Brampton 45 Railroad | ?m | 25s | Boardwalk REIT | Graziani + Corazza

[aadamttaylor]

 

[ShonTron]

From the GO lot and at Railroad and Mill Streets, it still looks like a single-tower build. I think the diagonal two-tower massing will help with the clunky-ness that will likely result in the final product. At least the complete retention of the office part of the old factory gives some visual interest, and hopefully, when all is complete, it is used as a decent retail or restaurant space.

 

[ShonTron]

Taken on Friday. The dark grey spandrel and mullions have made their appearance.

 

[ShonTron]

What would you expect from Grey + Crap Architects?

At least this adds density in an area that can use it, and it preserves much of an old factory building. Maybe when the balconies go up it’ll look a bit better. But this is very disappointing to see on a site that had great potential.

 

[Towered]

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

oh my

 

[AlbertC]

These guys must've gotten a 4-for-1 sale on spandrel that day at Window-rama.

 

[Northern Light]

What? Seriously.............

Great site, great opportunity, didn't need to be a masterpiece (though that would have been nice)...........

But this is bloody @#$#@#$ awful.

 

[Towered]

What? Seriously.............

Great site, great opportunity, didn't need to be a masterpiece (though that would have been nice)...........

But this is bloody @#$#@#$ awful.

It's Design Haus level bad.

 

[ShonTron]

It's Design Haus level bad.

The only difference is that the heritage parts were left in place rather than dissembled and sloppily put back up.

 

[holographic plastic]

It's actually made me speechless for a moment.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

So what did this heritage structure ever do to deserve this malignant spandrel growth added to it? It had to be a clubbing baby seals factory before, right? indeed! >.<

 

[ShonTron]

Thankfully, there are better buildings on the way for Brampton's new decade of upward growth spurt.

From Park and Railroad Streets, looking across the OBRY ROW.

From Queen Street, with the site of the relocated CPR station in the right foreground.

 

[ShonTron]

Bonus photo from today

 

[ShonTron]

I was hoping that there would be some visual interest with the balcony glazing. This just looks as dull as the sky.