gabe
Senior Member
Maybe they'll haphazardly paste their facades onto a 100 storey Canderel tower covered in medium-grey spandrel
With an A&W and Cannabis shop at ground level.
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With an A&W and Cannabis shop at ground level.
DavidCapizzano
Senior Member
this brand of comment is getting v old
gabe
Senior Member
Yup, but that's what makes money in Toronto.
DavidCapizzano
Senior Member
no it's just so boring hearing people complain about a&w's and rexalls. There are 8 a&w locations in spadina / fort york with a population of 115,510 (in 2016) which means there is one a&w per 14438.75 people which seems pretty normal? Clearly people go to them because they wouldn't open them if they were going to sit empty.
Sure, there are lots of pot shops, but complaining about a&w's and rexalls is just such a tired take.
Sure, there are lots of pot shops, but complaining about a&w's and rexalls is just such a tired take.
Undead
Senior Member
gabe
Senior Member
Lenser
Senior Member
Nail salons, drug stores and pot shops.... we can always expect more of these things, especially if they're chains. Hence the cliché. I understand perfectly well why people complain about them with regard to new builds. I'm in that camp too... it's all so predictable.
ceaz40
Active Member
I’ve quoted Prince Charles “a carbuncle on the face of an old friend” in the Dominion Bldg on Front thread. These buildings deserve more than that as well. What’s next???…..a green glass pencil tower sprouting from the top of the Royal York Hotel or perhaps a shiny glass addition on top of Commerce Court North?! I had a grade one student who was a bit of a holy terror…one day he wore a tshirt that said…”I’M THE REASON WE CANT HAVE NICE THINGS”…I’d like to buy one of those shirts for every member of our so-called DRC if they approve anything that jeopardizes the historical integrity of these DEAR old “friends”!!!
TossYourJacket
Senior Member
This city couldn't be bothered to save the only gay club we had. They have no interest in preserving any nightlife (gay or straight) if it stands in the way of making developers richer. The people we have in charge think chain restaurants are a fun night out.
The DRP neither approves nor blocks projects, they have not been given that power. The panel reviews designs (hence their name) and developers can decide which pieces of advice to take or not.
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ceaz40
Active Member
Thanks for the info Interchange. I wasn’t aware of that.
Towered
Superstar
The original Mies TD Bank tower should be re-clad in tan EIFS and grey spandrel.
Lenser
Senior Member
With a Subway at the street level, natch!