maestro
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Manhattan's density is cleverly distributed. I think you would be hard pressed to find anything as obvious as the developers intentions to break even over fitting into the neighborhood context.
Toronto Time and Space Condos | 101.8m | 29s | Pemberton | Wallman Architects
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Unlike 154 Front St E (@ Sherbourne St, Cityzen, 26s)....no love-lost of this being scrapped
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There is now a sign in the ex-Sobey window promising the opening of a clearance centre. Another neighbourhood improvement!
chriskayTO
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It's only going to go downhill in the meantime, with the Acura dealership slated to move out in 2015 as well.
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khris
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This looks like something you'd see around Dundas East and Dixie in Mississauga. Yikes.
OMB pre-hearing being held on March 17 at 10AM at the OMB office at 655 Bay Street. Doesn't look scrapped.
innsertnamehere
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This thing is absolutely abysmal. Here's hoping the OMB doesn't approve it.
Benito
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Something along the lines of what is being proposed for the Honest Ed's site would be wonderful here.
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AlvinofDiaspar
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It's incredibly short sighted and somewhat first-world to consider KWC only as an abject failure (which I'm implying - perhaps mistakenly - is what you're doing). It's also a straw man to suggest that such an edifice could happen here, or even in present-day HK for that matter...
AlvinofDiaspar
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Yes and no - it's an interesting artifact of urbanity, but also a hellhole of sorts (take it from me - I lived fairly close to this object about 5 years prior to its' demolition, and the locals around it were all rather pleased to see it go). While I understand your sentiment (and I share it to a great extent) it is definitely rather "first world" to get all romantic about it.
Not suggesting that something as highly planned by a single developer would translate into something this organic, of course. Just an exaggerated commentary/joke on the cramming in this proposal and well, the lack of grace it exhibited.
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adHominem
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I'd consider Kowloon Walled City to be far more successful an agglomeration than the Front St proposal under discussion.
AlvinofDiaspar
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Yeah, as mentioned it was grown rather organically and relatively free of planning restraint, but it's really not an urban experiment one should intentionally replicate.
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