If that’s the case, then why would the city approve this development in the first place? This city is growing like crazy, and we’re in the midst of a housing crisis. Creative uses of land will become increasingly necessary in order to continue to intensify. It’s kind of outrageous that the...

why couldn’t a prospective owner build up 5-6 more floors?

The best part of this building is how cohesive it is with its neighbours on that stretch of Avenue Road. It belongs on that street.

I'm whelmed.

:(

These sorts of block-busting developments will be the death of this city. We need to be making suburban centres more like downtown, not the other way around

That’s absolutely ludicrous. Small sites like this are developed all the time in places like Japan (hell, once upon a time they could be developed in Toronto!) What reasoning does the city possibly have to impose such requirements?

Why wouldn't it be able to be developed in the future?

Looking at the docs, it seems like this development takes away a lot more retail space than it creates. This development seems like a net downgrade for existing residents of Liberty Village as it is.

ya but everyone was on LSD back then so there's an excuse

i mean, yeah Not a big deal at all, but the correction contained useful info. It’s all good, no need to get defensive.

A sure sign that Toronto is maturing as a global city is that architects are now proposing absolute whack job proposals like this one lmao

so no more arches?

this would be great on a new build. But for what it’s replacing, it’s infuriating. Nothing less than a desecration. Imagine taking the facade off the Canada Life building or dominion building for some “innovative curtainwall”? I’m so freaking mad at this.

ya i mean it’s not like traffic patterns ever change or adjust

i feel like that would be such a suboptimal use of space. A good-sized park, cut off from its surroundings by high-speed traffic in all directions. Toronto is just plain not a city of grandiose avenues. And honestly, GOOD. University Ave-type streets are way overrated in my opinion; they’re...

I appreciate the reference at least

God this podium is gonna be awful. Look forward to the day this building gets wrecked

I CANNOT BELIEVE THEYRE DEFACING THIS BUILDING Genuinely one of the prettiest buildings in the city. Do these people have NO SHAME???

only 3 storeys? could easily be 4 or 5