| CHORD CO-OPERATIVE OLD CITY OF YORK This project consists of 118 apartment, 18 townhouses and three levels of underground parking located on a sloping site overlooking the Eglinton Flats Ravine. Buildings are arranged around a central terrace, which forms the social nucleus of the project. A high building encloses the terrace to the west, a row of town houses connected by a covered pedestrian passage encloses it to the east, while the south end is open to provide good views of the ravine. A stair connects the terrace to the parklands below. Completed 1994 |
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maisonette
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section through terrace facing high-rise |
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facing townhouses |
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| townhouses with covered pedestrian passage |
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| most apartments have southern views of the ravine |
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| townhouses have southern views of the ravine |
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