I love the picture on the previous page of the Galleria project that's going to be built. Having Dupont St as a important arterial road between Yonge and the Junction area becoming a hub for upcoming futures developments. That also straddles beside the CP railway. That could become the new route for the midtown commuter line as well. Crossing through middle part of the city serving midtown Yonge and the Junction area etc in the future .
 
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Icon or eyesore? Regardless, 70s-era Galleria Mall replacement under way

Mixed-use residential and retail development planned with community input
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From the article:

The new project is being built in phases. It’s a bit confusing, as the actual flatiron-shaped Galleria III is part of Phase 2. This architecturally ambitious building is intended to be a landmark for the site – with two floors of retail on the bottom making up about a fifth of the building’s floor area and condos on the 29 stories above.

The developer, ELAD Canada, and the designers at Hariri Pontarini Architects, want the tower to help people reimagine the site as soon as they approach, perhaps forgetting the flat slab of stores and parking spaces that was there before.

“It’s kind of what you’d consider European scale at street level, with a tower [Galleria III],” says Michael Conway, architect and associate partner at Hariri Pontarini Architects.

“We want people who walk through the neighbourhood to get the kind of feeling you get when you’re in the Distillery District,” he says.

“We’re trying to build something where you can see that there was care and design and thought put into the area.”
 
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I don't understand why they don't build somemore of these modern antique rounded triangle style buildings in the old Toronto's downtown core area ! Where they'll compliment some of older towers. Like this triangle tower as seen in the photos up above.
 
...everything in Toronto is marketed as luxury. Not sure if this is the place to use that word. A lot of dilapidated houses immediately surrounding this site.
 
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...everything in Toronto is marketed as luxury. Not sure if this is the place to use that word. A lot of dilapidated houses immediately surrounding this site.
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The neighbourhood nearby is quite livable, but if there are some dilapidated houses in it, how would that affect the condos being built here?

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WaitingForGodot said:
...everything in Toronto is marketed as luxury. Not sure if this is the place to use that word. A lot of dilapidated houses immediately surrounding this site.
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Given the age and stability of the surrounding community, at least a portion, and possibly a good portion of what are 'dilapidated houses' could be the homes of elderly people who are no longer capable of handling the normal maintenance, painting, gardening which gives a home the appearance of being well kept. This happens in all areas of the city - especially communities which date from WW2 and prior.

We used to live in the North Toronto area, and walking around the community, in very upscale areas, one could often see homes where it was obvious that the resident was older, and no longer capable of keeping the house up properly.

One of the reasons we decided, when the time came and our children had all left home - to downsize to a condominium, where much of the maintenance requirement is no longer an issue.
 
Some of the houses that line Dupont and Dufferin may be appear a bit worse for the wear, but the surrounding neighbourhoods generally have a solid consistency to them among the side streets. It's a similar effect as houses along Bathurst and those respective interior areas.

There could be several factors in play including older or less proactive landlords/property owners who may not be present. Which seems moreso to be the case along main streets.

The residential streets southwest of the Galleria are actually pretty solid. Especially as you go further south towards Lappin and Wallace. Traditionally more working class which corresponds to the industrial past of Dupont Street. There's also been steady renewal and building upkeep within the past couple decades, as some of the previous residents have either retired or moved out, and some newer people have moved in. Similarly for the area within the NE quadrant of the Dupont & Dufferin intersection, and the areas north of Dupont and the CP Railway.
 
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