Great Gulf Homes won awards for their Gluckstein-designed The Hudson at 438 King Street West a few years back, but they won’t be winning any favour with the residents of the condominium who just lost all of the natural light in their units!
The following video (if you ignore the wind…), clearly shows how Charlie Condos was built about two feet away from the east wall of The Hudson, thereby giving those residents a beautiful view of a brick wall from outside their windows.
It’s a sad day for condominium development in Toronto…
Yeah, the wind was a LOT worse than I thought it would be!
But I’m not exactly setting up shop on King Street with 8-mm film and Steven Spielberg telling me what to do and say.
The video doesn’t do this injustice any justice. If you’re ever walking or driving by, you have to check this out for yourselves.
Those east-facing units at The Hudson have been turned into dark, dreary caves as the natural light from outside the window has been replaced with solid brick.
I meant what I said – it’s truly a sad day for real estate.
I’m a pure capitalist, but where do you draw the line between profits and cruelty?
Because what the developer did in this case is just plain cruel.
Stan
at 7:17 am
The condo see in this article’s picture looks familiar 😉
http://www.financialpost.com/news/avoid+turning+your+condo+dream+into+nightmare/4851600/story.html
Moonbeam!
at 8:09 am
Obviously a buyer would seek a front-facing unit… Do the units on the sides of both buildings actually have windows??
Franki
at 8:45 am
Well If you want guaranteed space and light, u have to live on a farm with 50 acres. Space in the city is becoming less and less, have to come to grips with these things.
Clifford
at 9:17 am
No view is safe
Mila
at 10:32 am
Government is to blame for allowing the developers to go ahead with such projects. It is disguising how much the developers get away with. Where are consumer rights here?
Darren
at 11:41 am
True, no view is safe and you should assume that at some point your view might disappear, but this is a joke. The city should never have allowed this design.
random guy
at 12:06 pm
I thought windows along properly lines weren’t allowed?
Graham
at 12:39 pm
Those units are for people looking for the New York City view. Hello brick wall, what you saying?
thecondofitz
at 3:11 pm
This is somewhat similar to what Parc Lofts did to it’s neighbour. I’d be pretty mad if I paid extra for a balcony only to have this happen to it.
http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/ParcLoftsNT110302-750.jpg
David Fleming
at 11:19 pm
@ thecondofitz
Holy Crap. That is a thousand times worse!
David
at 8:08 pm
On the bright side the Hudson residents will save money on window cleaners.. I don’t care that the views got blocked since there’s no protection for that, but that 2 foot gap is just ridiculous!
El Mike-o
at 9:04 pm
Good video. But you should spend a couple of bucks on a “wind sock” for the microphone.
IanC
at 7:59 am
I could not believe it when the condo was being built. I work near King and Spadina. I don’t think there is space for a guy to hang on a rope and even clean their windows…
I think the units affected are corners so they have a balcony or light somewhere.
Context at least cancelled their tower on their land in front of tip top lofts – but sold the land to another developer who put up a huge tower!
And for wind disrupting your recordings, try beano!
LC
at 10:14 am
What a disgrace. I’m surprised the City gave them a permit, I always thought there was a minimum distance of about 20ft between highrise structures required. There are all sorts of fire code violations with that I’m really shocked!