daptive
Active Member
That’s exactly how I always thought of this condo on University. And I can see the resemblance with this project.
(Fungus Ant Source, Fungus Building Source, Unbuilt Fungus Building Source)
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That’s exactly how I always thought of this condo on University. And I can see the resemblance with this project.
(Fungus Ant Source, Fungus Building Source, Unbuilt Fungus Building Source)
Northern Light
Superstar
Preliminary Report on this one is headed to the Feb 16th meeting of TEYCC.
Report Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-198863.pdf
From the above:
Report Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-198863.pdf
From the above:
AlbertC
Superstar
From today's UT feature article:
urbantoronto.ca
SmartCentres Proposes Landmark High Rise at Yonge and Wellington | UrbanToronto
SmartLiving, the residential sub brand of SmartCentres REIT, is proposing a redevelopment at 49-51 Yonge Street. Currently home to a restaurant and offices, the pair of heritage buildings will be preserved and transformed into the base of a new 60-storey mixed-use tower designed by...
ushahid
Senior Member
i like the tower, just don't like the way they dropped it on the heritage building.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
I wish they'd make look like a cordyceps though... /sigh
syn
Senior Member
What exactly is happening to the base? Is it being used for retail, or does it become a glorified condo lobby?
I didn't read anything specific in the article.
I didn't read anything specific in the article.
Blixtein
Active Member
It's pretty much guaranteed that anything with the word 'smart' in its name is bound to be dumb.
C-mac
Senior Member
God I wish they would just leave some of these old nice buildings alone. So many places to put a new tower but we screw up some of the nicest oldest buildings in the city.
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concrete_and_light
Active Member
I'm curious what's going on in that lower right corner door in the last render above — the northmost corner on the Yonge side. It seems like they are removing part of the facade to reveal something underneath? At least it appears so from the worn way it is depicted in the drawing. Is this revealing another layer of history of the building before the facade was put on it? Or is that something new that they are just depicting in a roughed-up stylized way?
tstormers
Senior Member
bkden
New Member
Reading through the HIS states that it is to enlarge and widen the laneway down the east side of the building for better vehicular access and operations. Personally, I think the chosen material could be re-looked at but it's an interesting intersection of the new res lobby and existing heritage.
The glass reveal and reflective soffit underside is pretty neat. Much more considerate than the previous posts about the RCMI redevelopment, these are not even in the same ballpark. One is a cheap facadectomy and spandrel nightmare while this looks much more elegant. Will be interesting to see how this one works out.
egotrippin
Senior Member
The tower might appear to be higher quality but this is a just a glorified facadectomy. The existing building will be gutted and reduced to a shell of its former self. It's an absolute joke that this proposal has gone as far as it has. 49 Yonge is one of a handful of Second Empire buildings still remaining in Toronto, it should be off limits.
bkden
New Member
I believe the intent is to actually retain the building in situ - including as much of the interiors as possible (knowing that structural modifications are of course needed). Im sure anything less than that would be a non-starter for Heritage staff.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Code, likely. Can't have a step like that and still meet current code.
egotrippin
Senior Member
Admittedly I'm no engineer though I'd be really surprised if they could do that without gutting it to the facades; perhaps the interior is being partially rebuilt? I'm thinking of just the elevator cores alone here, let alone the columns required to support 60 storeys on top.
Either way, it won't change my assessment of this project which I view as a desecration.