Jarrek
Active Member
Anyone know where this is?
![euro.jpg](http://www.xdesign.net/post/euro.jpg)
Classic example of out of context construction.
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South Street Seaport - Manhattan. Do a 180 degree turn from the spot where that picture was taken and there is nothing but tall buildings.
Ahh!
But I knew exactly where it was hence why I asked.
There are buildings AROUND the site, but NOTHING in it.
And that's the difference.
Back to the issue of Manhattan, try plunking a highrise in the middle of Greenwich Village and see what the villagers will do to you.
Ed was that picture of Boston? I was their 5 weeks ago and I loved the old area that was next to their financial district.
You mean, like the buildings NYU has already built. Not that you can compare Greenwich Village to the Distillery, which is essentially an upscale power centre.
Are you joking? I don't give a damn about what they're using them for, but those buildings are a national historic site and one of Toronto's architectural treasures. Do you have no appreciation for our built heritage?
Are you joking? I don't give a damn about what they're using them for, but those buildings are a national historic site and one of Toronto's architectural treasures. Do you have no appreciation for our built heritage?
This part of town is growing and these towers mark that transition - in much the same way that the construction of the 56 floor Toronto Dominion Bank Tower marked the evolution of the downtown core, and the tall condo towers going up at Yonge and Eglinton herald changes to that intersection.
The first tower inevitably sets the new context, and the context in this case lies in taking the site of a former commercial enterprise and reviving it for contemporary commercial use, including housing. Be not afraid of the process, or of the form it takes: integrating new uses by setting up complementary visual contrast of forms - new/old; tall/short; brick/glass etc.