Ophelia (242-262 Queen St S) | 11 fl | U/C

[jamincan]

Yes the grade heightens it, but not by much. Older buildings just have very high ceilings which provides larger, more human living spaces whether they are residential or converts.

The Kaufman Lofts are only 7 floors and yet the building is half the height of 1 Victoria which has 19 floors at 63 meters. Of course, it was a factory back in the day, but still. Most modern architecture is just garbage, but only because the architects are held hostage by what developers aka capitalism dictates. I remember living in an old flat in Paris for a few months that had doors between rooms nearly twice my height (and I'm 6'1). But then in other, modern buildings, the top of the door was mere inches from my head hah. We can blame Louis Sullivan for that, I guess!

Kaufman Lofts floor heights are ridiculous for a residential building to the extent that I find them to be *too* high. It would be utterly wasteful for a new build to have that height.