Uncle Teddy
Senior Member
Questions about prices and stuff like that should be posted in the real estate section.
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Questions about prices and stuff like that should be posted in the real estate section.
construction of south tower is completed and occupancy has begun ... Menkes generally builts a pretty solid product (if that is what you are asking)
interesting for maybe 2002 however, blue spandrel and probably glass (to follow) has lost almost all its appeal since (at least, IMHO)
It looks like that blue insulating wrap in the sun
First time I'd been by this site, and I must say: ugly! I think Murano-style buildings would be better suited to this area, instead of cheesy crap like this blue condo.
I've seen it three times and still think it looks like a tower made out of vapour barrier. Just far, far too much spandrel glass.
While we were all nutso for the over the counter blue glass during the green glass era, I think I actually prefer the look of the green. The blue glass just doesn't blend as well with the most commonly used colours and materials. (save aluminum)
My photos should explain my reasons....you either "get it" or you don't, sorry to be an aesthetic snob.
Accolade tries to stand out using blue glass, but because it's your basic precast/concrete c.2005 Toronto condo by B.Varacalli (a mediocre "architect"), it ends up being a cheap attempt at something different.
I have the feeling that if aA/Nomade/Saucier+Perotte designed a blue glass condo tower, it would be an entirely different ballgame.
From a snobby pov, Accolade is an F while Murano is an A. (Accolade is to Home Depot what Murano is to Alessi....)
And btw, I had never been to Don Mills and Eglinton area before, so I was surprised: it is not dreary and in fact has tons of potential! Which is why I found Accolade so depressingly wrong! DM/E area needs lower rise Rezen/Mozo/Ideal massing/architecture/buildings, not suburban towers-with-a-driveway like it's getting now.