[Irishmonk]

If this gets built without any cheapening it will, imo, Toronto's best new condo tower. Few projects are as generous to its surroundings as this one, and the only other project I can think of currently under construction that combines both cultural city building and refined architecture is Massey Tower.

 

[ushahid]

^u forgot the one bloor east

 

[Irishmonk]

^u forgot the one bloor east

I bloor E doesn't give much in the way of cultural citybuilding, like Massey Tower does with its restored heritage buildings and the eventual rebuild of Massey Hall itself.

MT is the new goldstandard for downtown private developments, along with this new one by 3XN.

 

[junctionist]

One Bloor East is among the most distinctive Toronto skyscrapers of our time. It's doing its job in terms of cultural city building. People will enjoy that facade for decades to come.

 

[interchange42]

Submitted yesterday. Might the plans for a hotel have been dropped?

66 WELLESLEY ST E
Ward 27 - Tor & E.York District

▼View All Properties

552 CHURCH ST
556 CHURCH ST
562 CHURCH ST
570 CHURCH ST
66 WELLESLEY ST E


Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment to facilitate redevelopment of the site with a new 43-storey mixed-use building (154.3 metres plus 7.0 metre mechanical penthouse), containing 430 residential units as well as 1,400 square metres of street-related retail space and a 260 square metre publicly accessible plaza.
Proposed Use --- # of Storeys --- # of Units ---
Applications:
Type Number Date Submitted Status
OPA & Rezoning 17 210131 STE 27 OZ Aug 2, 2017 Under Review
​

So, 161.3 metres is going into the database file.

42

 

[Hamiltonian]

I hope the plaza includes some steps like option #6 outlined. I'm reading a book that says that, before 2004, Second Cup used to have front steps at C+W where community members would casually people-watch and gather. Informally titled "The Steps" by the queer community. This development shows a good chance at reviving that spirit. I (and I think others) would love for this piece of Village history to come back, mainly because the steps at Church and Alexander aren't comparable at all and it's a easy-win for vibrancy and history.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Submitted yesterday. Might the plans for a hotel have been dropped?

66 WELLESLEY ST E
Ward 27 - Tor & E.York District

▼View All Properties

552 CHURCH ST
556 CHURCH ST
562 CHURCH ST
570 CHURCH ST
66 WELLESLEY ST E


Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment to facilitate redevelopment of the site with a new 43-storey mixed-use building (154.3 metres plus 7.0 metre mechanical penthouse), containing 430 residential units as well as 1,400 square metres of street-related retail space and a 260 square metre publicly accessible plaza.
Proposed Use --- # of Storeys --- # of Units ---
Applications:
Type Number Date Submitted Status
OPA & Rezoning 17 210131 STE 27 OZ Aug 2, 2017 Under Review
​

So, 161.3 metres is going into the database file.

42

Added to The 100m List.

 

[QueerstoryApp]

I hope the plaza includes some steps like option #6 outlined. I'm reading a book that says that, before 2004, Second Cup used to have front steps at C+W where community members would casually people-watch and gather. Informally titled "The Steps" by the queer community. This development shows a good chance at reviving that spirit. I (and I think others) would love for this piece of Village history to come back, mainly because the steps at Church and Alexander aren't comparable at all and it's a easy-win for vibrancy and history.

The Steps is one of the short docs featured on the Queerstory locative history app: http://www.queerstory.ca/project/the-steps/

 

[Hamiltonian]

The Steps is one of the short docs featured on the Queerstory locative history app: http://www.queerstory.ca/project/the-steps/

That was fantastic! I had been searching online for images or videos of what these steps looked like. I didn't know that the steps I walk up to get my Ginger take-out had actually been THE steps this whole time.

 

[Torontovibe]

That was fantastic! I had been searching online for images or videos of what these steps looked like. I didn't know that the steps I walk up to get my Ginger take-out had actually been THE steps this whole time.

The infamous steps

 

[TwoDogs_39]

Seriously? They removed the hotel? That was the most interesting part of this project that would actually bring some new life to Church Street. Now it's just another residential building? Ugh. Bait and switch....

 

[PMT]

Architects are 3XN and G+C:

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

We will need some more realistic renderings to gauge the design - from the Dev App Architectural Plans:

http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...4219596&isCofASearch=false&isTlabSearch=false

Elevations:

Details:

Handled badly this can be a spandrelfest. The form is interesting though:

The interesting ground/second floor space:

AoD

 

[adHominem]

Oh, the glass wall can retract in nice weather? That's a detail that I hadn't noticed before. Nice.

 

[condovo]

The steps are facing the wrong way. They should be facing Church, not Wellesley. Otherwise this looks promising.