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AlbertC
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Hope this passes, the design here has a lot of merit!!
AlbertC
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Changes:
- Total residential units decreased from 99 to 89
- Total vehicular parking increased from 14 to 27
- Total bicycle parking increased from 120 to 123
- GFA changes & unit mix redistribution
A settlement was adopted by council last week and has now been made public. Changes below:
- Total residential units increased from 89 to 91
- Total vehicular parking decreased from 27 to 1 (PUDO)
- Total bicycle parking decreased from 123 to 100
- Height increased slightly from 67.6 to 69; the 19th floor is now mech + amenity only with no suites
- Additional massing changes that can be read in detail here
No new renderings. Hearing still tentatively set for August.
1Ć0
Active Member
I notice now that they pulled the southeast end of the building by 1.5m as the city was concerned about the streetwall condition and impact to Vilnus Manor.
The efficiency of this building must be in the low 70s with a tower floor plate of 392m2.
Per tower floor they are about 77%
The efficiency of this building must be in the low 70s with a tower floor plate of 392m2.
Per tower floor they are about 77%
OLT has ratified the settlement proposal
Northern Light
Superstar
Storey count remains 19 with indoor amenity in the MPH level;
zoomed in rendering of street level / podium:
And some commentary from Gabriel Fain:
zoomed in rendering of street level / podium:
And some commentary from Gabriel Fain:
Northern Light
Superstar
And some commentary from Gabriel Fain:
I like Gabriel; I like this building.............. but this statement is utterly absurd.
I've never met one person in my entire life whose been to Central Park....who has thereafter raved.............."OMG, best park ever.........those skyscrapers across the street make it truly awesome!" Never, not once.
People rave about the Lake, Bethesda Fountain, the Ramble (woodlands), the Sheep Meadow, and the Strawberry fields.
Some are keen on the rink, others the zoo.
Sure, there are some skyline views to be had in spots............but I don't think that's the leading attraction for just about anyone.
Indeed, many people are adamantly opposed to the towers of Central Park West, their large shadows, and the sense that the rich have come to monopolize and demean the signature public space of NYC.
I do wish people wouldn't overreach. His push for this one and his design choices are otherwise perfectly endorsable.
Undead
Senior Member
The age of the glass monster is over. The age of the orc brick is here.
junctionist
Senior Member
I love the way the ornate prewar buildings frame Central Park in some areas. The vast green space surrounded by tall and architecturally distinguished buildings is iconic. I get concerns about shadows in Central Park, but beautiful towers on High Park’s northern flank would look wonderfully metropolitan and wouldn’t shadow the park.
Northern Light
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I wasn't arguing against such buildings, although, there are some nice lowrise heritage buildings on Bloor north of the park that I also value.
My issue was entirely with the hyperbolic nature of the statement concerning central park. It was so extreme as to be laughably off base. Again, I like Gabriel. Just don't blow up a good idea with an argument that becomes bad when you take it past a logical extreme.
There are some nice views of urbanity from the park, check, no problem there.
Those views are what make the park great, (kaboom) argument just fell flat with a faceplant).
I've said it many times so count me as one!
IsaacKhouzam
New Member
Make that two. People may not identify the “skyscrapers across the street” as what they love about it, but the drama of the contrast between city and park is pretty undeniably an important part of what makes Central Park special. It’s also worth noting that those “ornate prewar buildings” framing the park are almost exclusively 15 storeys or taller—much closer in scale to this proposal than the low-rise heritage buildings on Bloor facing High Park.
The thing that stood out to me in the Instagram post quoted by @Northern Light as most ludicrous was the mention of “active street frontages at grade—“ all four streets fronting Central Park are primarily residential, and I can think of no more than a handful of stores or restaurants along the entire ~10km perimeter.