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This is disgusting. I was admiring this building today and wondered what ever happened to this proposal, and reading these posts is really depressing. Have we learned nothing as a city? How is this still being allowed to happen without a fight? And why is the developer so audacious and obnoxious...

Yeah, how do tiny buildings like Scotiabank stay tiny for so long in such a prominent, development-prone area?

Yes, exactly. It's tragic. There's nothing less vibrant and architecturally compelling at street level than a wall of glass (except, perhaps, parking lots), yet it keeps happening, over and over and over. Every new building's cladding seems to be 99% glass, and so much retail follows suit with...

Excited for this. It better have retail.

It completely ruins the building to me. Such an embarrassment, especially now that TIFF is happening right there. Ugh.

Another stipulation should be “cladding must consist of more than 99.9% glass”.

This is wonderful. I hope it turns out like that and isn’t cheapened to oblivion over time. It’s great to have something as positive as this to look forward to while our municipal politics is so depressing.

I’m glad Gabby’s wasn’t part of this; now maybe it can become a Manhattan-esque skinny skyscraper in the future.

Ugh. Walmart shouldn’t exist anywhere, not only downtown. It’s an incredibly harmful chain—it specializes in sweatshop-made disposable junk, it’s actively anti-union, has ruined countless towns throughout North America with its effect on smaller retail—and should be countered whenever...

I agree completely. It’s insanity for a location as central and transit-accessible as this to have to have any height restrictions whatsoever. Much of Manhattan is far denser than this area once all these proposed structures are built; is Manhattan an insufferable catastrophe? Downtown Toronto...

Wow. Yeah, that’s really impressive for a developer. I look forward to what’s proposed here.

Ugh. The top completely ruins this for me. It looks like a stupid little cap placed on a child’s head to humiliate them.

What? Starbucks is equally as bad as a bank and a Subway, and I’d much prefer a dry cleaners. At least it’s possible for the latter to be a locally-owned business. And Shoppers Drug Mart? I wish. Shoppers Drug Mart would be heaven compared to yet another Starbucks. At least it sells more than...

So I guess nothing new is happening with this?

It seems that buildings on Spadina never end up happening; they just get delayed forever and disappear for some reason.

Ha, I (surely irrationally) worry about that, too, sometimes. In a place like Manhattan where it seems like every sidewalk abuts tall buildings with windows or balconies, is this ever an issue that arises?

Exactly! I couldn’t agree more. It’s so refreshing to see bold, unapologetic vertical urbanism rather than the architectural diffidence of the podium apology for height.

Why on earth *wouldn’t* there be retail here? It would be outrageous to designate the bottom floor residential at such a prominent location (with so much potential for further densification, too). This part of St. Clair desperately needs to develop retail at street level rather than the bizarre...

FINALLY. I've been eagerly awaiting this for so long. During the school year I walk by this every day on my way to George Brown and curse this parking lot's wasteful existence.

My standards aren’t high; all I ask is that cladding consist of more than glass (or any one material). The equivalent in the time of Victorian architecture would be buildings whose façades are sheer brick walls. Fortunately, Victorian architecture had *way* more diversity of materials than that.