Toronto Five St Joseph | 160.93m | 48s | Five St. Joseph | Hariri Pontarini
Strange Advance
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Pure filler.
mdparker
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Definitely NOT filler... Beautiful and creative... Hoping the roof element ties it all together...
TheKingEast
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Good on them for building a tower with curves instead of the typical glass box.
stjames2queenwest
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Not filler. I don't get how anyone can even say that. Even if you hate this building you have to be able to recognize that there is nothing similar in this city. Therefore it stands out for better or worse.
junctionist
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We consider filler to be the most basic buildings in the city. This project is anything but basic. It makes an impressive heritage preservation effort and adds a tower with high-quality materials and distinctive details like the undulating balconies. It's one of those projects that convincingly makes the city seem better rather than just bigger. The restored heritage buildings look substantial rather than trashy and disposable like certain neglected commercial blocks on Yonge Street. The tower is an interesting skyscraper rather than a banal slab.
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Mongo
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Agree 100%. I especially like that it seems to have sparked a trend of similar projects along Yonge Street, with Massey Tower and 1 Yorkville following its lead of restored heritage buildings at the base of architecturally interesting towers. I hope there will be more in the future.
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If you also imagine extended sidewalk space, that first shot is but a mere taste of what Yonge St. could be if all its storefronts received that kind of TLC. Looks amazing.
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Tuscani01
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4 of the retail units along Yonge are becoming an.... RBC (the southern units)
wolfewood
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lmao seriously? If true, this is sad enough to make me laugh...
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wolfewood
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Well, I guess we can call this a good lesson in gentrification and condo economics. These buildings look lovely now, and that's great, but that comes at the price of being too expensive for anyone but a bank or large chain to afford. You can't have interesting retail and new condos, in Toronto at least.