Automation Gallery
Superstar
Maybe this building will get the boot after all, McGuinty could be there to announce some kind of funding, hey you never know.
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Maybe this building will get the boot after all, McGuinty could be there to announce some kind of funding, hey you never know.
Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
Boot? Woot!
Logan
Active Member
Originally Posted by Mike in TO
^ What's going on with the Yonge street frontage there? It looks more like the "back of the building" with those garage doors and green wall. I'm all for green but not sure if Yonge street is the place for that.
Either way, the base looks very poor and does not engage the street at all.
^ What's going on with the Yonge street frontage there? It looks more like the "back of the building" with those garage doors and green wall. I'm all for green but not sure if Yonge street is the place for that.
Either way, the base looks very poor and does not engage the street at all.
Automation Gallery
Superstar
Solaris
Senior Member
for some bizarre reason ... I think that scaled model is the final revised design for 'l Tower' ~
MetroMan
Senior Member
Those aren't garage doors. There's no parking in or below L Tower. Hopefully those are retail windows of some sort.
This part of Yonge St. is crucial to allow for a continuous pedestrian friendly walk down to the water.
The stretch is already interrupted by the tunnel under the tracks and then the Gardiner. L Tower needs to reduce the length of barren land by having an active Yonge street presence which will then be picked up by whatever gets built on the parking lot south of the Gardiner.
barrytron3030
Active Member
yes, that model is definitely an incomplete and uglier design that i hope will be addressed by libeskind and his people.
i personally would not mind a ROM "clone" here on yonge street in replace of the "boot" that never was. it could be somewhat of a sequel or little brother to its bloor street counterpart, which i think, is beautiful and a success. perhaps this time around the structure can be all glass. the largest criticism targeted toward to the ROM that i continually hear from my peers and professional architects is that the Lee-Chin crystal itself was not constructed out of glass. the L-Tower could potentially fulfill that desire while at the same time ending the "boot" controversy.
i personally would not mind a ROM "clone" here on yonge street in replace of the "boot" that never was. it could be somewhat of a sequel or little brother to its bloor street counterpart, which i think, is beautiful and a success. perhaps this time around the structure can be all glass. the largest criticism targeted toward to the ROM that i continually hear from my peers and professional architects is that the Lee-Chin crystal itself was not constructed out of glass. the L-Tower could potentially fulfill that desire while at the same time ending the "boot" controversy.
Torontovibe
Senior Member
That final design is so wrong. That part of Yonge Street needs more retail, to extend the strip towards the lake. I hope it changes because not only is it unattractive, but it will keep that part of Yonge a dead zone.
MetroMan
Senior Member
Has anybody seen the model up close? Was the texture of that green base representative of plant life (ivy, bushes)? What did those openings look like? Doors or windows?
I hope the design has been further refined. Yonge definitely needs to be addressed.
I hope the design has been further refined. Yonge definitely needs to be addressed.
iSlutsky
Chit-Chatter
41stfloor
Active Member
^Exclamation points in an article makes it look more like breathless propaganda and not journalism. Although the quoted source is excellent, I'll believe it when it actually starts.
Although the quoted source is excellent, I'll believe it when it actually starts.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
That does look suspect, but there was a similar announcement in Metro yesterday which did look much more professional.
iSlutsky
Chit-Chatter
^Exclamation points in an article makes it look more like breathless propaganda and not journalism.
Funny! I am a bit of an "exclamation point" enthusiast. Never-the-less, IMO any project breaking ground after the past year deserves an exclamation point.
True.. It has NOT broken ground yet, but as per the Principal of Cityzen, it will be breaking next week. So... lets keep out fingers crossed.
M.
yyzer
Senior Member
thx for the info, iSlutsky, but we have known about this since Sept 25, when brise posted the info....on page 85 of this thread....
/still, very good news....
/still, very good news....
iSlutsky
Chit-Chatter
thx for the info, iSlutsky, but we have known about this since Sept 25, when brise posted the info....on page 85 of this thread....
/still, very good news....
Yup.. saw that, but that seems like the "formal ground breaking" celebration.
In any event, very positive news.