Toronto YC Condos -- Yonge at College | 198.42m | 62s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza

[Benito]

Slowest sidewalks ever.

 

[Benito]

Sidewalks done and open.

 

[Amare]

Sidewalks done and open. View attachment 366127View attachment 366128View attachment 366129

I never thought we'd ever see this day come to light! Lets all play the lottery today, im sure one of us will get lucky.

 

[Rascacielo]

They should paint that porta potty orange to match the podium glasses and leave it there permanently, as a reminder of the aesthetic of this project!

 

[Northern Light]

They should paint that porta potty orange to match the podium glasses and leave it there permanently, as a reminder of the aesthetic of this project!

The visual is quite enough thanks, no complimentary odoriferous emanation is required.

 

[concrete_and_light]

I'm super interested to see if in the future there will be some common spandrel dystopia aesthetic in the work of the graduates from the Toronto Film School in this building.

 

[Khaloody]

if the city can plant trees along Yonge to cover that orange sprandel, that would be nice

 

[telefann]

I'm super interested to see if in the future there will be some common spandrel dystopia aesthetic in the work of the graduates from the Toronto Film School in this building.

"Life in Spandrelopolis: An Odyssey of Tastelessness".

 

[Rascacielo]

"Supermoon", very early this morning

 

[telefann]

"Supermoon", very early this morning

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Vertical penitentiary aesthetic.

 

[Rascacielo]

Vertical penitentiary aesthetic.

Agreed. The moon has bad taste, chose to make an appearance beside such a hideous tower!

 

[telefann]

Agreed. The moon has bad taste, chose to make an appearance beside such a hideous tower!

I honestly don't get the uniquely Torontonian (and perhaps general Canadian?) obsession with opaque charcoal grey window wall masquerading as "all glass" in residential architecture. It's cheap, not sleek. Nearly every city of importance outside this country constructs residential buildings with at least some visual semblance of solidity, dignity, or permanence (seamless curtain wall for all-glass "standouts" and solid exterior walls for your average "middle-class" or "background" development) regardless of their economic means. That such incompetence in architectural design and materiality has been allowed to pollute what is arguably our #1 street speaks to our enduring culture of parsimony and second-tier-ism.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

I honesty don't get the uniquely Torontonian (and perhaps general Canadian?) obsession with opaque charcoal grey window wall masquerading as "all glass" in residential architecture. It's cheap, not sleek. Nearly every city of importance outside this country constructs residential buildings with at least some visual semblance of solidity, dignity, or permanence (seamless curtain wall for all-glass "standouts" and solid exterior walls for your average "middle-class" or "background" development) regardless of their economic means. That such incompetence in architectural design and materiality has been allowed to pollute what is arguably our #1 street speaks to our enduring culture of parsimony and second-tier-ism.

You've answered your own question: It's cheap. And intentionally so.

 

[telefann]

You've answered your own question: It's cheap. And intentionally so.

I get it, but I also don't (if you know what I mean). A parsimonious developer erecting a steaming pile...on the main street of the biggest city in a (generally) respected and wealthy nation...where is the pride and sense of occasion? This would never happen in Sydney or Seoul, let alone Tokyo or Paris.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

I get it, but I also don't (if you know what I mean). A parsimonious developer erecting a steaming pile...on the main street of the biggest city in a (generally) respected and wealthy nation...where is the pride and sense of occasion? This would never happen in Sydney or Seoul, let alone Tokyo or Paris.

I hear you...

....but outside the few exceptions, developers here don't want pride...as it doesn't make them money. Or so they claim. Either way, if they are allowed to do so, this crap will continue to be built within our city.