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RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - megabytephreak - 05-22-2019
Now starting the 9th residence floor right on schedule.
Notice windows also going in on the first residence floor, and many are already complete on the podium.
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - Spokes - 05-22-2019
Man, that's fast. Great picture
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - megabytephreak - 05-31-2019
Another floor started yesterday, and glazing work is moving upward as well.
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - Spokes - 06-01-2019
That glass looks sharp
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - Rainrider22 - 06-02-2019
(06-01-2019, 07:32 AM)Spokes Wrote: That glass looks sharp
I agree. the glass is nice, the rest of the building is depressing and ugly !!
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - ac3r - 06-03-2019
(06-02-2019, 11:19 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote:(06-01-2019, 07:32 AM)Spokes Wrote: That glass looks sharp
I agree. the glass is nice, the rest of the building is depressing and ugly !!
Well it's nowhere near done, so all you will see are pre-fab concrete walls...
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - megabytephreak - 06-27-2019
Progress continues. They've getting near the top and have stepped back the floorplate slightly for the last few floors.
I make it currently as 17 of 20 floors (I'd failed to notice unit #5000 previously, which I'm assuming is some sort of enormous above the 19th floor).
Given their current pace that probably puts topping-out around the end of July.
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - panamaniac - 06-27-2019
What material(s) will cover the bare concrete?
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - ac3r - 06-27-2019
(06-27-2019, 10:34 AM)panamaniac Wrote: What material(s) will cover the bare concrete?
The black is most likely aluminium or some form of steel...but I'd guess the former.
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - Lens - 06-27-2019
Am I the only one who thinks this looks brutal? The massing is just way too much.
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - panamaniac - 06-27-2019
I've said before that I like the King St facade (still do), but that the rest of it, and especially the Caroline St facade, is nasty (still think so).
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - Spokes - 07-03-2019
For me it's the massing that I don't like. The finishings look good, but the massing is off
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - ac3r - 07-03-2019
Yeah. This is like a contemporary take on the really bad rectangular apartments that were built in the 1970s throughout downtown. It might not look so bad once it's done and as more things get built around it. But on its own, it is absolutely massive.
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - urbd - 07-03-2019
(06-27-2019, 07:41 PM)Lens Wrote: Am I the only one who thinks this looks brutal? The massing is just way too much.
(07-03-2019, 10:12 AM)Spokes Wrote: For me it's the massing that I don't like. The finishings look good, but the massing is off
Totally agree, the tower portion should have been stepped back one more time around halfway, it looks so flat and massive as it is.
RE: Circa 1877 - Brick Brewery Redevelopment | 20fl | U/C - jamincan - 07-03-2019
I think I'll reserve judgement until it's finished. I do agree that it would probably be nicer with a taller and more slender tower, but I think the finished product will probably still be pretty nice.