Toronto Smart House | 82.6m | 25s | Urban Capital | a—A

[PMT]

June 10:

 

[Edward Skira]

No sign of cladding yet. But the height has certainly changed the feel of the area. A good addition.

 

[Edward Skira]

Today.

 

[ADRM]

Today, looking pretty neat and begging for some cladding.

 

[salsa]

 

[Miscreant]

Great height for this area.

 

[ptbotrmpfn]

Sooo nice to see those fountains running again!! Makes a city look its best when they work.

 

[LUVIT!]

I can't wait to see the red!!

 

[TheKingEast]

No glass yet? Surprising.

 

[ADRM]

Already, one can see that this is a pretty good counterpoint (and one of many) to the "all aA buildings look alike" trope.

 

[Torontovibe]

Sooo nice to see those fountains running again!! Makes a city look it's best when they work.

I noticed that the salmon fountain beside the Skydome is also running again but sadly, no night lighting at all.

 

[condovo]

Saturday, July 8

 

[ptbotrmpfn]

That is really ruby red candytastic !

 

[dsouzaman]

How is this a good addition when it sits on the south-side of the street in a Northern-hemisphere city? It's going to massively increase shadowing. Microscopically, it's going to be worse for shadowing than the disaster at 629 King West.

People on this forum seemingly do not realize that the biggest reason Queen St. has as much charm as it does is the fact that it's mostly made of row houses with very small retail fronts forcing lots of variety of shop per block, and letting in tons of sunshine.

This development is the start of Queen St.'s charm being completely ruined by a short-cited city. Soon enough, Queen St. will be as depressing as the stretch of Bay St. from College up to Bloor. Try walking on Bay St. on that stretch if you want to become depressed.

 

[TheKingEast]

You do have a point. The taller the buildings get Queen St uses more of its charm. Would have been fine with midrises here.