Blixtein
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The Esplanade side isn't bad but Sherbourne and Front are horrific. It's so out of scale it almost induces claustrophobia. And it'll get way worse when the cladding goes up.
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3Dementia
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@ egotrippin
I had the very same thought (re: Mirvish massing/materials) and I have a solution:
It's too late to fix this Borg beast, but let's do a financing partnership with Westbank (working with Henriquez Partners when possible) to buy every single active and proposed Pemberton downtown development.
It might not be too late to save 'Social' (simple cladding/balcony glass fix), 'The Pemberton" becomes 'The Westbank' (don't need Henriquez's help here... just use the pre-VE'd design from aA) ... and, most importantly, kick Pemberbum the hell out the partnership with First Capital to ensure the Allies and Morrison 2150 Lake Shore vision gets built as designed.
So who on the forum has the tallest stacks
squirrelled away? I'm betting it's Ed S.
I had the very same thought (re: Mirvish massing/materials) and I have a solution:
It's too late to fix this Borg beast, but let's do a financing partnership with Westbank (working with Henriquez Partners when possible) to buy every single active and proposed Pemberton downtown development.
It might not be too late to save 'Social' (simple cladding/balcony glass fix), 'The Pemberton" becomes 'The Westbank' (don't need Henriquez's help here... just use the pre-VE'd design from aA) ... and, most importantly, kick Pemberbum the hell out the partnership with First Capital to ensure the Allies and Morrison 2150 Lake Shore vision gets built as designed.
So who on the forum has the tallest stacks
squirrelled away? I'm betting it's Ed S.
DSC
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Yes, it REALLY could have been SO much better with not really much effort or loss of profit. I know that they had permission, from a 1990s Ontario Municipal Board decision, I think, to build right to the lot line so the City had less 'ammunition' but Pemberton really has given the St Lawrence neighbourhood something which will blight it for many decades. As others have noted, the south section is 'not TOO bad' but the stuff at Front Street is already looming and ugly - it can only get worse as it gets another ca 10 floors higher. Of course, the execution and cheap cladding are hardly helping it. The vomit emoticon is REALLY much needed for this - though it might be over-used!
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egotrippin
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Haha! Unfortunately I don't have that kind of cash but I wholly support running Pemberton out of town.@ egotrippin
I had the very same thought (re: Mirvish massing/materials) and I have a solution:
It's too late to fix this Borg beast, but let's do a financing partnership with Westbank (working with Henriquez Partners when possible) to buy every single active and proposed Pemberton downtown development.
It might not be too late to save 'Social' (simple cladding/balcony glass fix), 'The Pemberton" becomes 'The Westbank' (don't need Henriquez's help here... just use the pre-VE'd design from aA) ... and, most importantly, kick Pemberbum the hell out the partnership with First Capital to ensure the Allies and Morrison 2150 Lakeshore vision gets built as designed.
So who on the forum has the tallest stacks
Undead
Senior Member
Frankly the endless litigation of the same tired topics is more deserving of the emoji than the pics could ever be.
artyboy123
Senior Member
July 2
slicecom
Active Member
Credit where credit is due, glad to see they’re painting the underside of the balconies. Wouldn’t have put it past them to cheap out on that too.
Electrixsun
New Member
Is painting the underside of balconies simply a design aesthetic or is it functionally protective as well?
slicecom
Active Member
I'd assumed it was merely for design aesthetic considering how many condo's forgo it, but I suppose it could offer some protection as well.
evandyk
Senior Member
Is Laird & Eglinton getting another Time & Space?
urbantoronto.ca
Three Towers, Public Park Proposed at Laird Crosstown Line 5 Station | UrbanToronto
The Pemberton Group has submitted ZBA and SPA applications to the City of Toronto for 849 Eglinton Avenue East in the Leaside neighbourhood of East York. The developer is proposing a redevelopment with a 32-storey residential mixed-use building, a 21-storey residential building, and a 6-storey...
3Dementia
Senior Member
Is Laird & Eglinton getting another Time & Space?
Three Towers, Public Park Proposed at Laird Crosstown Line 5 Station | UrbanToronto
The Pemberton Group has submitted ZBA and SPA applications to the City of Toronto for 849 Eglinton Avenue East in the Leaside neighbourhood of East York. The developer is proposing a redevelopment with a 32-storey residential mixed-use building, a 21-storey residential building, and a 6-storey...
^The massing, materials & architects (and render promises) say NO.... the developer = "oh NO!"
evandyk
Senior Member
Break time on the amenities floor. And someone brought a bike up to the 9th floor.
Johnny Au
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July 6, 2022:
mburrrrr
Senior Member
I keep waiting for the final tower to rise above the podium but then took a look at the renderings again and forgot this is one big wall. How did I forget that.
evandyk
Senior Member
You can see it in my last picture... the towers are just starting to go up above the podium in the last week or two.
But it's true that for the north-south wall, the tower extends for basically half of the entire block.
But it's true that for the north-south wall, the tower extends for basically half of the entire block.