karledice
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I like the hexagon look of it
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The Preservationist
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310 Front looks promising. I keenly await for it to go through city planning. As for 320 Front I'm not really feeling it, looks pretty much a minimal boxy effort here. Hopefully improvements on the rough sketch provided will follow.
Northern Light
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It's not a real proposal; the City asked them to mock up how the rest of the site might be developed, if it were developed.
NY99
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These are actually really pretty PoMo buildings, in my humble opinion. I'd hope at least one of them got to be preserved in some form were the entire site developed.
Koops65
Senior Member
I've made 310 Front the proper height and I temporarily added 320 Front at 77 floors to see how it looked in context...
Northern Light
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Preliminary Report on this one to the Oct. 14th meeting of TEYCC.
Report here: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-171261.pdf
My read, this one is getting some gentle push back and staff will expect changes.
Certain things often come up in these reports, simple issues of being non-compliant w/existing zoning/guidelines etc.
But sometimes there's just something.......
Report here: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-171261.pdf
My read, this one is getting some gentle push back and staff will expect changes.
Certain things often come up in these reports, simple issues of being non-compliant w/existing zoning/guidelines etc.
But sometimes there's just something.......
AlbertC
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C-mac
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tstormers
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C-mac
Senior Member
Well that's where I was going with this. Like The Well is just is a block away and Concord Canada House as well.
Anyway, I agree, it always seems like buildings are to tall for them.
Anyway, I agree, it always seems like buildings are to tall for them.
Northern Light
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Not really, not here.
If you look at the context of the remarks, it's the 'base building' height that they are looking at, not the overall building height.
That's an issue of massing and street-feel, not one of total storeys. This is further confirmed by looking at the shadow studies, which I just did..........
There is no material impact on any park or school yard.
There is some impact, as is to be expected, at street level, but the accretive impact, in my opinion, wouldn't raise the alarm.
I don't think giving this building a 'hair cut' reads as a priority here; but could stand to be corrected.
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C-mac
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Well I was wondering that, but I'm not exactly sure what that means whenever I see that.
Northern Light
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'Base Building' here means podium, more or less.
The section of building on which the 'Tower' sits, typically before any set-backs (though not always)
Mercenary
Active Member
Makes sense.
TD will be vacating their floor space in those two towers as they move to their new HQ which makes this area ripe for development.
TD will be vacating their floor space in those two towers as they move to their new HQ which makes this area ripe for development.