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Old Posted Apr 6, 2006, 1:10 AM
FenderStrat FenderStrat is offline
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Originally Posted by arnold
ugh... i pitty the poor residents who will have to stare at the back side of that building.
seriously though, would it have killed them to put a little more glass and a bit of shape into the south facing side? because my bet is that this will end up being a big eyesore for years to come. much like most of the new condos that went up further down riverside drive out by the ford plant. whenever i used to take the train into or out of the city, the backside view of those new condos was awful. very cheap and commie block looking.
the city should demand better of developers looking to build on such prime real estate.
Arnold I agree with you 100%. Cujo's pictures showed the "prettier" site of Portofino. Here is a picture of the back so that you guys can see exactly what Arnold is talking about.



Doesn't look like there will be any style whatsoever to the rear of the building and that's really unfortunate. The front should however look nice.


In other news, the construction workers at the casino have extended the site hoarding. Now Chatham St. is down to only one lane west of McDougall. I'm guessing this is so that they can park their supply trucks in there instead of in McDougall where they are rigiht now. This will enable them to start work on the tunnel below McDougall that will connect the underground parking below the new building to the underground parking of the existing building. This reasoning is pure speculation on my part, but I thought I would pass the word along though that Chatham St. is down to only one (very narrow) lane.
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