urbandreamer
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Last night was perfect weather for a long walk.
urbandreamer
recession proof
urbandreamer
recession proof
Folks, I'm calling it The High Park Jail
Wish they'd clad the whole thing in
Wish they'd clad the whole thing in
nrb
Active Member
I love this building, all this whining about how red brick looks institutional is dumb. The cladding carries a vernacular that is established in the area, from the housing to the industrial buildings and heintzman place in the north. It's more subtle than most recent projects, and I would say, much more respectful of the park and the neighbourhood than the towers in high park village.
junctionist
Senior Member
Neither respects the neighbourhood. Both are developments that are replacing the existing built form with buildings that vastly larger. The old apartment towers have a way of blending in because of their extensive landscaping. I generally dislike towers in the park, but they work well on residential streets with houses.
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Marcanadian
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High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
High Park by Marcanadian, on Flickr
Ryan_T
Senior Member
Why is aluminum and white so popular? Couldn't they have picked something more interesting?
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Or less gross?
Ryan_T
Senior Member
I guess they figured Berczy got away with it, so why not make something similar 3x bigger.
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arcum
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Quite a difference from the preliminary renders from post 113.
High Park Jail...has a nice ring to it. At least there will be retail on the ground floor.
300+ units on 15 floors is quite dense. Also there are only 3 elevators.
High Park Jail...has a nice ring to it. At least there will be retail on the ground floor.
300+ units on 15 floors is quite dense. Also there are only 3 elevators.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
This is definitely one of the worst transgressions by DSAI - all the charm of the COC Richmond facade (or slab portion of Salvation Army Habour Light). Yuck - need to give this one a Razzie.
AoD
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Marcanadian
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Gotta hand it to Daniels for succeeding at making DSAI look as bad as Kirkor.
urbandreamer
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The only thing I'm looking forward to is having a good pizza joint minutes from my front door.
