[yyzer]

all pics by Jasonzed at SSC....

is this building part of the project?...next door, renovated...

 

[Observer Walt]

is this building part of the project

No, that's 74 Spadina Road, which actually dates back to the 1950s. It has been converted from co-op to condo, within the past few years. The conversion was a bit of a horror story, but that's for a different thread. It has nothing to do with the new construction.

 

[yyzer]

thx, Observer Walt....I guess I'll leave the pic in for now....

 

[adma]

No, that's 74 Spadina Road, which actually dates back to the 1950s. It has been converted from co-op to condo, within the past few years. The conversion was a bit of a horror story, but that's for a different thread. It has nothing to do with the new construction.

Yeah, I found that conversion disconcertingly drastic when I first came about it--though perhaps, it's a kind of overwrought aesthetic model for what might be forthcoming should Mayor Miller's Tower Renewal Project come to pass...

 

[catcher_of_cats]

Yeah, I found that conversion disconcertingly drastic when I first came about it--though perhaps, it's a kind of overwrought aesthetic model for what might be forthcoming should Mayor Miller's Tower Renewal Project come to pass...

I agree. Projects like this one point towards this city's future concerning how 'towers-in-a-park' sites can be intensified to better meet the street.

 

[urbandreamer]

The other side of the apartment building now has a big pit dug--is it for parking or phase 2? (On the side street--Bernard I think?)

 

[Automation Gallery]

That photo looking north up Spadina road looks very European.

 

[Tewder]

Love the density and scale but the lack of streetscaping, trees, boulevards etc. is a shame. It's like a cake with no icing or a tree with no decoration or, well you get the picture.

all pics by Jasonzed at SSC....

 

[Towered]

Well let's hope there's some retail at least since there isn't any on this stretch of Spadina and it could definitely use some.

 

[androiduk]

This isn't a particularly busy stretch of street. I'd like to see it reduced to one lane in each direction with a centre turn lane. They would then have room to make the sidewalks wider and put in some serious trees.

 

[rdaner]

Annex Terraces

This project is new to me and was a pleasant surprise. I guess Spadina Road is turning out to be the posterchild for both the Main Streets and Tower Block Revitalization programmes.

Thanks to JasonZ on SSC:

 

[khris]

Someone spraypainted "nice view" on the top floor. They're rentals... that's interesting. You don't see new buildings built as rentals very often.

 

[urbandreamer]

Glazing is going in on the ground floor. Just simple glass.

This isn't my idea of "avenues" though: Where's the retail?

 

[Automation Gallery]

This isn't my idea of "avenues" though: Where's the retail?

It would have added a nice touch to Spadina Rd. Its to bad that retail was not included in many of these new developments.

 

[Torontovibe]

The city should insist on ground floor retail for all buildings on major streets, in the central core.