Armour
Senior Member
Who cares if it's a single business?
Who cares if it's a single business?
Wait, is this Basil Box occupying almost the entire length of the retail space? Once again contemporary architecture proves to be incapable of numerous, narrow retail, putting one business where there could be four? I hope it‘s just a matter of those photographs being distorted or something.
Granted, but keep in mind that smaller retail outlets allow for more retailers/outlets, and also for small, independent business, since each outlet would cost less to rent given its smaller size. Bigger units are more expensive, so they attract bigger businesses that can afford it. That can, and often does, bring with it homogeneity.Why can't a single business create vibrancy over a long street frontage? The built form already creates visual interest. There's no written rule that businesses need to be broken up into small portions. It is also better for the given restaurant to have a large space to work with. They'll have far more seating than they would if that space was broken into several different businesses.
They were doing some kind of washing to them just 2 weeks ago...I hope those steps will be power washed each spring. They already look terrible.
Maybe they should throw a mural on it...with some durable paint.
..Something that has a perspective 3D effect as you walk up Yonge St.