AlexBozikovic
Active Member
Echoing the comments from @Ward8; the ground floor is critical, and the recipe on this proposal is all wrong. A successful ground floor treatment will have a consistent tight rhythm, some detail and (for aesthetic as well as practical reasons) usually masonry. This has none of the above.
The Ryrie building on Yonge (which originally had many storefronts) is an example. A big building doesn’t need to pretend to be many buildings; it just needs to have some articulation.
75 the Esplanade, right next-door to this one, does pretty well.
The Ryrie building on Yonge (which originally had many storefronts) is an example. A big building doesn’t need to pretend to be many buildings; it just needs to have some articulation.
75 the Esplanade, right next-door to this one, does pretty well.