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199-205 Albert St | 81m | 24 fl | U/C
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#61
03-10-2022, 10:41 AM
Keep it up so they can disassemble the building.
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#62
03-10-2022, 11:09 AM
Best comment yet !
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#63
03-10-2022, 06:15 PM
I didn't think it was possible for this area to get progressively worse, but this building is hideous. 

At least some nearby buildings look like they tried.
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#64
03-30-2022, 12:58 PM
[Image: GHIP4fL.jpg]
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#65
03-30-2022, 03:23 PM
(03-30-2022, 12:58 PM)CP42 Wrote: [Image: GHIP4fL.jpg]

Maximum Yikes
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#66
03-30-2022, 04:11 PM
maybe it looks better in person !
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#67
03-30-2022, 04:19 PM
(03-30-2022, 04:11 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: maybe it looks better in person !

Yea, it doesn’t
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#68
03-30-2022, 04:49 PM
(03-30-2022, 04:11 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: maybe it looks better in person !

Neither are beautiful, but I'll take this over the stained concrete slabs on King St any day of the week.
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#69
03-31-2022, 11:22 AM
Maybe this is why all of our councilors are retiring, they took a drive through Northdale and couldn't believe what they had created.
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04-08-2022, 02:44 PM
(03-30-2022, 04:19 PM)CP42 Wrote:
(03-30-2022, 04:11 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: maybe it looks better in person !

Yea, it doesn’t

I can second this. I shudder every time I drive into the university.
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#71
04-10-2022, 01:55 PM
Now, if the streetscape were able to accommodate some trees out front, that might have softened the street-level interaction.
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#72
06-04-2022, 12:19 AM
Has anyone been in Waterloo Park and seen this monstrosity? It's is easily one of the most hideous residential tower facades in the region. And it is visible from almost anywhere in the park. AGHHH Waterloo what are you doing!
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06-04-2022, 09:31 AM
(06-04-2022, 12:19 AM)urbd Wrote: Has anyone been in Waterloo Park and seen this monstrosity? It's is easily one of the most hideous residential tower facades in the region. And it is visible from almost anywhere in the park. AGHHH Waterloo what are you doing!

On the other hand DTK doesn’t look too bad from Victoria park. Only the podium is terrible.
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06-04-2022, 11:42 AM
(06-04-2022, 12:19 AM)urbd Wrote: Has anyone been in Waterloo Park and seen this monstrosity? It's is easily one of the most hideous residential tower facades in the region. And it is visible from almost anywhere in the park. AGHHH Waterloo what are you doing!

This and "K2" or whatever its called at King and Ezra area both put up some impressively ugly facades facing Uptown. If it wasn't such a stain on the skyline it would be almost be poetic having their backsides facing city hall.
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06-13-2022, 12:31 AM
(06-04-2022, 11:42 AM)cherrypark Wrote:
(06-04-2022, 12:19 AM)urbd Wrote: Has anyone been in Waterloo Park and seen this monstrosity? It's is easily one of the most hideous residential tower facades in the region. And it is visible from almost anywhere in the park. AGHHH Waterloo what are you doing!

This and "K2" or whatever its called at King and Ezra area both put up some impressively ugly facades facing Uptown. If it wasn't such a stain on the skyline it would be almost be poetic having their backsides facing city hall.

Totally agree. K2 has a 20-something storey blank wall facing Uptown. Thankfully now it's partly covered by that other building on King Street (128 King? idk)
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