someMidTowner
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Great for who? Certainly not the residents with much higher power bills, or if they have no A/C, sweltering units caused by black blinds.
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Great for who? Certainly not the residents with much higher power bills, or if they have no A/C, sweltering units caused by black blinds.
MisterF
Senior Member
Great looking building, although if I were buying here I sure wouldn't want a unit with one of those horizontal bands at eye level.
Ryan_T
Senior Member
Beauty always has a cost. haha.
Bayer
Senior Member
I wouldn't be surprised if the residents decided to have them removed.
TheKingEast
Senior Member
It does. As beautiful as these glass boxes may be. They are a nightmare when you look at cost of heating and AC. I have lived in a glass box and a well insulated brick/stucco building and the savings are huge. Especially if you have a southern unit which gets very hot during the summer. Beautiful looking building. Couldn't live there, though.
argus
Active Member
Many condo documents stipulate white blinds facing out in order to achieve some uniformity. White being reflective, it will help somewhat in cooling by reflecting sunlight. There are a number of good window shade products that will help with keeping a place cool in the summer - even in the winter when the sun is lower in the sky.
As the bands are on the outside of the building, they are part of the facade. An individual suite owner can't just have them arbitrarily removed. It's not like one band is going to block an entire window.
Ryan_T
Senior Member
Here's an idea, what if the black material is something that harvests heat energy (thermoelectric generators). We can store all that heat, and reuse it.
A black blind doesn't have to be black fabric.
A black blind doesn't have to be black fabric.
Bayer
Senior Member
I meant collectively, through a decision of the board of directors, of course. Not that I would advocate it, the bands are an attractive feature, but if they bother enough owners it remains a possibility.
ushahid
Senior Member
Screencap from a video in this story on the front page http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2014/06/great-toronto-views-top-pinnacle-adelaide-condos
this is a very creative shot and this building is just gorgeous.
Benito
Senior Member
I was thinking the same thing. It would enhance the appearance of the white bands.
argus
Active Member
Well, my guess is that they won't be doing that any time soon. As noted, the bands don't block any views entirely.
One can only imagine the special assessment that would be necessary in order to strip elements off the building.
freshcutgrass
Senior Member
If they wanted the contrast, they should have just used a smoked glass from the beginning.
That would be like Aaron Spelling having Farrah Fawcett's head shaved mid-season of Charlie's Angels.
ZachBalbino
New Member
I don't have pictures but when i was there sunday night (june 8th) some balcony treatments facing king st with the white bands were visible/installed.
egotrippin
Senior Member
It's the owners' responsibility to take into account things that may affect their living experience, things such as neighbouring buildings and/or to-be-developed lots, and in this case design flourishes. If any owners are bothered by the bands it's their own damn faults, and they deserve to be thrown off the balcony. I'm sick of these twatty condo owners who buy in to a building and then complain about something that would've been so painfully obvious had they opened their stupid eyes.
I know I'm getting mad at theoretical people right now, but unfortunately people as stupid as described somehow exist, and even more bafflingly can manage to afford a condo.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
No need to get angry or upset, the bands are staying. Forever. Dead issue.