- Thread starter AlbertC
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kweku
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I hope this never get approved
innsertnamehere
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it's already approved.
The zoning is approved, but not the Site Plan Approval application. The DRP's comments may influence the Planning Department's talks with Tricon, but I'm not sure that Planning can demand significant changes to the exterior design, mostly just encourage them. Anyone know just where Planning's reach ends here?
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ProjectEnd
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Technically they can push this out as far as they want. They just have to keep inventing excuses why they've not yet approved. *Great* projects, which already have 'buy in' from the city, can't even influence Planning to approve or even send positive comments if those in the division don't want to.
.dwg
Active Member
My favourite part is how the corner glazing units are randomly gold and the justification is "because it was like that in the previous design". No, G&C, just no.
neuhaus
Senior Member
The original design had orange-amber tinted glass (to complement the red brick of the Masonic Hall) on the balcony guard rails, the corner glass of the tower, and other accents throughout the building. The recessed balcony undersides were also to be painted an orange-amber to create subtle streak of colour up the building. There were never any "randomly gold" panels in the original design. Sounds like G&C is jumping on the trendy gold bandwagon without any reason or story behind it.
The projected balconies had upturned concrete ends making them more of a sculpted element, those are also gone.
The amount of spandrel panels and mullions are rather disturbing, and the top few floors looks heavy handed and crude.
It's a shame this building had to go through such a cheapening -- maybe this building has gone rental?
The projected balconies had upturned concrete ends making them more of a sculpted element, those are also gone.
The amount of spandrel panels and mullions are rather disturbing, and the top few floors looks heavy handed and crude.
It's a shame this building had to go through such a cheapening -- maybe this building has gone rental?
AlbertC
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This is indeed a rental development now. Although that alone is not an excuse for its design crapification. Especially considering that Tricon's Selby project is among the top new residential buildings in the city while also being rental.
ADRM
Senior Member
Mirvish Village also calling.
Yegger
Active Member
what a disasterous, insulting ''revision". Just when I thought G&C couldn't get worse, they hit a new low. Planning needs to just forget about this project and leave it hanging indefinitely until Tricon fires G&C and hires someone else with actual credentials.
androiduk
Senior Member
Brownstone restaurant in this location is now closed and they're auctioning off all contents. I'm guessing it's connected to the impending construction.
PMT
Senior Member
Blixtein
Active Member
This project is a disturbing monstrosity that could only be conceived by someone who hates this city.
androiduk
Senior Member
Olympic 76 Pizza is now gone.
The passing of an age…
and it's been an age since I last ate there, but it was a late night place of choice years ago.
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and it's been an age since I last ate there, but it was a late night place of choice years ago.
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