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RE: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | proposed - clasher - 08-05-2024
Nice rooftop amenities... a couple bushes and a home depot pergola. Matches the vibe, if nothing else.
RE: 16-20 George St N | 5 fl | U/C - Momo26 - 08-05-2024
(08-26-2023, 06:09 PM)ac3r Wrote: What a hideous, tacky looking building but seems suitable for Cambridge. There's a strong NIMBY population there so the architect offering up a faux-historical look was probably easier to get approved even though it's incredibly kitsch.
"...suitable for Cambridge."
LOL
RE: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | proposed - bravado - 08-05-2024
(08-05-2024, 12:06 PM)clasher Wrote: Nice rooftop amenities... a couple bushes and a home depot pergola. Matches the vibe, if nothing else.
local boomers and developers: is not being homeless an amenity™ that we can charge extra for? No? Ok well, surely we can charge for a sun-baked concrete hellscape?
RE: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | proposed - Vojnik_Vahaj - 09-26-2024
(08-28-2023, 01:39 PM)SF22 Wrote: Okay, help me out here - what makes this design so ugly to everyone? Sometimes I see a building and am disappointed that it's plain, but ... at least this one isn't plain? I am running strictly off whether a rendering tickles my lizard brain or not; what do folks with architectural backgrounds think?
I don't get it either. Yes, stucco sucks and it should be replaced by bricks of the same colour, but at least its not just a grey box like disgusting brutalism
RE: The Georgie (16-20 George St N) | 5 fl | proposed - bravado - 09-26-2024
To me it looks like you ordered "something European" at Homesense or Winners - but it's true, the bottom of the barrel is concrete and grey panels, and this isn't it.
It's just frustrating when you see architects/developers try to make something relatively pretty, when the nearby neighbourhood (galt) has beauty everywhere from 100+ years ago that you can easily copy.