Black Aluminimum paneling up..
The black aluminimum paneling on the large bare west side of the building facing Sherbourne was started a few days back..
Although I do like how the building is coming along, a few things I think would have made the building even better:
1. Instead of black window framing use the same silver framing used in both Kings Court and Mozo. The more I look at the building, the more I find the building colours very dark and heavy and I think the silver would have contracted with the black brick in a way to lighten the building.
2. Instead of the black aluminum paneling on the bare west side use the blank palette for a decorative piece. An example may be something like this in Leslieville:
I find this gateway art piece very warm and welcoming every time I drive/streetcar east on Queen into Leslieville..
Not necessarily the colour scheme or something that announces the neighbourhood, and not even sure of the material (brick, concrete, panelling), just not something bare...perhaps something unique..
Unfortunately, if Bauhaus on King and Sherbourne gets built it is all for not, since this side of the building, which you can see all the way west down King Street East, will be blocked...
Just my two cents..