samsonyuen
Active Member
Great photos - is there any space between it and Woolfitt's?
- is there any space between it and Woolfitt's?
Really? I think it looks quite nice.
I think it looks horrible. Most of the brick in the area is red, but they used something very yellowish and they should have stepped it back much much further after the 3rd floor. The new condos at queen/portland accomplish this extremely well and don't create a tunnel feeling like BE does.
I think it looks horrible. Most of the brick in the area is red, but they used something very yellowish and they should have stepped it back much much further after the 3rd floor. The new condos at queen/portland accomplish this extremely well and don't create a tunnel feeling like BE does.
I think the massing of BE is the only main thing it really has going for it. There's no tunnel feeling. There's a "street" feeling, which I consider a good thing. The suburban-scale 3-storey podium on queen/portland was probably only designed that way to respond to some planner's idea of "fitting in" with the scale of the Victorian buildings around it. It's a don't stand out, don't draw attention to yourself, don't take a risk building. And as a consequence it will look small, cheap, suburban and mediocre... kind of like a Rob Ford voter.
Queen is a major artery and the steet presence of new buildings should be substantial in my opinion.