UserNameToronto
Active Member
Concur.
"Moss Park" or "north of St. Lawrence" are now I described my neighbourhood when I lived at Queen & Jarvis.
Concur.
"Moss Park" or "north of St. Lawrence" are now I described my neighbourhood when I lived at Queen & Jarvis.
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From Christopher Hume in today's Star.
Condo Critic
The Glasshouse Lofts, 127 Queen St. E.: There’s something abrupt, almost unfinished, about this lowrise condo. It is one of those single-facade structures that faces the street and needs to be part of a row of similar structures. Presumably something will eventually appear to the east where the exterior wall looks temporary.
The west is more problematic; unless the stately masonry piles from the late 1800s disappear, which would be criminal, 127 will appear forever in need of completion. At the same time, the set-backs above the fifth floor make sense; the building is taller than it looks.
Though it pays little attention to its neighbours, the fact that it’s all glass saves it from being obnoxious. Interestingly, though the building feels too big for the site, that has nothing to do with height; rather it’s because the lower five storeys look over the surrounding structures, If the podium top had lined up with the building directly west, all else would have been forgiven.
GRADE: B
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Email us at condos@thestar.ca
Condo Critic
The Glasshouse Lofts, 127 Queen St. E.: There’s something abrupt, almost unfinished, about this lowrise condo. It is one of those single-facade structures that faces the street and needs to be part of a row of similar structures. Presumably something will eventually appear to the east where the exterior wall looks temporary.
The west is more problematic; unless the stately masonry piles from the late 1800s disappear, which would be criminal, 127 will appear forever in need of completion. At the same time, the set-backs above the fifth floor make sense; the building is taller than it looks.
Though it pays little attention to its neighbours, the fact that it’s all glass saves it from being obnoxious. Interestingly, though the building feels too big for the site, that has nothing to do with height; rather it’s because the lower five storeys look over the surrounding structures, If the podium top had lined up with the building directly west, all else would have been forgiven.
GRADE: B
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Email us at condos@thestar.ca
WiddleBittyKitty
Felis catus
GRADE: F for failing to list half of the problems with this building.
JayBee
Senior Member
care to expand?
urbandreamer
recession proof
26 June 2010: B is for blank wall, F is for Football jersey?
tkip
Active Member
I'm assuming that eventually something is going to be built beside the building thus the blank wall?
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No doubt, as said by Christopher Hume several posts up, on the east side (on Jarvis) someone will sooner or late build something but on the west side there is a historic row and I think the 'disguised concrete-block wall' will remain there for years, or 'ever'. It's not a bad building if you don't look at the east and west walls. Too bad!
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cdr108
Senior Member
current
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Photo from May 31 shows the downtown towers from the east with Glasshouse.
drum118
Superstar
May 21
Boy!!, that east wall is sure falling apart. It was not that bad for the first blow over a year ago, but look at all the places where they happen now.
Boy!!, that east wall is sure falling apart. It was not that bad for the first blow over a year ago, but look at all the places where they happen now.
taal
Senior Member
I can't quite tell, what's at the base ? Which looks decent overall.
drum118
Superstar
Look at the west wall photo, then look at the east one and you can see the difference from top to bottom. If you go back to 2009-2010 photos, you will see the east wall was not that bad back then.
Not sure why the east wall having all these problems.
Should or will now take some close up shots when I get down there again
dogbiskit
New Member
Does anybody know what is going on with that east wall? Is this an issue with materials used or is it bad workmanship? Who would likely be responsible for this (i.e. builder/architect/developer/structural engineer)?
TheKingEast
Senior Member
Developer could have covered that wall up with some kind of cladding but they opted to just paint the cinder blocks. This is where being cheap comes back to bite you.