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It's on the southeast corner of Sherbourne and Wellesley East.

So these units don't come with a real kitchen? A lot of young people don't know how to cook so they're not going to know what to do with a kitchen. I suppose in 20 years, units won't come with bedrooms either. They'll just be a hook to hang a hammock like pod from. Living rooms? Who needs...

At this point, I'll gladly take it over yet another sterile glass/spandrel tower.

Wonderful. Too bad it's not earmarked to replace that depressing brick apartment building the next lot west.

You're slowly coming to terms with it so that you're mentally and emotionally prepared. You'll stumble upon it in real life one day.

Agree. 76 Adelaide West was one of the most beautiful and elegant facades in the city. Would we enter a gallery, ask to see one of their best pieces, white wash, then paint something else just for the sake of modernizing? I guess that's the problem, many don't value buildings as part of our...

Modern and historical can complement each other well but this modern interior failed to capitalize on that opportunity. Rather than work with what they preserved it's as though they pretended it wasn't there at all. Why bother preserving if you're going to do completely disrespect the...

Boundaries like these seem to change over time. Back in the day Bloor/Yonge was Uptown; hence the Uptown Cinema. Yorkville is filling in and spilling over on to adjacent streets. That outward expansion will continue on for quite some time.

I've never disliked this building. This was always going to get hate simply due to it not being a point tower. That was clear from the get go. The squat proportions are a refreshing change from what we usually get and the bulk has been broken up using different facade treatments. Not as...

True but a pleasant surprise to see CIBC go back to their iconic diamond logo many of us grew up with. That 'new' non-logo they thrust upon us 2001-2021 never resonated.

Love it or hate it, Dundas Square does add energy to our downtown and is probably the most photographed spot in the city. I'm fine with one section of town being a crass, over the top, loud, sensory overload but it needs to be confined to Dundas Square. If anything, we need to get rid of the...

Yes, hopefully one day it will be an avenue built for the people who actually live here instead of a high speed thoroughfare for drivers who live some place else. Till then, it will remain a 'NO GO' zone for pedestrians.

Eglinton has never had a 'subway' before. Now that it does, it would be more surprising if tall buildings weren't proposed along its entire route. I have no issue with the height. Like others, I take issue with yet another soul destroying design. We're so used to this standard that we're...

These new Toronto subdivisions give me a new appreciation for the mid-century modern suburb I grew up in (Halifax). I suppose every city is building like this now though? Minuscule lots, hardly any landscaping, every house looks the same, no character? I understand the need for higher...

Is an interior that's respectful to the architecture of the building too much to ask for? I don't expect it to look as beautiful and sophisticated as the Carlu but they could at least make an effort. This is one of the grandest historic buildings in the city on our Main Street yet they put a...

Personally speaking, there are 2 major negatives about living in downtown Toronto: unpleasant people and the public realm. One can't do anything about the former but a pedestrian focused downtown will improve quality of life immeasurably. For all the talk about being environmentally friendly...

Yes, pedestrianization of city streets hasn't really taken hold in Toronto yet. When we do reduce the number of car lanes, the results often fall short (like happened on Bloor through the Annex). We could have had both a bike lane and wide sidewalks but they tried to accommodate street parking...

Agree 100%. Urban parks worldwide (Union Square Park, Parc La Fontaine, St. James Park) are built to be a serene oasis; a green escape from the busy, noisy, chaos of the city. How on earth can one relax in 'parks' like the one shown? It's a visual overload and not calming in any way. I'm...

Couldn't have said it better. For a city that builds so many banal, low quality buildings, you'd think people would be rejoicing even if aesthetically it's not their preference. This is easily in the top 5% of proposals to come along. Depending on execution, this could end up being the most...

I have the exact same reaction to this project. They tried turning it into something it is not. Juxtaposition of old and new can result in something wonderful. In other cases one needs to work with what you're given or risk ruining it. If this building no longer works as a modern library...