caltrane74
Senior Member
Amazing Update Drum - here is my lazy man walking up the street update.. lol
I really hope so. I think the tower is a bit of a mess.. They put all design ideas onto one building. There's just a bit too much going on. fingers crossedthis should look very sharp once completed.
I really hope so. I think the tower is a bit of a mess.. They put all design ideas onto one building. There's just a bit too much going on. fingers crossed
I really hope so. I think the tower is a bit of a mess.. They put all design ideas onto one building. There's just a bit too much going on. fingers crossed
I really hope so. I think the tower is a bit of a mess.. They put all design ideas onto one building. There's just a bit too much going on. fingers crossed
I couldn't be more disappointed with the RBC in the historic storefronts. When I walked by I counted eight storefronts. The RBC takes up half. Reminds me of the Shopper's Drugmart at One Bedford. Really sucks the life out of the street and neighbourhood.
It's truly an insult to urbanism and vibrancy when they do that. I will never bank with RBC unless absolutely necessary. It's one of the things that actually makes me irrationally angry. Above everything else wrong with development, this is the one thing that just hits a nerve in me.
Pretty much what snyberTO said, off on smaller units and not in important spaces that have been specifically designed for a more engaging business. Aura comes to mind as a place that screwed this up royally, where the expanded sidewalks were ideal for patios, but they relegated the restaurants to Gerard instead of Yonge. It makes absolutely not sense, and kills the street level experience for the area. I wouldn't even be mad if RBC owned Yonge frontage, but the fact that they bought and combined 2 units here, while already owning frontage only 8 minutes down the street is appalling. I know you "can't zone user, only use" but let's just make banks/payday loans etc it's own zoning code and zone them away from these prime spaces. By not protecting these spaces we deteriorate the whole city.Where would it be acceptable for banks to be located in your opinion then?