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Old Posted Feb 14, 2015, 10:55 PM
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Red face TORONTO | 8 Cumberland St. | 170 M / 557 FT | 51 FL

Address: 8 Cumberland Street
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Architect: Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects

Yet another condo proposal for Yorkville.

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Old Posted Feb 15, 2015, 3:12 PM
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Simple but elegant. It goes to show one doesn't have resort to elaborate designs to achieve something interesting and/or beautiful. The glass pattern and nod to art deco at the top works well imo. 8.5/10

I wouldn't mind one twice as tall with a few more set backs half way up.
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The floorplate is already tiny, you can't exactly fit many setbacks on this tower.
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An extra setback around the 50th floor would be nice. Even a small corner indentation (like on Bay Adelaide West)

The grey glass looks suspect but renderings of the podium suggest quality materials.
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Old Posted Feb 15, 2015, 7:22 PM
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I made a drawing of this tower: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=105461
Toronto diagram: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=12 - near the end of page 2

Also, for Yorkville, I find the floor to ceiling heights very short on this one, I expected a much taller tower...
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Surprised how short it is. If the cheap design is of indication, the developer is attempting to squeeze as many floors as possible under a height cap.
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This looks a lot like Toren in Brooklyn (pic from newyorkitecture.com).

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Wow, it's almost a carbon copy! I do like this one. It's growing on me every time I see it.
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Old Posted Feb 22, 2015, 5:21 AM
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^It's just unfortunate it isn't taller.
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^It's just unfortunate it isn't taller.
For sure. If this was 250m say, it would have a very significant impact on the skyline. And not in a bad way.
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Old Posted Feb 23, 2015, 1:43 PM
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hasn't the Liebskind building at Yonge and front already donw this window treatment deal?
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Demolition of the existing buildings on Yonge is going on...update sometime will be provided.
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[IMG]re by Josh Kenn Photographics, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 4:57 PM
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Thanks for your updates, GeneralLee.
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Thanks for your updates, GeneralLee.
No problem. I looked through Cruzinforyou's posts and noticed a lot of threads need fixing.
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Cell phone update

Today......the demolition of the Yonge Street buildings continues, hopefully they look pretty fair when their back up in a few years.
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I liked the first one better.

TO's infatuation with balconies is puzzling at best, pathological at worst.
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No photographic update today, but demolition is going quite steadily on thi project, excavation is nearing.
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Today, from my cell phone;
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Nice, thanks. So much going on that little towers like this get lost in the muddle.
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