Toronto Via Bloor | 138.37m | 46s | Tridel | a—A

[Northern Light]

Pics taken May 23rd, 2021:

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

May 24

 

[Rascacielo]

Today

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

I can't really put my finger on this, but I think it's the window wall on the oval tower that's throwing me off for this project.

 

[condovo]

Maybe the window wall on the oval tower is throwing you off because it's crap. Lol

 

[Undead]

^It's the waist height transoms

 

[condovo]

^^^ Bingo. And the weirdly-proportioned window panels at the curves.They're all over the map.

 

[Rascacielo]

I think the east (curved) tower's appearance will improve somewhat once the balcony glass is installed. The west tower is looking sharp with the opaque balcony glass.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Maybe the window wall on the oval tower is throwing you off because it's crap. Lol

I was being more diplomatic about that...but yes, you are preaching to a choir member here. >.<

 

[TheKingEast]

Tridel really lowers aA's work. It's frustrating.

 

[ushahid]

TBH this is turning out way better than I had expected.

 

[WeirdFishes]

We all know Tridel never intended this to have the quality or design aesthetic of 10 York, SQ1, SQ2, or Aquabella. They never saw this as the jewel of their portfolio. This isn't horrible, but it's not great. It's a B-. Overall, it's a MASSIVE improvement for the area.

This project from the start never hid what it was going to become, so there shouldn't be any surprises. If anything, it's looking much better than expected.

 

[Amonavis]

We all know Tridel never intended this to have the quality or design aesthetic of 10 York, SQ1, SQ2, or Aquabella. They never saw this as the jewel of their portfolio. This isn't horrible, but it's not great. It's a B-. Overall, it's a MASSIVE improvement for the area.

This project from the start never hid what it was going to become, so there shouldn't be any surprises. If anything, it's looking much better than expected.

I’d prefer being sandwiched in between cabbagetown, Rosedale, the danforth, 12 minute walk to Yorkville, with a nice view, with parks and trails nearby, than beside the gardener at 10 York downtown. To each his own I suppose. I consider this area a good location on a street that will eventually get better as improvements are made.

 

[interchange42]

We all know Tridel never intended this to have the quality or design aesthetic of 10 York, SQ1, SQ2, or Aquabella. They never saw this as the jewel of their portfolio. This isn't horrible, but it's not great. It's a B-. Overall, it's a MASSIVE improvement for the area.

This project from the start never hid what it was going to become, so there shouldn't be any surprises. If anything, it's looking much better than expected.

I don't know about that: they have used high quality window wall on the west tower (no idea why they couldn't have done better on the east tower), and somewhat bizarrely they were advertising the retail pavilion as an extension of the Bloor-Yorkville luxury shopping area… so this wasn't meant to be C grade Tridel…

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[TheSix]

I’d prefer being sandwiched in between cabbagetown, Rosedale, the danforth, 12 minute walk to Yorkville, with a nice view, with parks and trails nearby, than beside the gardener at 10 York downtown. To each his own I suppose. I consider this area a good location on a street that will eventually get better as improvements are made.

Not me. This part of Bloor is basically a highway and it's a horrible street level experience. I dread anytime I have to walk around there. Give me a block from the waterfront any day of the week.