[WeirdFishes]

March 27, 2021


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This side reminds me of the back of a Christmas tree.... Other than that, solid build IMO.

 

[AlbertC]

April 2, 2021

 

[AlbertC]

April 10, 2021

 

[ADRM]

My goodness, is that grade experience ever horrendous -- a single, flat, uninterrupted, block-long expanse of window wall? Come on, Tridel; care even a bit.

 

[AlbertC]

This section of Dupont is being closed on Saturday (April 24th) for removal of the construction crane:

Full closure of Dupont Street, between Albany Avenue and Howland Street: April 24 | Mike Layton

 

[Rascacielo]

Today

 

[ProjectEnd]

 

[AlbertC]

May 23, 2021

 

[argus]

My goodness, is that grade experience ever horrendous -- a single, flat, uninterrupted, block-long expanse of window wall? Come on, Tridel; care even a bit.

I know.

The overall structure is quite interesting and a nice addition to the area, but that street frontage is a complete collapse in creativity.

 

[condovo]

I'm pretty sure that relentless, block-long, horizontal skyscrapers is not what the city had in mind for the "Avenues."

 

[ProjectEnd]

But in a way it does. Or, at least, does by neglect. The City fights tooth and nail over height and stepbacks and choses not to concern itself with ground-plane interaction. Were it to refocus its energy on the things that really matter - how we as pedestrians experience the public realm - we could almost immediately have better outcomes. But they don't, so developers don't and we get things like this.

 

[ADRM]

But in a way it does. Or, at least, does by neglect. The City fights tooth and nail over height and stepbacks and choses not to concern itself with ground-plane interaction. Were it to refocus its energy on the things that really matter - how we as pedestrians experience the public realm - we could almost immediately have better outcomes. But they don't, so developers don't and we get things like this.

Yep. Urban Design picks all the wrong fights, and this is a perfect example of where they should have forcefully intervened. They wear this to a certain degree, for sure, but ultimately this is Tridel's mess. Two wrongs.

 

[smably]

I'm pretty sure that relentless, block-long, horizontal skyscrapers is not what the city had in mind for the "Avenues."

In the VibrantVictoria forum (Victoria's version of UT), these are referred to as "fatscrapers". Always thought it was an apt term.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Hoarding coming down today:

 

[AlbertC]

June 11, 2021