(05-22-2022, 11:52 AM)ac3r Wrote: IN8 while we're at it too.

I find it so sad that the worst developers in this region are buying up all the best land during this construction boom. Their terrible buildings are going to be a stain on our skyline for the next century and when more reputable developers want to start building here, all those good locations are going to be gone already and filled with their trashy work. Sadly, everyone at the City of Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge who works on council or in the planning department is evidently so short sighted that they somehow can't look at these proposals and stop to think "hmm, this looks awful, we should object to the design". They basically just rubber stamp any proposal they get with no thought.

(07-05-2022, 11:39 AM)ac3r Wrote: It looks quite brutalist right now (and not in a good way; I like brutalism but it's still just plain concrete) but the renderings made this seem like it could be okay. It's from Martin Simmons Sweers who are usually alright. Not a spectacular design but at least something new and nice for midtown. We'll have to see how it looks afterwards.

It'll be interesting to see how midtown develops. Not many plots of land along King or other streets for sale yet, but there have been a few. With the unfortunate SRM building going up across from the hospital, the Sun Life project (which seems to finally be progressing...?) and the CTV studios for sale next door, maybe that'll encourage property owners to think of selling whilst the market is still doing okay and then it could start drawing in more developers here. It feels like such an ugly, barren place to be right now. I don't want to see tons of towers go up here - mid rises and row houses would be great for now, but at least some change would be nice to see.

(07-06-2022, 12:21 PM)ac3r Wrote: And given how ugly the path of the LRT is along there, they could always periodically add dividing fences between the train and the road. Leave gaps where people can still view out the train windows, but then use decorative fencing to obscure the track bed and poles from view, using decorative glass or metal designs or even green walls that could grow. Or they could have just used green track. But all of this would have cost money and the region didn't want to spend 1 cent more than necessary on this thing.