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CityPlaceN1
Senior Member
Love everything about this building save for those balconies on the middle section.
egotrippin
Senior Member
Save for the balconies, it reminds me of a modernist interpretation of the classic 'Ford Hotel' style of buildings that popped up all over, including in Toronto. It's a little subtle, but it especially looks like that in this picture.
neubilder
Banned
The project looked good in the renderings but the built result is a disappointment. My biggest criticism is with the cladding and glazing. The grey looks flat and cheap - a bit like a plastic toy or a work trailer. Combined with the smoked glass the volumes look lifeless and flat. The proportions are a bit blocky and unrefined, though this would seem less so if the cladding had been right. The bridge over the breezeway also ended up being a bit of a dud. It could have been pretty cool looking both from Bathurst and from within.
I don't mind the street treatment though, and once those ground level spaces are tenanted, hopefully with something with a good street presence, it will help.
Overall I'd give it a 'C' perhaps because I had high expectations to begin with which were let down in the end.
I don't mind the street treatment though, and once those ground level spaces are tenanted, hopefully with something with a good street presence, it will help.
Overall I'd give it a 'C' perhaps because I had high expectations to begin with which were let down in the end.