retail here?
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someMidTowner
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Considering what stood there before, that building is a crime.
Midtown Urbanist
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No retail is unfortunate, but it is nice to walk by that building. They take care of their Eglinton frontage very well.
MafaldaBoy
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19 December 2016:
The Madison by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr
The Madison by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr
The Madison by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr
The Madison by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr
The Madison by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr
The Madison by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr
Midtown Urbanist
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@MafaldaBoy always has the striking ability to take such quality pictures they almost look like renders!
Anyway, finally visited the LCBO and Loblaws here yesterday. Loblaws was bigger than I imagined but nothing too special. The LCBO on the other hand was probably the nicest designed LCBO I've visited, but also smaller floorprint than I imagined.
Anyway, finally visited the LCBO and Loblaws here yesterday. Loblaws was bigger than I imagined but nothing too special. The LCBO on the other hand was probably the nicest designed LCBO I've visited, but also smaller floorprint than I imagined.
4grand
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What is with the sea-foam green tiles along the top of the building?
It looks cheap. Why not hide the massive black lines in between the tiles? The roofline looks like an old, unkept bathroom from the 1950s.
These cheap tiles do not age well. Brick ages well. That's why brick buildings from the 1800s still look pretty good.
It looks cheap. Why not hide the massive black lines in between the tiles? The roofline looks like an old, unkept bathroom from the 1950s.
These cheap tiles do not age well. Brick ages well. That's why brick buildings from the 1800s still look pretty good.
maestro
Senior Member
It's not tile. It's spandrel glass panels. The lines are the mullion caps that hold the panels in place. Glass doesn't age.
A brick building from the early 1900s will look like crap without extensive repairs and cleaning. It is one reason why so much was lost in the 1960s to the 1980s. The details and colour were all lost under layers of soot.
A brick building from the early 1900s will look like crap without extensive repairs and cleaning. It is one reason why so much was lost in the 1960s to the 1980s. The details and colour were all lost under layers of soot.
4grand
Active Member
Any building from the early 1900s will look terrible without extensive repairs and cleaning. Why do you just say this about brick? If anything, brick ages considerably well.
Yes, you are right, it is glass panels. Regardless, it looks like seafoam green bathroom tiles, and that is essentially the problem. Mullioned glass looks horrendous.
Glass facades do age. The steel holding the glass frames in place ages terribly. Brick ages amazingly well.
The same soot that covered brick, would only, I assume, eventually cover the glass, too.
