On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 8pm, Councillor Saundercook is hosting a community meeting regarding the development proposal for 61, 63 and 67 Vine Avenue. The meeting will take place in the second floor Window room of the Annette Community Centre, 333 Annette Street.
The developer plans to demolish the 3 existing buildings and replace them with 5 townhouses.
During the June 17, 2010 Etobicoke-York committee of adjustment meeting your JRA requested this meeting as part of the negotiations. The consent to sever the existing lots and several variance requests were granted by the panel with the stipulation that the developer in conjunction with the local councillor consult with the community regarding the design of the townhouses.
The developer’s committee of adjustment application proposed a modern looking, flat roof structure. The facade material included metal cladding with large glass windows incorporated with brick and concrete. Your JRA felt this design did not respect or reinforce the existing physical character of the neighbourhood.
Please come out and join the discussion and help shape our great neighbourhood.
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In the photo above, to lose that red-brick Victorian house would be a shame. With that said, in response to this:
“The developer’s committee of adjustment application proposed a modern looking, flat roof structure. The facade material included metal cladding with large glass windows incorporated with brick and concrete. Your JRA felt this design did not respect or reinforce the existing physical character of the neighbourhood.”
Please don’t reject contemporary architecture simply because of it’s aesthetic. It’s important for it to fit in to the neighbourhood in terms of material choice for the facade (i.e. brick or stone facades), scale, and position on the lot so that it aligns with existing buildings. Garages in front would not fit in either.
Beyond that, I wouldn’t want the Junction to become a neighbourhood characterized by very conservative new architecture that reminds me of the subdivisions in the 905. Embrace the new Modern aesthetic, but ensure that it fits in nonetheless. I like to think of the three storey building on the northeast corner of Dundas and Pacific (Hakim Optical/art school) as a decent example. It fits in beautifully with its three storey scale and red brick facade but is undeniably 1960s Modernist.