Recent content by dgto

right, you may say that the developer / proponent will do just fine. but we need to recognize that many planning decisions reduce the number of units that are built, and/or increase costs for the developer which end up being passed on to the buyer/renter. we need to recognize that there is no...

maybe I can make a more nuanced point then, without judging the existing building (even though, subjectively, I don't think it has significant enough architectural value to justify conservation). I think any time heritage conservation is required, even if it is just retaining facades, we need...

Yes, the first two floors of this building are really appalling. If only they just continued the brickwork down to grade...

Glad to hear that the developers are going to now have to spend millions of dollars to preserve these relatively ugly, uninteresting and decaying "heritage" facades

Great project that could be replicated on so many small Green P lots! However, given that this is right behind Danforth Avenue and less than 200 m from Woodbine Station, this building should absolutely be 8 storeys if not taller. I do agree that open space at the rear looks far too large and...

Views from different vantage points… the warm metal looks good, but the glass portion is very grim (even more grim in person than in the photos) - the glass looks awful compared to the glass used in the Well next door. The overall effect is quite suburban office park like. I’m a big YIMBY but...

this is criminally poor land use. considering this is ~250 m from Dufferin Station, this site should really have a two-tower development on it (if not for our archaic planning policies)

looks beautiful, just wish they brought the brought the brick cladding down to the ground level instead of the blank glass wall.

yet another case of cladding that should have gone all the way down to the ground floor. buildings looks great from the third floor up, and mediocre on the ground and second floors. truly don't understand the inability to extend good cladding down to grade.

are they ever going to get to the event space in the old church?

why is this going to take more than 10 years to complete!?

another question I have is why the building on the east side is limited to six storeys when it should be at least double that height

Still too modest imo - should have quite a bit more density than what is being proposed.

Love the brick pattern, but the first and second floor is a big mess with the awful grey spandrel. Why couldn’t they just bring the brick down to the ground floor 😭

looks great! One thing I'm wondering is if there would have been a way to better integrate the manhole covers or not have so many of them. There are like 5 of them in that pic basically right next to each other