Midtown Urbanist
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It is honestly fine podium upwards.
Podium downwards is a different story altogether.
Podium downwards is a different story altogether.
Toronto YC Condos -- Yonge at College | 198.42m | 62s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza
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Benito
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jozl
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utwatch
New Member
That podium looks like utter trash so far. It's not even a large part of building, but is a main focal point for those walking past. The amount of spandrel, mullions and grey upon grey is overwhelming. Could they not invest a little effort or money on this podium. I'm guessing they just don't care. They could have used black mullions to frame those orange panels to give it some contrast from the rest of the podium.
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Torontovibe
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Completely agree!
Rascacielo
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Canderel should be renamed as Spandreler
Rascacielo
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steveve
Senior Member
Today:
Ramako
Moderator
For as poor as the details and the materials are, and as poor as the design is, at least they attempted some kind of identifiable gesture here. I give them credit for that.
isaidso
Senior Member
Don't mind the tower, at least they're trying. The podium is unbelievably ugly. I'm not sure it could get any worse. Perhaps a concrete bird crap encrusted cube would have been worse.
jaborandi
Active Member
Is there any reason why judgement of the podium can't be held off until the expanse of orange is completed along the Yonge Street frontage?
Amare
Senior Member
We've already seen enough to know that the podium is pure and utter trash. This sounds more of the talk 3-4 months ago on this thread when I said the podium already looks like it's a mess, and some people were saying "it's too early, just wait until more of the materials have been put into place".
The podium is so in-cohesive and messy, there's no need to even go into analysis here.
ryguy7787
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Benito
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Someone died in the laneway from scaffolding that fell from this project during the windstorm on Friday, it was a passerby and not a construction worker.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...industrial-accident-at-yonge-and-college.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...industrial-accident-at-yonge-and-college.html
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Rascacielo
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During the windstorm, I saw large sheets of tarps flying around. They looked like they came from construction sites (used to protect floors that are not sealed yet). I was worried they would fall on someone's windscreen as they're driving and cause an accident. Luckily, there was no report of such accidents, but sadly the storm did claim this victim downtown and 3 others (non-construction related) in Milton and Hamilton.