[smably]

Damn... good luck to anybody trying to catch the King car at Liberty Village east to Spadina.

 

[ProjectEnd]

going to presume Urbancorp and TACT.

I'd say you were on the right track aesthetically but it would have been truly stunning for Urbancorp to get involved in another project when things have been so dire for them lately.

 

[torontologist]

Yuck. The 2010's version of the commie block. Lazy architecture.

 

[ProjectEnd]

It's more real estate than architecture...

 

[cruzin4u]

Yuck. The 2010's version of the commie block. Lazy architecture.

It's not too bad, though I would love if Developers/Architects would start trying something different than the typical gray brick podium treatment.

 

[salsa]

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I would have preferred a midrise which is more in line with the build form of the area.

 

[drum118]

The plaza on the south-east corner has had a large turn over and no lost as well McD and the south-west area.

You can always put in another McD without parking and drive through as well the BK & Sub. You need to put back the laundry place as people need a place to do their laundry.

 

[Automation Gallery]

You can always put in another McD without parking and drive through as well the BK & Sub. .

I wouldnt be a bit surprised if that MacDs isnt one of the busiest in the city, cant see them moving out of that area........BK and Quiznos, "meh.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

The McDonald's appears in the render looks like it will be left alone

 

[Automation Gallery]

The McDonald's appears in the render looks like it will be left alone

What renders you looking at?, cause the MacDonalds occupies most of that south-west lot,
that render above even shows that they will most likely demolish the 2 houses west of there right to the small apt. bldg.

 

[Froggy]

For context, a few pictures of both sites taken yesterday:

Northeast corner of King and Dufferin:

Southwest corner of King and Dufferin:

Same, but seen from Dufferin, south of King:

 

[Stupidandshallow]

Oh look, it's the Toronto Special.

Sigh. more of the same.

 

[WiddleBittyKitty]

I'm assuming that as this is on the edge of Parkdale, that price point here is going to be pretty sensitive… so I am expecting a compartively inexpensive pair of buildings here, and not so much spent on architecture. We cannot expect every building, even most buildings, to be better than the average. Most necessarily will be average.

 

[ThomasJ]

I'd say you were on the right track aesthetically but it would have been truly stunning for Urbancorp to get involved in another project when things have been so dire for them lately.

what has been so dire for them lately?

 

[someMidTowner]

what has been so dire for them lately?

Mainly this: http://www.thestar.com/business/real_estate/2015/01/27/builder-quietly-cancels-condo-complex.html