1050 Somerset St | 86 m | 28 fl | Proposed

[kevinbottawa]

Originally Posted by m0nkyman

Don't mind it above the five floor mark, the lack of originality notwithstanding. What I do have an issue with is the crap at ground floor. They blew off the recommendation of the CDP to make the podium two to three stories. They've put in pointlessly large setbacks, and they've brought the visual height of the glass frontage way to high. A five story glass atrium is not human scaled, and doesn't fit in well with the street character of Hintonburg at all.

Drop the podium to a total height of three stories and bring it out to the traditional streetfron. Give the first floor big long horizontal glass, and then on the next two stories have more traditional feeling windows. It'll do wonders for making the building seem less imposing from street level.

I thought the CDP called for 6 stories along Somerset.