6 - 14 Dietz Avenue North | 13 fl | Proposed

[ac3r]

In a throwback to the 1970s, Cooper Bay Homes and Edge Architects are proposing a brown rectangular wall like 13 floor residential project at 6-14 Dietz Avenue (next to the major Westmount development) which currently houses a number of low density SFH units. 135 residential units with a mixture of one, two and three bedroom units for a total of 227 are proposed. 5 of the units will be 2 story townhouse units built into the podium. 106 parking spaces are proposed with the development.

[KevinL]

Looks like that would give a similar aesthetic as 170 Erb just behind it. https://goo.gl/maps/WpKr1zQ8cyEsTiVW9

[panamaniac]

Not nearly as good as 170 Erb. It looks like a public housing tower, but duller.

[jwilliamson]

The trilateral symmetry at 170 is cool.

I think this looks OK. The solid wall massing is fine IMO, the colours are arranged in a comprehensible pattern, and a few town houses in the base will be fine for peds walking by.

[neonjoe]

Thats a beauty for Waterloo!!!!

[nms]

To be fair, the 1970s was 50 years ago, and when architectural heritage advocacy first emerged in the 1970s, people were fighting to protect buildings that were built in the 1920s...

[Acitta]

This was mentioned in a letter to the editor in the Record today.

Engage Waterloo: 6 to14 Dietz Avenue North (Z-23-08, OPA-4
Application to amend zoning for 6, 8, 10, 12, & 14 Dietz Ave N

[ac3r]

Still wall like, but at least it's not 1970s brown?

[coriander]

Hopefully the slab form can enable some reasonable unit floorplans. I hear that as a point of praise in their favour a lot.