ProjectEnd
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@Northern Light @Paclo: docs are up now.
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Toronto 10 Lower Spadina | 163.26m | 49s | Arkfield | BDP Quadrangle
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Northern Light
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Thanks to a heads up from @ProjectEnd .....
Architect is BDPQ
From the Docs:
Site Plan:
Ground Floor Plan:
Materials: @DavidCapizzano
Too late for comments, LOL Long day.
But @HousingNowTO will be flagged for obvious reasons!
Architect is BDPQ
From the Docs:
Site Plan:
Ground Floor Plan:
Materials: @DavidCapizzano
Too late for comments, LOL Long day.
But @HousingNowTO will be flagged for obvious reasons!
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
...it's been my observation that with anything BDP Quadrangle at the design helm things tend to less SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! I hope I am not wrong here either. >.<
The one high quality rendering is still from quite a ways out, and the design feels preliminary to me. I suspect we have a ways to go design-wise before City approval and final design on this one!
Our front page story is up here now:
49-Storey Waterfront Tower Proposed at Spadina and Queens Quay | UrbanToronto
Arkfield Development has proposed a 49-storey mixed-use tower at Spadina an Queens Quay on Toronto’s Central Waterfront. Designed by BDP Quadrangle, the condominium would include ground-floor commercial space, 511 units, and rise to a height of 163.26m.
urbantoronto.ca
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DavidCapizzano
Senior Member
Thumbs down!
Weird terracing / massing at the crown? Unsettling!
White precast? With a formliner? Good grief
Blue tile? For the waterfront? Groundbreaking
Keep it simple, and add some warmth to the material palette.
I'm assuming this is very early days and Arkfield will need to partner w another developer to actually build this, should they ever choose to do so. Hopefully as this moves through the meat machine it will get better.
Weird terracing / massing at the crown? Unsettling!
White precast? With a formliner? Good grief
Blue tile? For the waterfront? Groundbreaking
Keep it simple, and add some warmth to the material palette.
I'm assuming this is very early days and Arkfield will need to partner w another developer to actually build this, should they ever choose to do so. Hopefully as this moves through the meat machine it will get better.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Fair enough!
daptive
Senior Member
Skyhighzz
Active Member
How can anyone judge what this building will look like? Entirely vague, like a ghost. 
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Benjamin Waterscadice
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Question. How likely will this proposal go through?
Especially such height being so close to the water.
The buildings east and west of this are only 21 storeys.
Especially such height being so close to the water.
The buildings east and west of this are only 21 storeys.
Koops65
Senior Member
Yeah and the buildings just to the North are ~50 floors...
Are you suggesting that no building is allowed to be taller than its neighbour?
Are you suggesting that no building is allowed to be taller than its neighbour?
cadice
New Member
I think there should be layers built from the water? Let’s say 20-30 floors along Queens Quay, 40-50 north of Gardiner, 60-70 along Front. Or else in the future there will be a wall of 50-floor buildings along Queens Quay.
But I just want to know how likely this will be approved.
rbt
Senior Member
Barcelona?
evanb
New Member
It would be nice if Toronto was more like Barcelona. I'd trade every tall tower in the city if it meant we could have superblocks spanning the west end from Spadina to High Park.
But since we're nothing like Barcelona in reality, sometimes new towers have to be taller than older ones.
Also, here's a news story about this development that was posted over the weekend: https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/r...ey-proposed-waterfront-redevelopment-10061868
tracy11brunel
New Member
I thought the area there was only zoned for buldings with a Max height of 25 stories. Were they successful in changing the zone already? I couldn't find anything on the current status of the appication. What happened at the Jan 9th meeting? Was it approved? Sadly I missed it.
I live in the tower directly behind the site and had no idea this was going on! I had not recived any notice and only saw the sign on the building as I walked by this weekend. The sign must have recently went up when the startbucks closed. I am cetain many more residents from my building woukd have attended if they knew.
I live in the tower directly behind the site and had no idea this was going on! I had not recived any notice and only saw the sign on the building as I walked by this weekend. The sign must have recently went up when the startbucks closed. I am cetain many more residents from my building woukd have attended if they knew.
