Patch
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Loving those railings! And that they matched the shade of the railings to each building.
Toronto Mirvish Village (Honest Ed's Redevelopment) | 85.04m | 26s | Westbank | Henriquez Partners
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ADRM
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Refreshing to see non-glass balcony guards.
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Agreed. Safer too.
neuhaus
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and less maintenance (cleaning-wise).
Northern Light
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Did the revised Park design ever get posted here? I can't find it if it was.....
There is evidence of some listening to critiques above.
The path alignment has been altered so as to reduce the desire to walk across planting beds for a direct route.
Key spots where that desire may remain are now obstructed/protected by seating.
The water feature is now sculptural.
The overall program is simplified, but still shows aspiration.
There is evidence of some listening to critiques above.
The path alignment has been altered so as to reduce the desire to walk across planting beds for a direct route.
Key spots where that desire may remain are now obstructed/protected by seating.
The water feature is now sculptural.
The overall program is simplified, but still shows aspiration.
Rascacielo
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Today
And a precast waiting to be installed
And a precast waiting to be installed
Johnny Au
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June 17, 2022:
ProjectEnd
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It's incredible how much aA had *it* back in 2004 with the Woodsworth res. Such a fantastic, confident, little building.
Northern Light
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Photos taken July 2nd, 2022:
Johnny Au
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From Bloor and Bay on June 25, 2022:
AlexBozikovic
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3Dementia
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^ Great aerial!
Question: How do you drop a huge high-rise and mid-rise mixed-use development (with 5 buildings and nearly 1000 residential units) into the middle of one of the most vibrant, (primarily low-rise) communities/streetscapes in the city... without destroying it?
Presumably, lots of neighbourhood consulting and then hire Westbank + Henriquez Partners to sculpt buildings articulated with different massing and materials, add the generous public space to the south, and then ensure everything meets, animates and actually improves this already great eating, shopping, hanging out with a beer and a book nabe.
Just imagine what a disastrous, neighbourhood-destroying barnacle this might have been in most other hands (like Pemberbum… shudders).
Applause.
Question: How do you drop a huge high-rise and mid-rise mixed-use development (with 5 buildings and nearly 1000 residential units) into the middle of one of the most vibrant, (primarily low-rise) communities/streetscapes in the city... without destroying it?
Presumably, lots of neighbourhood consulting and then hire Westbank + Henriquez Partners to sculpt buildings articulated with different massing and materials, add the generous public space to the south, and then ensure everything meets, animates and actually improves this already great eating, shopping, hanging out with a beer and a book nabe.
Just imagine what a disastrous, neighbourhood-destroying barnacle this might have been in most other hands (like Pemberbum… shudders).
Applause.
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Blixtein
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Walked by it today and it just looks absolutely fantastic. The finished product is going to blow everything out of the water, no doubt about that. The amount of utter junk built in this city in the past 20 years is horrifying. Westbank doesn't eff around.
ADRM
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From the massive downtown City-owned surface parking lot adjacent to a subway that looks even more ridiculous given the new context:
Towered
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I'm really surprised that @HousingNowTO isn't all over this one...