officedweller
Senior Member
Agreed.
If they paint some of the grills to create vertical stripes, it would unify the top and prevent the horizontal stripes from dominating.
Agreed.
If they paint some of the grills to create vertical stripes, it would unify the top and prevent the horizontal stripes from dominating.
junctionist
Senior Member
Hopefully, Cityzen won't repeat the disappointing execution we saw with the tops of the Absolute towers.
someMidTowner
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March 10th
vegeta_skyline
Senior Member
Wouldn't make much of a difference, except maybe from a far - the grills/vents are angled downwards.
khris
Senior Member
A big blue garage door fronting on to Yonge St? Meh.
ushahid
Senior Member
they really need to add two three stripes in the empty space it ruins the beauty of this building.
bilked
Senior Member
Anyone see Denis Villeneuve's Enemy this weekend (or at TIFF)? Beautiful shots of Toronto in the closing credits, including an extended pan of L Tower circa 2013.
modernizt
Senior Member
Yeah, this tower really makes no apologies for not addressing the corner of Yonge and Front but rather turning its side to Yonge Street.
johnwood
Active Member
I also hate the roof above the garage door, it looks like the roof is about to collapse.
modernizt
Senior Member
I find that the podium has no relationship to the tower; it's clear that it was an afterthought/reaction to the removal of the Sony Centre cultural centre / expansion that was planned. Instead of glazing the side of it facing Yonge, I would have liked to have seen it clad in the same siding as the smaller entrance further north of it. The glazing makes it look like it's trying to be part of the tower but it just doesn't mesh together well.
I am also surprised that the loading docks weren't placed along the Esplanade or to the east of the property. Ah well, sometimes sacrifices must be made.
I am also surprised that the loading docks weren't placed along the Esplanade or to the east of the property. Ah well, sometimes sacrifices must be made.
udo
Active Member
Walk around the block
I have to believe that during the Site Plan approval process the City was convinced that an entrance for the trucks from The Esplanade was impossible owing to the tightness of the site; they would never have allowed it on Yonge Street otherwise.
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khris
Senior Member
Then maybe the building should have been built on a different site. We in Toronto are so accepting of stupid things like this. It's Yonge Street, right off the Gardiner and around the corner from Union. Garage entrances on to Yonge are not okay.
Torontovibe
Senior Member
The Yonge Street side of this building, is going to be a dead zone, for the whole block. At this location, with another dead space just across the street, that's rather unfortunate. It needs a restaurant, coffee shop or something.
Benito
Senior Member
I really like this building from afar, up close it isn't quite as stunning.