Southcore Maintains Consistent Development Style
Southcore Financial Centre and the Southcore District of Toronto which is south of Union Station and West of Spadina is the rapidly growing heart of the Toronto Construction and Condo boom. There has been some criticism that the development is sterile and not even texture and variation is provided. To that I have simple rebuttal which is what do you want Southcore to look like? This area has been built up over the last 5 years and for it to contain some faux historic materials that would look phony as Disneyland or Las Vegas just is wrong-headed. At Least in my opinion.
You guys obviously don't believe in urban purity. You can't create what wasn't
there, and this area "Southcore" has been built in the past 5 years. You'll
never get anyone to believe it was an 18th century military outpost. It won't be
the Distillery District, or St. Lawrence Market, or the Junction. It's highly
modern, and adding brick would in my opinion turn the place into Disneyland, or
Las Vegas. If you don't like glass, then remember that Southcore is also, lots
of polished stone, and concrete, and yes if you like brick, "The Bremner
Entertainment Boulevard" will likely be entirely redone in inter-locking brick
as has been done at Air Canada Centre.
Southcore Financial Centre and the Southcore District of Toronto which is south of Union Station and West of Spadina is the rapidly growing heart of the Toronto Construction and Condo boom. There has been some criticism that the development is sterile and not even texture and variation is provided. To that I have simple rebuttal which is what do you want Southcore to look like? This area has been built up over the last 5 years and for it to contain some faux historic materials that would look phony as Disneyland or Las Vegas just is wrong-headed. At Least in my opinion. 
You guys obviously don't believe in urban purity. You can't create what wasn't
there, and this area "Southcore" has been built in the past 5 years. You'll
never get anyone to believe it was an 18th century military outpost. It won't be
the Distillery District, or St. Lawrence Market, or the Junction. It's highly
modern, and adding brick would in my opinion turn the place into Disneyland, or
Las Vegas. If you don't like glass, then remember that Southcore is also, lots
of polished stone, and concrete, and yes if you like brick, "The Bremner
Entertainment Boulevard" will likely be entirely redone in inter-locking brick
as has been done at Air Canada Centre. 
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