From the Heritage Impact Statement:

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Notwithstanding much abuse and alteration, there are some very nice features in the old courthouse (57 Adelaide) still intact:


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57 Adelaide was largely lost due to fire some decades ago and was reconstructed with a simplified version of the original facade.

25 Toronto Street is more interesting.......I think many here believed that this molested by EIFS in the past........it was not. Its a stone building that has been painted!

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A couple of interior features:

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Moving on to 17-19 Toronto Street, I want to focus on what people don't get to see, the interiors. Starting with the basement.........seriously now, they want to replace this with parking:

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Other levels:


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The loss of the interiors of 17-19 Toronto Street do not seem at all reasonable to me and should be sufficient grounds for outright refusal of this application.
 
8 elevators for 816 units, or 1 for every 102, is really good, just barely over the 1 per 100 threshold, so that part of this plan is well thought out and worthy of trumpeting; residents here would get reasonable elevator service.

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interchange42 said:
8 elevators for 816 units, or 1 for every 102, is really good, just barely over the 1 per 100 threshold, so that part of this plan is well thought out and worthy of trumpeting; residents here would get reasonable elevator service.

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Ish...it's 8 up to L39 and only 4 after that...
 
ProjectEnd said:
Ish...it's 8 up to L39 and only 4 after that...
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The bank of 4 elevators serving the lower floors serve larger floors with more units. The upper bank serves its half of the suites.

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Tower plates are consistent (827sm) up to L70. There's no per floor unit totals, but lowers appear to be 12 units per floor, mid to sub-penthouse is 11, then 10. Not that different until you get to the penthouses (L76 and above).
 
The grocery store derailment of this thread is now here.

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Definitely a change in proposed architectural expression.

@Paclo will want to fetch high quality renders from SvN

But here's my quick lift from the presentation deck:

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No more scallops or balconies.

Stats:

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Proposed height has jumped to 88s/291m

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Panel comments:

Concerns/Critiques

Too many architectural expressions on the tower. Get the idea of delineating office/residential but too many different setbacks.
Constructability will be an issue.
Seems tall for the area.
Crowded site with 2 adjacent tower proposals and another site on Church. Four towers on block could result in problems for Courthouse Square Park and excess shadow on St. James Park
Floor Plate may be excessive.
Insufficient Amenity for number of units.
Average unit size too small
The way the building meets the sky is underwhelming relative to the project scale/site importance

Likes/Loves:

Zero Parking
Servicing moves inside
Mid-Block Connection
Heritage Building Retentions
Public realm - BIA related - Pedestrian Priority Toronto Street and Court Street

Panel voted supports 6-0 conditional on a more robust approach to sustainability and livability.
 
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