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I love the look of the re-sheathed old building. A really amazing transformation! Almost wish they could extend the steel cross framing and glazing the entire 55 floors!
 
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I would've preferred this to be office space but the densification it provides above a subway station is still welcomed.
 
This street is finally starting to come alive. The buildings were way too short for the width of the avenue. It felt more like a stereotypical European boulevard than a north American urban canyon.
 
This street is finally starting to come alive. The buildings were way too short for the width of the avenue. It felt more like a stereotypical European boulevard than a north American urban canyon.

And that is a necessarily a bad thing?

I would've preferred this to be office space but the densification it provides above a subway station is still welcomed.

The existing office space remains.

AoD
 
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University Ave and the areas around it should be the densest parts of the city, imo. The subway access is right there - the scale is already large/monumental - and currently yet the area feels very institutional and becomes a dead-zone at night. I get that European boulevards are charming and lovely - but I agree that this street and its surroundings should go super tall and be a 24 hour neighbourhood... i.e. more Hong Kong than Vienna.
 

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