[Tewder]

It's derivative of 1 Bloor, and visually close enough to 1 Bloor to make the whole thing feel unseemly... it's like showing up to a party having deliberately decidied to wear the same dress as the hostess. This deserves a bitch slap!

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Tewder:

If only it's the same dress - more like a cheap knockoff.

AoD

 

[Ramako]

Tewder:

If only it's the same dress - more like a cheap knockoff.

AoD

This stretch of Yonge is full of cheap knockoffs, so it should fit right in.

 

[ladyscraper]

Wowzers. This one is not looking good. It might even make 1 Bloor look worse just by being around it.

 

[Conrad Black]

Shoot me but I rather think it will work well here.

 

[CanadianNational]

You know you've got trouble when the glossy rendering doesn't help expectations.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

A 10-12 storey mid-rise plan works for me.

 

[Bruvyman]

So it's rubbish. What a surprise!

Where did you come to that conclusion?

 

[flonicky]

Objections like "too tall" and "development fatigue" get used because "it's ugly & weak" sounds too subjective.

 

[confusion]

I have no problems with the height here. They can go taller, whatever, it's downtown.

My biggest issue is with way they are treating St. Luke Lane.

 

[Automation Gallery]

A 10-12 storey mid-rise plan works for me.

So a developer pays big bucks for this site to build 10-12 storeys..say over 1 million dollars selling price per unit, whos buying?
this is no Avenue Rd and Bloor, and never will be.

 

[ThomasJ]

A 10-12 storey mid-rise plan works for me.

ummm....yeah with a 50-storey comp next door don't think that's happening!

 

[egotrippin]

This really illustrates the difference between a good firm (H+P) and a second rate firm (G&C). It's clear that 1 Bloor has provided some influence, yet they've managed to make 460 Yonge look like a dog's breakfast. There's no thought to the wavy balcony patterning, confusion about what the podium should be, and on the whole it's incoherent and messy. I really hope it gets a redesign from the ground up.

 

[ThomasJ]

This really illustrates the difference between a good firm (H+P) and a second rate firm (G&C). It's clear that 1 Bloor has provided some influence, yet they've managed to make 460 Yonge look like a dog's breakfast. There's no thought to the wavy balcony patterning, confusion about what the podium should be, and on the whole it's incoherent and messy. I really hope it gets a redesign from the ground up.

very astute observation....pontarini has big time clout not to mention architectural chops.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

ummm....yeah with a 50-storey comp next door don't think that's happening!

That is set back on Grenville, and I think that's appropriate - it's not on Yonge Street. As I've said before, I can't wait for the North Yonge Street Planning Framework to get finished, and approved to put a stop to madness like this and the 501 project.