Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/C

[neonjoe]

Only difference I can see from the older pictures is that the air looks hazier.

[westwardloo]

Only difference I can see from the older pictures is that the air looks hazier.

Maybe it will get hazy enough to shield our eyes from this monstrosity.

[ZEBuilder]

I don't have a picture of this but as I was taking the LRT home today I noticed that you can see the first sign of exterior finishes for this. Along Madison on the top floor of the podium they have started doing some brick work and it looks pretty decent in the second I had to look at it.

[DK519]

The paint job on this thing seems to be channeling its inner DTK.

   

[ZEBuilder]

The paint job on this thing seems to be channeling its inner DTK.

At least it is not a bait and switch of the render, like DTK and it's podium. When you go back and find the most recent render it does show a perfect match so far. So it's best to wait until it's all done to fully judge it, plus it was never going to win awards but it might at least be decent. I know if you walk over to the Madison/Charles part of the podium the brick they're using looks pretty nice so there is definitely hope that it might turn out decent.

[ac3r]

In a few years we're all going to think we've gone colour blind and collectively view the world in various shades of grey.

[westwardloo]

The paint job on this thing seems to be channeling its inner DTK.

At least it is not a bait and switch of the render, like DTK and it's podium. When you go back and find the most recent render it does show a perfect match so far. So it's best to wait until it's all done to fully judge it, plus it was never going to win awards but it might at least be decent. I know if you walk over to the Madison/Charles part of the podium the brick they're using looks pretty nice so there is definitely hope that it might turn out decent.

haha this is not going to turn out decent. I will concede that it will look exactly like the render, but this will easily win worst tower in Kitchener, quite possibly in the entire region. Hopefully for an extended period of time, but god knows what Arburn will do with the Schneider factory redevelopment.

[ac3r]

Yeah the bar has to be very, extremely, unfathomably low to think that this will look "decent" lol. But meh, it is what it is. More homes in Canada is really all that matters at this point given the fucked up situation the Liberal and Conservative governments got us into.

[panamaniac]

At least it is not a bait and switch of the render, like DTK and it's podium. When you go back and find the most recent render it does show a perfect match so far. So it's best to wait until it's all done to fully judge it, plus it was never going to win awards but it might at least be decent. I know if you walk over to the Madison/Charles part of the podium the brick they're using looks pretty nice so there is definitely hope that it might turn out decent.

haha this is not going to turn out decent. I will concede that it will look exactly like the render, but this will easily win worst tower in Kitchener, quite possibly in the entire region. Hopefully for an extended period of time, but god knows what Arburn will do with the Schneider factory redevelopment.

That's a pretty ambitious prediction ...

[CedarHillAlum]

I'm excited for this project and think it is truly transformational for the surrounding area. All the negative nabobs on here critizing this development seem to have conveniently forgotten the previous state of the site, in all its sub-optimal glory, for what, the past 40 plus years. Posting #108 has a pic to refresh your memory.

[tomh009]

haha this is not going to turn out decent. I will concede that it will look exactly like the render, but this will easily win worst tower in Kitchener, quite possibly in the entire region.

I think Waterloo has at least a dozen towers that will be hard to beat in this regard.

[tomh009]

I'm excited for this project and think it is truly transformational for the surrounding area. All the negative nabobs on here critizing this development seem to have conveniently forgotten the previous state of the site, in all its sub-optimal glory, for what, the past 40 plus years. Posting #108 has a pic to refresh your memory.

Indeed. It was bad in the mid-70s already--maybe even before, panamaniac would maybe know.

And for those with short memories, this is what it looked like 10 years ago, courtesy of Google.

   

[westwardloo]

haha this is not going to turn out decent. I will concede that it will look exactly like the render, but this will easily win worst tower in Kitchener, quite possibly in the entire region.

I think Waterloo has at least a dozen towers that will be hard to beat in this regard.

I stand by my prediction, this is going to make some of the northdale towers look good. Maybe not the one at king and columbia, it will be hard to look as bad as that faded EIFS mess. I agree something is better than nothing. I just wish new buildings in this region would continue to raise the low bar of design not somehow lower it each time.

[dtkvictim]

[Acitta]

Somebody should tell Drewlo about this. 
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