Froggy
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Unwrapped! Earlier today :
- Thread starter urbandreamer
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Northern Light
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Ya know, I hate to say I don't like it............ but I don't.
The more northerly buildings seem superficially restored well, but the brick looks (and probably is) painted. it looks too cartoon'ish. Meanwhile, the southern building 'Anson Jones House' did actually have the awkward orientation to Sherbourne (Main entrance on Howard), but, of course, historically there was a meaningful side yard here before the widening of Sherbourne which throws off the context.
Here's how it used to look:
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flonicky
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UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
^Not my favourite tower for sure, but from that top pic it looks rather striking from that angle.
jinarichard
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CLT
Active Member
From today
rdaner
Senior Member
16 May.
beepboop
New Member
I still think the "podium" at the base of this thing reminds me of a suburban strip plaza or some kind of OnRoute vibe.
The Preservationist
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The podium in my opinion tries to tie old with new but falls well short of it. At least the Victorian residential row is stand-a-lone and not the typical almost meaningless facade. The row works well with the brick commercial across the street which in these times in my opinion, is a fairly reasonable compromise for the area.