[bmiller]

I'll give you that. It is more interesting than most. It wouldn't take much to tone down the busy visual features, and be left with a new build much nicer than a green glass box.

 

[jackattack]

A few showing the proposed massing from different vantage points (619 Yonge shown in bright red) - -

Looking south down Yonge from between 1 Bloor E and The One:

Looking south from the 40th floor of 1 Bloor E:

Looking west from above Sherbourne:

Looking northwest from above Bay/Wellesley:

 

[Northern Light]

Preliminary Report on this one to the Feb 16th meeting of TEYCC.

Report Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-198830.pdf

From said report:

 

[cd concept]

Not from this area but l've noticed the three linear parks running parallel to Yonge St on the report link's pdf just above. Are those parks proposed or will they be upgraded into beautiful parkettes ? I can them building skyscrapers between the parketts and the Yonge St corridor lol! Using the park as a buffer to the neighbourhood as seen in the pdf renderings etc!

 

[Northern Light]

Not from this area but l've noticed the three linear parks running parallel to Yonge St on the report link's pdf just above. Are those parks proposed or will they be upgraded into beautiful parkettes ? I can them building skyscrapers between the parketts and the Yonge St corridor lol! Using the park as a buffer to the neighbourhood as seen in the pdf renderings etc!

The parks exist now.

One has been comprehensively refreshed.

The others are planned for significant work this year or next.

The City also intends to expand (widen) these parks, with one parcel already acquired, and one proposed as part of Republic's application to the north of this site.

Towers already exist between the southerly park and Yonge and one is rising just to the north as well.

Two more are proposed including this one.

 

[Rimawi]

Is there no effort to retain and renovate the two heritage structures on the corner of the site?

 

[Northern Light]

Is there no effort to retain and renovate the two heritage structures on the corner of the site?

There is no proposal to retain any of the 'listed' buildings in the block.

The developer already has 'de facto' permission to demolish.

This is noted in the Heritage Impact Assessment as follows:

The heritage firm retained didn't feel there was value in the remaining properties, but those noted above the would have preferred to save.

As an alternative, they made a mitigative recommendation to the developer:

 

[artyboy123]

New renderings are updated in the database! No project information changes.

Renderings are taken via the architectural plan via Site Plan Approval:

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Of course they got rid of the red brick treatment.

AoD.

 

[Lenser]

Now it's grimly austere. Not exactly an improvement.

 

[DavidCapizzano]

Yeah the grip that endicott medium iron spot 46 brick has on architects in this city is insane. It’s a lovely brick when used appropriately but it’s rapidly becoming overused. Give me bright red please!

 

[Northern Light]

Brick aside, though I agree w/the observations above.............

The podium still isn't right; it doesn't 'feel' like Yonge, it doesn't convey granularity, it's a monolith with too much glass at grade.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Feels like I'm starring at the brown version of The Britt. Not impressed.

 

[cd concept]

We need some brown tone brick looking facades in a sea of blue green black and white facade buildings!

 

[Northern Light]

I'm smiling................

Report to the Aug 8th meeting of the Heritage Preservation Board will recommend designation here:

https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-229044.pdf

From the above:

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To be clear, I'm fine with a tower here............but I have asserted above in this thread that I really don't like the podium.

A restored facade here would resolve that in my judgment.

I should add, I'm not opposed to saving more than the facade, I'm simply pleased to see push back against the terrible podium here.