Another couple of proposals for the Queen and Spadina neighbourhood:
1)Queen Street West and Vanauley Street--currently occupied by an ugly 1-2s fabric store built c.1950s.
Vanauley facade:
Queen:
Proposed material: raw concrete columns or precast panels mimicking them.
Inspiration: those awesome (from MPOV
) wooden hydro poles that proliferate across Toronto and Ontario's rural routes.
2)Queen Street West just east of Spadina, currently occupied by a 1 storey recently-closed Le Chateau outlet.
Proposed material: brick
Inspiration: Victorian roofline meets Dutch modernism