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It's not unusual to see clunky grey spandrel towers with decent podium glazing. This is a rarer example that does the opposite. The black and white, the flecks of orange, the jagged curtain wall on ground level, it's all working. But really? That's the dust grey mullionfest they went with at...

These days I'm more excited about strong avenue midrises than ED point towers, but this one's just a bit graceless. A lot will depend on the glazing at this point.

The massing at the base is really looking great, especially the symmetrical stagger and deference to the heritage building. If they get the tower cladding right, I wouldn't be surprised to see this snatch the title of Yonge & Eg's best residential tower (although the bar is admittedly pretty low).

I wonder if this will end up as a hostel rather than a hotel -- both the building and location seem like a great fit for one. Either way, a neat and rather unexpected reuse of the space.

With the right detailing the north and south ends might turn out okay. Wonder what material they have in mind for those soffits. But it's a shame this parcel didn't get cut into 2 separate development sites. The future of the streetscape along Rolling Mills Rd seems about as dreary as its name...

Sure, it's not looking quite at the level of 1BE, and curved glass + more balcony contrast may have taken it there. But it's still an excellent design with high quality materials and heritage retention par excellence. And most practically, it's a clear improvement over Mod/HP's most recent...

Loving the signature HP curved corner glass -- I'm optimistic Westbank will execute that well. Looks pretty intriguing from street level in general. But the tower is just uninspired. The pressure continues to mount for Mirvish-Gehry to pick up the aesthetic slack for new towers in the area.

The most recent renderings showed red brick, no? Not the clearest rendering, maybe was just wishful thinking on my part. I'm a huge fan of big projects with "complete" masonry (e.g. the Selby) and am frustrated by projects that come close but leave jarring gaps of glazing. To my eye it makes...

It's early days and all that. But the loss of colour is a real shame. And the precast portion looks more like a flimsy balcony motif than a foundation of the building. Go grid or go home, people! It doesn't look so cool or modern when strips of (mediocre) glazing occupy spaces where the eye...

Was not expecting those sexy bay windows on the podium! This thing just keeps getting more and more interesting.

Done right, the busyness could play well off the Casas. Done wrong, this could be a real fiasco. It already looks like 365 Church's taller, less kempt cousin. Please, someone give me faith that Aspen Ridge are willing to invest in half decent materials...

Loads of people agree that the ED has been sanitized but its name is apt as ever. It's still packed with bars and restaurants, let alone the bulk of TO's major destinations -- TIFF, Roy Thompson Hall, the Royal Alex, Ripley's, the Dome, the Tower, the list goes on. Wouldn't go that far, but...

Let's keep our Palace Piers and Uno Priis in tact but I think this is a great spot for added density. The building is handsome enough for its genre but I don't see the lawn as sacred ground - especially fronting busy Jarvis

So many exciting projects coming to TO recently. It really feels like tastes and design are maturing. And then there's this thing. Wow. A 200m bargain-basement greyyyy spandrelfest at one of the most prominent intersections in the city. But of course at this point I'm eager to see if the...

Fair enough. I do agree it's a shame to see the Hakim building go. Cute and of its time. But not sad to see the Hakim name go with it. Guy seems like a piece of work!

I see this as a positive. These buildings are a bit gaudy but have been reasonably well executed, are different for Toronto, and clustered together might create something of an identity for this little stretch.

The red cladding/crown and the height other than ~45 storeys should really help this one stand out against its neighbours. Looks good but a shame the ground level is so predictably bland.

It's hard to keep up with Toronto's many projects, let alone their UT threads. I think users are (justifiably) surprised at the awful choices made here and the blatant disrespect to the original design. It's also surprising that our reclad rules are so lax -- and I doubt I'm alone in being...

Looks like the only tear down is 471 Adelaide, the only building on the block excluded from the HCD. Glad the Jimmy's site isn't included. And is that dyed black concrete? All very appealing.

Great photos, 42. There's such lovely diversity in form, colour and texture in this neighbourhood... present company excluded. A big miss for HP.