The development at 2779 Yonge St south of Strathgowan Ave. has recently been presented for application by Devron Developments. It is a far cry from the “avant garde” proposal for the land first advanced by developer Bianca Pollak and architects Will Alsop associates back in 2013. It may have been avant garde to some but to members of the Uptown Yonge Neighbourhood Alliance (UYNA) it was a scary “Flying Table Top” The 10-storey residential development known as Alaska was proposed with cantilevered upper levels before evolving to remove the cantilever and add shots of colour to the mix. It was appealed to the OMB and a settlement reached in 2016 to permit a 9-storey building on the site. The proposal now is traditional in style and while it may not appeal to architectural dreamers it suits the UYNA just fine. Urban Toronto
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