[Undead]

Today:

 

[rdaner]

According to a Renx article posted by AlbertC in the 110 Adelaide East thread this building started occupancy last month. It will be interesting to see what the next census says about this area as in 2021 it saw little to no growth. This may change quite a bit.

 

[flonicky]

This sad, worn out building feels more comfortably urban at street level that any of the sterile facades on the newer buildings on this strip.

 

[AlbertC]

Although I've never personally shopped there, those businesses certainly add a lot of character to the area. Especially the long time mom & pops grocery store right at the corner.

 

[flonicky]

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

It's kind of a spandrel platypus when comes to the cladding...

 

[christiesplits]

Today.

 

[rdaner]

Adding 371 units to the area will help! And this was the first of a wave of projects along the east Danforth that will boost the population and introduce new retail/services to the area. In addition the zoning for all of the sfh areas around here has recently changed and should start having an effect over the next couple of years. The 2021 census had this as a slow growth area but the next one in 2026 May see a dramatic change!

 

[christiesplits]

Adding 371 units to the area will help! And this was the first of a wave of projects along the east Danforth that will boost the population and introduce new retail/services to the area. In addition the zoning for all of the sfh areas around here has recently changed and should start having an effect over the next couple of years. The 2021 census had this as a slow growth area but the next one in 2026 May see a dramatic change!

Yep, the skyline just east of the project is going to change drastically over the next five years. See the visualization from FutureModelTO on Twitter, below. Linx is on the far right.

 

[egotrippin]

Quick nighttime snap on the way from the subway to Danforth GO. Looks to be pretty much complete.

 

[Northern Light]

Quick nighttime snap on the way from the subway to Danforth GO. Looks to be pretty much complete.

Yup, a couple of outstanding issues though; the intersection of Stephenson and Main is to be rebuilt by the developer, and there's a park space on the west side to finish up as well.

 

[flonicky]

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Yesterday:

 

[Northern Light]

We labelled this one as complete, and is is occupied........... however.......some projects tied to this building's approval are still not quite done.

First, we'll look at some road work out front on Main Street. The approval required that the leg of Main Street which becomes Stephenson have its intersection with Main Street (primary) regularized by creating a substantial new sidewalk bump out.

Notwithstanding that sidewalks were newly poured here a few months ago...........

I can't say for sure, but since I see watermains off to the side, I'm assuming this project waited on Toronto Water...........sigh, good job everyone! Why did / pour once, when you can do it twice!

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Also, as part of this project, there was supposed to be a new super-mini park, just one house lot wide, at the south-west of the building site; that 'park' can be found here:

There is literally a material sized park less than 1/2 a block away on the same street. I take real issue w/this. I gather this was conceived of as part of a new mid-block connection to Danforth. I'm fine w/the theory, but would note, this isn't mid-block, and I'm also not sure why a mid-block connection should be classed as a park, per se...........

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Oh, before we depart this thread............they did finish their planting beds...........but....but.

Really? No, they did no mean for the middle of the bed to be all thistle. Underneath that you can see what I take to be some variation of creeping Juniper......... clearly no one has been weeding, and the Juniper are too under-sized to own the space.

 

[junctionist]

With some unobtrusive fencing, that space could be a nice community vegetable garden.