[Parkdalian]

I'm not sure why metal railings would prompt these "privacy" coverings while glass balconies would not? Clear glass balconies are all over this city.

The level of hyperbole about this building! It is hilarious to see people frothing over an atypical condo that has an above-average attention to details and texture, but is not particularly mold-breaking. No wonder our city struggles to create anything unique or different when people see metal railings and start going, "It's a prison!!!"

Also, the idea that slab buildings = oppressive. I've lived in slab buildings, and I didn't feel oppressed when I was in it or I when I stood next to them. I don't even know what that feeling would entail. How do buildings oppress people? This feels like some urbanism cliche that has been bandied around for so long that people think it's true but it has no actual substance.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

There's more privacy with those railings than one would find with clear glassed railings anyday. And if one wants privacy here, go indoors and draw the blinds.

 

[AHK]

Monday morning, October 7 - working on the Bathurst Street frontage cladding.

 

[FormerTorontonianBackInTO]

It definitely reads as a tower in the park, due to its slabby proportions, despite the podium that goes right to the street and a lack of any "park" component. I'm not sure how to read this building, but it definitely reminds me of a correctional facility. The grey tones of the cladding only strengthen this association.
I'm sure it'll read as less sterile once its occupied and immersed in the urban fabric in the coming months and years.

Respectfully, I think that there is less "grey tones" on this building than 99.9% of what's been built in this city over the last 30 years, so I'm not sure I understand that part of the comment. In my humble opinion, the two 3XN residential projects (this and Aqualuna) are the two of the least sterile buildings in this city, and I would be thrilled if the rest of the architects that do work in this city abandoned the typical Toronto black/white/grey combo, and replaced it with the cladding akin to the 3XN buildings (so one would not have to hire a starchitect just to get some color on a building in this grey city of ours)

 

[karledice]

I like the colours, I'll take this over the awful 357 King West any day

 

[GenerationLee]

Perhaps I need to see this building in person at day time, but this building still reads as grey to me, at least from what I've seen of it.

 

[karledice]

It's definitely not grey when you see it in person. The colours are warm, beige, brown and muted golds

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

The level of hyperbole about this building! It is hilarious to see people frothing over an atypical condo that has an above-average attention to details and texture, but is not particularly mold-breaking. No wonder our city struggles to create anything unique or different when people see metal railings and start going, "It's a prison!!!"

Just a minor correction, but this is purpose-built rental, not a condo.

 

[rdaner]

Perhaps I need to see this building in person at day time, but this building still reads as grey to me, at least from what I've seen of it.

One should never comment on colours viewed from an image on a device as they are not true representations.

 

[GenerationLee]

Perhaps I've been misleading. I've seen this building as well passing by, but only intermittingly and along the Bathurst side. I'm looking forward to the podium cladding going up further.

 

[AHK]

October 17 - Judging by the number of supply vehicles arriving at this site, along with the constant activity of the construction elevators, there is a lot of work going on inside the building preparing all the units and interior common element areas. Visible activities on the exterior include preparation of the Bathurst Street ground level frontage, and in particular the fourth floor terrace on top of the podium setback.

Fourth Floor Terrace - laying the patio stone:

And as basic as construction work can be - shovelling sand for the patio stone bed:

 

[rdaner]

Taken 20 October. Street trees soon!

 

[AHK]

From Monday, October 21:

The truck on the left of the photo is from an irrigation systems company, a water supply pipe can be seen in the ground above. Later in the day, a truck was pouring concrete in the curb forms for the sidewalk..

 

[AHK]

New, freshly poured sidewalk for 88 Bathurst:

 

[Red_Bulmer]

Some kind of very leafy greenery going in on the terrace, it comes in a roll. In the back left you can see grasses have been planted in the planters that continue around to the other side.