EnviroTO
Senior Member
Ugly. Looks like it was inspired by the tops of mass produced red brick highrises from the 80s.
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My only complaint is that there's too little variation in the buildings' form. I'm not talking variety for its own sake, i.e. pandering, but rather (less subtle) differentiation to break down the scale of the development and perhaps to be more responsive to the conditions of the site.
They've adopted the red brick vernacular of older homes in the neighbourhood without resorting to faux. Also, the buildings on the south west corner of the development adopt the form of the adjacent former factory and warehouse buildings.
Functional but not pretty. Much better then what was there previously.
condovo: Only in the distance - in the second image, and the third one which looks south on Carroll towards Matilda and beyond it to Queen. I think the 'conditions of the site' they're responding to, by maintaining a four storey limit and extending the street and laneway system, are the houses on adjacent residential streets such as Hamilton Street and Donmount Court and warehouses such as the one Five-0-Seven is in. The form Montgomery Sisam came up with found favour with residents and the City - whereas the form proposed for nearbye Leslieville Lofts, for instance, didn't. I think it's a pretty good example of a medium-sized development that fits in, and I can't see any purpose in undercutting the characteristic form they've created by nuancing it with variations.
I had thought that the whole southern piece (the old Don Mount Court) was going to be park, but it looks like they've set up sewage for another set of townhouses facing Hamilton and the new extension of Munro. Anyone know if this is true?