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Originally Posted by monkeyronin

333 queen: Decent looking tower,

...... A step up from the usual aa glass box architecture. I'm enjoying the ongoing trend towards warmer, more tactile material palettes and rationalist forms.

Originally Posted by shappy

regarding 333 queen e., it's a fairly handsome design. In a context like this abutting older commercial buildings, texture at street level is what is most important. If they made the facade a wall of glass, this area would feel like a dead zone. See some of the condo frontages on yonge for reference...

Whether it's this tall or half the height, i don't think it matters when walking down the street. As long as the new buildings coming into this area stick to basic urban design principles, it should end up creating an attractive and interesting area as it gentrifies.

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