It looks much better with the paint removed exposing the very Toronto red brick underneath. As for the older building in the front I'm just glad they are saving it as it looked to be a state of disrepair.
It needed a coat of paint but it looked a lot less generic. Gave more character to the area.
The usage is debatable but, the suggestion of the structure is quite baffling. An odd colour and poorly conceived renovations in the past that have fallen into disrepair is pretty common for Toronto.
Great look but, I could never buy another townhouse with a rooftop deck. These look like stacked units but, even so, there's an impracticality to entertaining on a rooftop a few floors above the main living area. Worse is the design with the brick parapets. Drainage is provide by a few scuppers that easily freeze solid in Toronto's lake effect climate. End result is a lake come spring or after a brief thaw that can easily rise above the door's threshold. My only option in preventing this was running heating cables. Easy to do but, doesn't feel right.
I see the design flaw you speak of for drainage. It just needs a small wet bar access near the roof to mitigate the distance to the kitchen.
True but, in my case which was actaully several floors in between and here is no additional space for a wetbar. These are homes for the middle class that want to live beside the wealthy.
5 Years from now, Yonge and Eglinton is gonna be crazy. It's almost too much. The towers are huge here, almost as big as downtown, and now it just about numbers... The Crosstown Line will just make things even more wacky!
A multimillion dollar revitalization of the Hamilton Cathedral Place has been approved by the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara.
That means the construction of a new building along with the renovation of the existing diocesan centre within five years – adding residential, community and retail space. Local architect David Premi and Windmill development group – one of Canada’s greenest developers- have been tasked with the project which faces onto Hughson Street North.
The historic Christ’s Church Cathedral – where the funeral of Corporal Nathan Cirillo was held – as well as the school house façade will remain unaltered, protecting the valuable heritage of the property.
It's sad to see them block in a cathedral like that.
The Cathedral will still have the same fronted presence and courtyard on James Street North as it has now. The rear never met up with Hughson properly and didn't really look that good anyway. This is actually a pretty good intensification project.
The horror of all those poors moving into their half million dollar town homes. How will this poor kept woman ever get along with all those people who actually have jobs?
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