And if we think it's bad now, just wait till residents move in and add all kinds of stuff onto the balcony. This thing is a hot mess, I definitely wouldnt buy into this disaster of a build.
 
And if we think it's bad now, just wait till residents move in and add all kinds of stuff onto the balcony. This thing is a hot mess, I definitely wouldnt buy into this disaster of a build.


I actually think this might help it. It will distract us from how ugly the actual building is.
 
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April 16
More up on my site

Unless Flickr has lost photos or I haven't posted photos since Dec 2019, this is the longest between shots so far. I have a number still to do at that are 14-16 months yet. It could be one of those I will get it the next time, but never did considering I been shooting other sites a block away in that time frame.

Someone loves this green as it found on too many building these days or someone has a extra run on the green, It kills one of the better looking precast panels not seen before that is not a run of the mill look.
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The dynamic balcony jag doesn't distract us from that window wall horror show...it only adds to it. /sigh
 
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This is one of the few towers in Toronto that actually look better up close than from a distance. OK, the mint-green/ light gray (depending on light condition) spandrels and transparent balcony glass are still ugly (maybe even uglier up close), but the podium brickworks and jagged balconies (not visible from a distance) help to mitigate its homeliness.
 
I have mixed feelings about documenting this one.......but as one of the great architectural scars of this or any other century is erected on the Toronto landscape, a record of this unspeakable act should probably be kept.

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Before the balcony glass went in I was worried that the east-side section without balconies would look way worse than the rest of the tower since nothing was gonna hide the awful window wall. And I guess it turns out that's not an issue after all since the balconies don't hide anything!
 
This one is really testing the limits of the "give it colour/texture at ground level and doesn't matter what the tower looks like" theory.

Does that strategy ever work? They're more little lies some people tell themselves to justify cutting corners.
 

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