AlbertC
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Just wait till we see this bad boy hit the streets!
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Just wait till we see this bad boy hit the streets!
flonicky
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HousingNowTO
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February sunrise at the “Great Pyramids of Leaside”…
…and the McMansions of Randolph Road…
…and the McMansions of Randolph Road…
HousingNowTO
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“VIVA Leaside” Presentation Centre opening soon in a old Box-Store space next to the new LAIRD station on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT…
flonicky
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flonicky
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AlbertC
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Can't wait for the Crosstown to open already to unlock these adjacent crapola properties along Laird to finally be urbanized
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James1256
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Taken yesterday, April 6th, 2025
GenerationLee
Senior Member
Oh dear...
PurplePinky
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So glad we don’t live in a house behind this building.
Sure wrecks the streetscape on Randolph.
Sure wrecks the streetscape on Randolph.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Holy mother of spandrel.
flonicky
Senior Member
Does it? Maybe? I don't know, so I went to take a look.
Randolph is a mix of rebuilds, renos and older homes. Below, you can see the new building behind a stately home coated in bespoke, cured EIFS. The backyards are deep, so the new building is set quite far behind the homes and isn't particularly noticeable if you're walking.
The photo below gives you an even better sense of how far back the new building is. If you're used to living in the dense older city, that's a very large distance in comparison. Laird and the Smart Centre plaza is on the other side of the building, so one benefit it that it's blocking a fair amount of traffic noise because it's a long wall.
The new building is a good distance from the fence line. There are lots of trees.
Randolph is another street where small bungalows are progressively being demolished and replaced by larger, "fancier" homes for higher income people. Does this wreck Randolph? If so, it's not by much. Randolph is already a drab little block and the NIMBYs seem plenty content when they knock down the old houses.
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DavidCapizzano
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20 years jail for this window / wiring alone
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
...or someone who spent 20 years locked up there as a gaming obsessed otaku the way that seems to be rigged, goodness.