Recall however, that you can't oppose on aesthetic grounds. Your issue has to be that the project fails to meet one of four tests:
  • The proposal is appropriate for the development of the land and/or building.
  • The general intent and purpose of the City's Zoning By-law is maintained.
  • The general intent and purpose of the City's Official Plan is maintained.
  • The variance requested is minor.
 
AlvinofDiaspar said:
I wish they'd went for a straight up replication of the original design instead of this. Y+D is truly where architecture goes to die in Toronto.

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Yeah it's not like a simple glass box is hard to replicate. This is not a heritage brick building.
 
salsa said:
Yeah it's not like a simple glass box is hard to replicate. This is not a heritage brick building.
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It maybe difficult to source the materials to replicate to the same exacting standards - but since they are replacing the entire envelope anyways, would it hurt to try and preserve the spirit of the original building? This isn't it.

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Hard to disagree with this but it would been cool if they threw in some setbacks and compensated with more height. Good opportunity for a terrace of some kind.
 
It's kinda ugly. But the main thing i don't like is that the atrium won't be visible from the retail level anymore.
 
ProjectEnd said:
That is really appalling. I wasn't expecting much but this is far worse than anything I thought might be coming...
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And closing off the atrium to the public is the most offensive part of this plan. I can't fathom how that was even seriously proposed. Where's the Design Review Panel when you need it?
 
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