[Jasonzed]

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Jason, your photos demonstrate why I was so excited to see this building rise this year. This building is truly going to be the gateway to the downtown core.

 

[innsertnamehere]

That first shot *needs* to be photo of the day. @someMidTowner

 

[someMidTowner]

That first shot *needs* to be photo of the day. @someMidTowner

Tomorrow's was already set, but this is now lined up for Thursday AM!

 

[TheKingEast]

Those are some amazing shots @Jasonzed

 

[Rascacielo]

Today

 

[DavidCapizzano]

 

[stjames2queenwest]

Looks pretty decent!

 

[TheKingEast]

I will adjust my expectations.

 

[AlbertC]

Solid quality shown in the cladding so far. Although the glass isn't seamlessly curved, the rounded sections are still reasonably resolved IMO. Next critical component will be how the balconies are executed.

 

[isaidso]

The cladding is pretty crappy. The only positive is that we've seen worse.

 

[Amonavis]

I love it. It seems like good quality construction.

I feel bad for the residents in the south side on the lower floors though. That would be the worst view. Makes me wonder if there will be a lot of other developments and improvements to this area in the near future. Would be nice to see some of those rental buildings knocked down eventually. This area is very well situated to cabbagetown, Rosedale, Yorkville, the subway, trails, etc.

 

[TheKingEast]

The horizontal waist height mullions are a big disappointment.

 

[DavidCapizzano]

I thought it looked pretty rough in person. Two colours of spandrel on the tower - aqua blue, and grey where the balconies are, and many of the black panels are misaligned or have big gaps between them.

 

[AlbertC]

After seeing this up close, the cladding does look clumsier than originally viewed. It's not completely terrible, but the aesthetic potential has definitely been Tridelled down a few notches. Will wait to see a few levels of it together to further judge.

July 21, 2020