Toronto 66 Isabella | 73.15m | 23s | BDP Quadrangle

[androiduk]

There's a sign up on the hoarding offering 'brand new 860 sq ft 1 bedrooms for $1650 a month'.

 

[canarob]

I'll admit it doesn't look that bad all things considered, but would any other city build this? Covering up an old commie block tower with a glass and black-brick addition just seems so emblematic of Toronto -- kind of like a Frankenstein building that merges the anonymous brick buildings we built in the 60-70s with the anonymous glass buildings we've been building this century.

 

[androiduk]

 

[ProjectEnd]

It's too bad a building will cover up those balcony brackets - could have been an opportunity for some sweet 'high-tech' flourishes in a city sorely lacking in them.

 

[jrod]

Any current residents care to comment on the noise?

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

Scroll back, someone did. It's pretty nasty.

 

[drum118]

March 07
They have started to remove the existing balcony's. Sorry to say cheap tin panel going in to replace the concrete ones.

Noting has started on the addition other than the hole

 

[Tuscani01]

LOL! Everything about this project just screams Frankenstein. Even the metal panels of the new balconies look like a hatch job. Terrible execution.

 

[someMidTowner]

New photos in today's front page story:

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2014/04/construction-progressing-66-isabellas-23-storey-addition

 

[androiduk]

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

I saw yesterday that most of the frames on the north side of those new large one-bedroom corner units have now had clear glass installed, which is much better than the metal panels that are shown above from back in March. They must have been test panels that were very smartly rejected.

 

[androiduk]

 

[someMidTowner]

There was something going on this weekend:

 

[androiduk]

They had a major pour on the weekend. Where is the crane going to go?

 

[ptbotrmpfn]

Wow what a "frankensien" building it is looking right now.