[taal]

For all the talk of how most developments don't contribute decent retail space (from a design point of view) this is a good exception !

 

[voxpopulicosmicum]

Hard to believe this was the scene of a massive gunfight seven years ago and a swat team raid six years ago (at two different bars). I wonder how long until the first meth-lab explosion in the new building?

 

[mrxbombastic]

I'd note one thing that makes this frontage work well is that the glazing is not highly reflective and allows people walking by at close distance to actually see into the retail (and the interesting things happpening inside) and not the reflective glare and eye strain one usually gets with glazed frontages.

 

[isaidso]

The first 12 floors (with the grey brick) of this building are terrific. Hopefully the Entertainment District doesn't see any more all glass high rises. I don't think it can absorb yet another one without starting to mirror the sterility found when one looks south of the Soho Hotel. This building shows how much more appealing a building with actual walls, colour, and texture is over blue/green glass. Now if only they could have carried the grey brick and staggered window pattern up the entire height of this one. It would have been a 9/10. As it is now, it starts going down hill when one looks up at floors 13 and above.

 

[salsa]

Hopefully the Entertainment District doesn't see any more all glass high rises. I don't think it can absorb yet another one without starting to mirror the sterility found when one looks south of the Soho Hotel.

Sorry to break the news but

 

[isaidso]

Sorry to break the news but

Unfortunately Bond isn't the only one we know about that will continue in that same vein. If new proposals start designing actual walls into their buildings this area will be ok, but we're getting close to a tipping point.

 

[urbandreamer]

That SBUX is a great spot to watch architects do their thing.

 

[someMidTowner]

 

[kris]

@SomeMidTowner Nice shots they look like a render

 

[Marcanadian]

Peter Street Condos by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Peter Street Condos by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Peter Street Condos by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Peter Street Condos by Marcanadian, on Flickr

 

[urbandreamer]

The new Second Cup at King & John is better than the SBUX here--really good coffee & a great space But PSC looks great at 6am

Someday I'll figure out how to use the Galaxy Camera 2 in manual mode to take better night exposures.

 

[Marcanadian]

Toronto by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Toronto by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Queen Richmond Centre West by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Queen Richmond Centre West by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Queen Richmond Centre West by Marcanadian, on Flickr

 

[Logan]

Peter Street Condos by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Are all those blue bins for recycling and is that where they're going to stay? If so, it looks terrible. I noticed one of those bins too at the entrance to the Nicolas condos.
Really clutters the street. Unless of course they are temporary.

 

[argus]

Hopefully the Entertainment District doesn't see any more all glass high rises. I don't think it can absorb yet another one without starting to mirror the sterility found when one looks south of the Soho Hotel.

There's a big one planned for 309 Adelaide Street West. Possibly 50 floors.

 

[Miscreant]

Are all those blue bins for recycling and is that where they're going to stay? If so, it looks terrible. I noticed one of those bins too at the entrance to the Nicolas condos.
Really clutters the street. Unless of course they are temporary.

I've been wondering about those two. My guess is that they'll be placed in the alleyway on the n. side of the building when the construction materials are cleared out of there.