The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | proposed

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For me it's the fake mansard roof, tacky arches above the window frames, the fake stone work on the ground floor and all the other little flairs. It is trying to look like architecture from the early 20th century but because it obviously isn't, the whole thing just looks kitsch.

A while back a developer proposed The Isabella, an 11 floor condo in uptown Waterloo that also had a fake historical look and people didn't like that much either.

The Avenue M proposal (now dead) on Margaret Ave was much more reasonable, not trying to be a replica of something from the 1800s in Europe.

I was SO disappointed when this got cancelled. That would have been a great addition to the streetscape along Margaret.