Hi All
I found this thread after googling Twenty Gothic - I am a purchaser and resident of High Park. My fiance and I actually started a Facebook group for owners of Twenty Gothic but Monarch hasn't been too cooperative with sharing that information with other owners so I hope they find us eventually.
Anyway, I just thought I would share some photos of the building from my vantage point in my rental unit next door. Watching your own condo building being built SLOWLY BUT SURELY is a tough thing, but alas it's almost move in time. I just received my confirmed occupancy date for late February 2009. As we're on the first floor, we're a bit early - the top floors will be occupied in June of next year. This has been a bitter sweet event for me - I was one of the "victims" of the infamous Harry Stinson and waited from December 2002 t February of 2007 for our three floor unit in High Park Lofts, but eventually gave up due to MANY reasons. I was FURIOUS when Monarch delayed this condo one year, but am happy that at least they have made up some time....apparently according to the construction workers on site, most of the delay was due to the special vibration plates that have been installed to minimize NV from the subway.
I still imagine I'll hear the trains as they pull in and out of the tunnel on the west end of the station (where they come out above ground) but it will be no worse then what I could hear in my 1920s three floor walk upa couple of blocks west...I could feel the subway three floors up! But you do get used to it...
Anyhow, attached are some photos I took today - the zoom is hard to distinguish but is of the end unit on the first floor. It would be wonderful to take a tour of the inside, as we did with High Park Lofts while it was under construction, however I doubt Monarch does such a thing.
Thanks
Kristina
PS - I respectfully disagree with some of the disparaging comments about BWV - the Green Thumb is one of the best fruit and veggie stands I've come across, The Bloor West Meat Market, while expensve, carries excellent meats and amazing chicken, and all around the shops are great. Have you ever had lunch at Bread and Roses...their soup is amazing! I do have to agree about the Chef's Table...like how is that place still in business? The cook sometimes comes out without his shirt on...gross! I was hoping when it was redone, it would come out as a coffee shop, not just another restaurant.