Toronto 1 Yorkville | 183.18m | 58s | Bazis | Rosario Varacalli

[GenerationLee]

Love this new project, really awesome design, great that they kept the façade of the Yonge Street retail buildings.

 

[Lenser]

Stopped by briefly this morning.

 

[LUVIT!]

Kinda sad at some level.

 

[Automation Gallery]

Kinda sad at some level.

Sad of what??

 

[LUVIT!]

Sad that this is/was a fine block of heritage buildings and only thr first three feet is being saved. Perhaps more is being save I'm not aware of? The block seems rather cozy before and may lose its' charm. However time will tell and one cannot stop change . Whether good or bad depending upon ones viewpoint.

 

[Lenser]

Nothing else is being saved - it's pretty much a complete facedectomy. But it might work out very nicely. And in exchange we get a lot more density and vibrancy. A fair trade, I'd say.

 

[interchange42]

Sad that this is/was a fine block of heritage buildings and only thr first three feet is being saved. Perhaps more is being save I'm not aware of? The block seems rather cozy before and may lose its' charm. However time will tell and one cannot stop change . Whether good or bad depending upon ones viewpoint.

You missed a zero on that: it's the first 30 feet that are being saved of those buildings. See http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2014/07/bazis-and-plazas-1-yorkville-condominiums-closer-reality

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[Automation Gallery]

You missed a zero on that: it's the first 30 feet that are being saved of those buildings.
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Yeah but its easy to make a mistake when you are "Sad"

 

[ADRM]

I'll still take a facadectomy over the (previous) status quo. I live around the corner from the 1 Yorkville site and that particular stretch of buildings had fallen badly into disrepair. I was at the Wickson Social the other day (in one of the 5 St. Joseph facadectomy buildings) and it's added a really nice little bit of vibrancy to that corner—hopefully we get some good retail at Yonge and Yorkville (rather than an RBC/Starbucks/Shoppers).

 

[Roundabout]

April 5th:

 

[Benito]

From today.

 

[ushahid]

Sad that this is/was a fine block of heritage buildings and only thr first three feet is being saved. Perhaps more is being save I'm not aware of? The block seems rather cozy before and may lose its' charm. However time will tell and one cannot stop change . Whether good or bad depending upon ones viewpoint.

after 40-50 years these newly built or u/c buildings will be considered heritage. it's all about time.

 

[Longview]

Wednesday

 

[GeneralGrievance]

Here's today's front-page construction update. Hot of the electronic "presses:" http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/05/shoring-work-prepares-1-yorkville-site-excavation

 

[Benito]

This afternoon.