Bogtrotter
Senior Member
Stern has a knack for this kind of thing. In a few years I'm sure this building will look like it's always been there. I took a walk around it yesterday and am very pleased with how it has turned out.
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I'm starting to warm to this one too. I agree with both Dan and Boggy on this one - it is too fussy for me... but Stern does seem to have the knack. Where RoCP 1 fails with it's proportions (and setbacks and podium specifically), this one just seems right for this type of architecture. The details between some of the windows on the upper floors are very skillfully handled here.
Still, the precast could have been more ivory, less french vanilla...
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Still, the precast could have been more ivory, less french vanilla...
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AlbertC
Superstar
Looks alright to me, faux-deco isn't exactly my kind of architecture-of-choice but the quality of the materials is one of the strong points of this building and a building like this is perfectly situated in Yorkville. And I agree, buildings like these will probably look better as they age and mature which gives them the authentic gritty and dirty look of NYC deco gems.
Now Regency Yorkville....that one I'm worried about...
Now Regency Yorkville....that one I'm worried about...
CDL.TO
Moderator
May 3:
Boarded up houses across St Thomas:
Rendering on Lycee Francais across Charles:
Boarded up houses across St Thomas:
Rendering on Lycee Francais across Charles:
b13
New Member
^ will this building have street retail?
billy corgan
Active Member
Thanks for all the great updates CDL.
urbandreamer
recession proof
I almost wouldn't mind living in that corner suite (2nd and 3rd floor) of the stern building. The only thing really wrong about the building is the context: it would fit in better on st clair west or (thinking of nyc here) facing a park--maybe 3 or 4 stern buildings on st clair facing churchill park?
A few comments/fantasy ideas:
I love those old victorians that will be sadly yanked down. If i were the developer here's what i'd do: get wil alsop to build a condo on top of the homes (on stilts?), then glass them in a "box"--the homes would make for funky little cafes at the base. Sort of like they're doing to an old library in Hespeler (Cambridge) Ontario.
Charles St could be closed to traffic (except locals from condos.) The vision: student-ghetto-meets-the-wealthy-on-the-patios kind of scene.
A few comments/fantasy ideas:
I love those old victorians that will be sadly yanked down. If i were the developer here's what i'd do: get wil alsop to build a condo on top of the homes (on stilts?), then glass them in a "box"--the homes would make for funky little cafes at the base. Sort of like they're doing to an old library in Hespeler (Cambridge) Ontario.
Charles St could be closed to traffic (except locals from condos.) The vision: student-ghetto-meets-the-wealthy-on-the-patios kind of scene.
Pep'rJack
Active Member
^ Every idea above is nifty as hell, imo - kudos!
But dream on, unfortunately...
But dream on, unfortunately...
Mike in TO
Senior Member
buildup
Senior Member
^ will this building have street retail?
No street retail in stern
No street retail in stern
cassius
Active Member
1 St. Thomas doesn't strike me as the kind of location or building in which there should be retail at the ground level.
ganjavih
Senior Member
Agree with cassius... this is not a retail neighbourhood. That last pic posted by Mike in TO is the first one I've seen where the Stern building actually looks really good.
Bogtrotter
Senior Member
It looks terrific- very New Yawkish
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Oh-oh, here we go again...
Bogtrotter
Senior Member
Well it does... doesn't it? Just an observation