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[Northern Light]

New Park: https://www.toronto.ca/city-governm...ew-parks-facilities/relic-linear-park-system/

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See my initial comments on the original park design here:

Problematic Park Design - Why Some Parks Don't Work

We probably have 400 fewer BBQ than we did 30 years ago (a guess); I would argue for adding 1,000 spread over 20-30 locations. Though each location should have a year-round washroom, a drinking fountain and water-bottle filling station, and a bucket-fill as well for putting out the BBQ...

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Then some brief comments on the changes made to the design since then, here:

Problematic Park Design - Why Some Parks Don't Work

Ok, here's a very crude take on how I might treat the space. Its nothing I'm stuck on, but I think its better than what's proposed: The idea is to emphasize your strengths, and minimize your weaknesses. So play to the church, the people watching pub and potential patio to the west and the...

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[Northern Light]

New photos taken February 22nd, 2024:

**** The more I see of this monstrosity, the more I dislike it. if @3Dementia doesn't ban us all from posting photo updates of it, I'll be surprised.

 

[3Dementia]

^ a Miley Cyrus lyric comes to mind.

 

[egotrippin]

This went from bad to worse with the loss of the red brick accents, it looks almost prison-like in those photos. Grim.

 

[biospherian]

Toronto really has a knack for building monstrosities in its most prominent sites...
A streak of beautiful development proposals then clonk! One of these comes along and destroys the aesthetic build-up.
Almost as if the city knows how to put itself back in place.

 

[Paclo]

Feb 24:

 

[flonicky]

It's too bad this had to be created.

The context here is just asking for wavy balcony crap.

This was precast out of used socks from Value Village.

It's like being at a fun party and then an energy vampire shows up.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

It was a missed opportunity to allow this to be built when all evidence suggested this would be mediocre tower on a signature site for the ages, that's trying to mimic cool. And it's not doing a very good job at even that, IMO. /sigh

 

[CanadianNational]

Oooof. What an ugger. The base already looks like a failed renovation of a 70's office building.
Nice to see G&C are continuing their tradition of gross asymmetry on important facades.

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[AlbertC]

Already rivaling XO Condos for worst precast among current/recent projects!

 

[biospherian]

It's not even the overuse of spandrel. It's the low-quality glass.
Toronto developers gotta learn that the ugly effect of spandrel glass can be somewhat mitigated with the application of curtain wall-like glass:

eg. One Pacific Condos in VanCity

 

[Towered]

Did the church own the land this trash heap is sitting on?

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Did the church own the land this trash heap is sitting on?

I don't think so. They where elder structures to which one hosted a Second Cup or something if my memory serves me correct..

...so there's lots of things you can blame the church for, but not this one I thinks. >.<

 

[Towered]

I don't think so. They where elder structures to which one hosted a Second Cup or something if my memory serves me correct..

...so there's lots of things you can blame the church for, but not this one I thinks. >.<

It was an indie cafe (can't remember the name). Had coffee there once. Shame I can't include it in my upcoming "cozy cafe" thread!

 

[AlbertC]

It was an indie cafe (can't remember the name). Had coffee there once. Shame I can't include it in my upcoming "cozy cafe" thread!

It was called "Certified Bean Cafe" in it's latest iteration, and "Orange Alert" cafe prior to that.

Google with a street capture including a jolly chap in a shirt waving to say Hi!