TORONTO | 36 Eglinton Ave. W. | 200 M / 656 FT | 59 FLOORS

[Gresto]

This is not a new proposal, but it has undergone revisions over the years. This highrise node, well north of downtown, has seen substantial intensification over the last 15 years, and much more is planned. An enormous development across the street from this one to the south (not shown in any of the renders below) has drawn quite a bit of controversy because of its scale.

Credit to UrbanToronto for the info and images.

36 Eglinton West: a proposed 65-storey, 220-metre tall condominium tower near Toronto's Yonge-Eglinton intersection, designed by Wallman Architects for Lifetime Developments.

[yaletown_fella]

Looks cheap. Needs to go back to the drawing board.

[C.]

Originally Posted by yaletown_fella

Looks cheap. Needs to go back to the drawing board.

Haters.

It kind of reminds me of the Federal building in New York City,

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

It's fugly. It doesn't even replace any office space lost by this proposal. I also have an issue with the height.....this kind of density near a subway is fine...considering the Eglinton LRT being built. But there's no real attempt at transitioning from a higher density area (Yonge and Eglinton) to the lowrise Eglinton West area. I think chopping this to 30 floors would make a better transition toward Eglinton West....along with retaining retail uses along this stretch to Duplex and ensuring the sidewalks are sizable.

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

But there's no real attempt at transitioning from a higher density area (Yonge and Eglinton) to the lowrise Eglinton West area. I think chopping this to 30 floors would make a better transition toward Eglinton West....along with retaining retail uses along this stretch to Duplex and ensuring the sidewalks are sizable.

I suspect the adjacent low rise residential is on borrowed time. This is rightly being designed based on the plans for this node rather than what exists there right. Lets not forget that this area of Toronto all used to be low rise. Friends of my parents lost their house (a very nice one) for one of the first 'tall' building at Yonge and Eglinton. It's not realistic to assume that this mini-downtown is done growing.

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Originally Posted by isaidso

I suspect the adjacent low rise residential is on borrowed time. This is rightly being designed based on the plans for this node rather than what exists there right. Lets not forget that this area of Toronto all used to be low rise. Friends of my parents lost their house (a very nice one) for one of the first 'tall' building at Yonge and Eglinton. It's not realistic to assume that this mini-downtown is done growing.

It won't be done growing, that's for sure, but expanding into the lowrise residential neighbourhoods is something that I don't see happening for a while, if ever. (unless attitudes or policies change somehow). I can see some houses picked off when convenient, like say closer to a property fronting Eglinton or Yonge, or Bathurst or what have you, but a large scale redevelopment would surprise me. (Unless of course, this was over say, 20 to 30 years).

Also, I did not notice the 32 FSI on this proposal....I'm not is sure why I didn't notice this. That level of density is very substantial and not ideal in any way for highrise living....based on things like elevator service alone.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

It's fugly. It doesn't even replace any office space lost by this proposal. I also have an issue with the height.....this kind of density near a subway is fine...considering the Eglinton LRT being built. But there's no real attempt at transitioning from a higher density area (Yonge and Eglinton) to the lowrise Eglinton West area. I think chopping this to 30 floors would make a better transition toward Eglinton West....along with retaining retail uses along this stretch to Duplex and ensuring the sidewalks are sizable.

The floor space index is over 32. That's not fitting for a high quality of life.

[yaletown_fella]

Originally Posted by C.

Haters.

It kind of reminds me of the Federal building in New York City,

The Federal Building dosen't have the hideous slap-dash podium that this one has.

[koops65]

The design changed a while back. Still 199.9 metres and 59 floors. Here is the new render:

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Source: urbantoronto.ca

[Gresto]

This one is in the demo phase. Photo, taken more than a month ago, thanks to GenerationLee at UT.

[colemonkee]

Meh, I like the first design better, and the first design was pretty meh to begin with. Meh.

[Gresto]

^Agree. The first design was individualistic by Toronto standards. The new one looks like 50 other buildings in the city.

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Woops, I totally forgot to keep posting on this thread. Thanks for re-posting Gresto. Here's a few more from my last update on December 9th.
A Busy Saturday by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr
A Busy Saturday by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr
I can literally see this going down from my home (as long as I go to the street), so I can tell you right now progress has slowed significantly, and I think by now, there are about 6 floors left.

[Gresto]

Thanks for the update, GeneralLee. As you can see, I have been adding loads of proposals from the Toronto diagram page. If I feel arsed, I might continue adding all the way down to 500ft, but to paraphrase someone, "I don't get out of bed for anything lower than 500ft".

Edit: Actually, I won't. I just looked, and it's about 200 proposals and builts between 500 and 600 ft. No way.

[koops65]

Yeah there are almost too many proposals to make a thread for every one of them...

[Gresto]

Originally Posted by koops65

Yeah there are almost too many proposals to make a thread for every one of them...

I'll stick to scrapers 600 ft and up. That still leaves a couple to add from page 7. (If you're wondering why I hold to feet rather than metres, it's one of those Canadian quirks that some metric measurements gained traction in the public consciousness after we switched from Imperial, while others didn't; e.g., I would not reliably know my height in metres, but I do know that I'm 5'10".)

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Yeah, I only create threads myself for projects I know I can photograph at the very least somewhat regularly. And some of those threads have been ignored because I stopped going to certain parts of town after the pandemic began.

That being said, I'll try and keep updating threads beyond my own.

[Gresto]

You're doing a good job.

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

I took this earlier today:
36 Eglinton West, Going Down by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr