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I had a feeling some would say 'Disney' and there you are. IMHO because this is a refreshment of the buildings and therefore very new and fresh looking which rather than faded and beat up. Fear not Patina will arrive and give these lovely buildings their battle scars.
 
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This is very well done. With a bit of aging, it'll look even better. It also fits the Ossington strip so well.

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It definitely does have a bit of a dollhouse/Disney quality to it now, but with signage up, aging and weathering, businesses moved in, people out front (possibly even small patios?) and things like that, I think it'll will start to look more lived-in and be great for the street in the long term. In 70 years maybe these buildings will be in shambles again and worn down with dive bars in them! Who knows — but we'll be glad to have the fine grain and the materiality of them as they age and as the city adapts to them and them to the city.

And wow what a great thing to see a project and an approach to development like this that actually tries to build the fine-grain and the material variability that makes our best streets so great. It can be so depressing to see how many proposals absolutely obliterate the street level experience and the rhythm of the street and don't even meet a through-the-floor minimum standard of quality. To see the care here in contrast is really welcome.

I also really like how it treats both the Victorians and the more plain possibly more modern (though maybe not looks can be deceiving) buildings with equal respect — the rectangular buildings even get something different and special with the window boxes and greenery! — and makes both types of buildings beautiful in their own way but also fit together — that jumble of styles and forms is great, and I love how these more plain buildings have not only been in some way maintained, but given their own kind of new life particular to them. It's nice to see the background buildings of our city get such respect.
 
The planters really make this for me. Nobody else is doing cute and quirky in TO right now, so I can happily forgive the slight whiff of Disney.

(I do wish they'd found a way to make the ground floor entrances accessible though.)
 
It can take one simple solution to fix all this disney-fication. Use different lighting treatments.
Why use a uniform look across 5 different facades for lights. Just moved them around and use different fixtures, instead of getting a bulk discount across the board :)
 
Looks like Hullmark have leased out a couple of retail units:

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hullmark on Instagram: "Act fast if you’re looking for space at 46-54 Ossington! We cannot wait to share who’s joining the Ossington community! 🖤 More details coming soon. . . . . . #hullmark #citybuilding #citybuilder #ossington #forlease #leased #w

156 likes, 3 comments - hullmarkto on April 12, 2021: "Act fast if you’re looking for space at 46-54 Ossington! We cannot wait to share who’s joining the Ossington community! 🖤 More details coming soon. . . . . . #hullmark #citybuilding #citybuilder #ossington #forlease #leased #westend #retail...
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Online accessories company, Xylk, will be one of the tenants here:

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hullmark on Instagram: "SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CREATIVES! Toronto designer, @xylk.co’s HQ now live on Ossington✨ Swipe through to see more. . . . . . #hullmark #xylk #citybuilding #citybuilder #ossington #downtown #toronto #yyz #supportlocal #groceryb

143 likes, 2 comments - hullmarkto on July 27, 2021: "SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CREATIVES! Toronto designer, @xylk.co’s HQ now live on Ossington✨ Swipe through to see more. . . . . . #hullmark #xylk #citybuilding #citybuilder #ossington #downtown #toronto #yyz #supportlocal #grocerybag #creatives...
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I gather that the (rightly beloved) Montreal salad place, Mandy's, will be taking one of the other retail units here.
 
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