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Originally Posted by trueviking
^ I don't see the CN Tower in the rendering, and I know that poster doesn't believe in adding the location because he believes this is a local Toronto thread, so I'll just assume that's another Toronto no-name tower.....it's really a shame that's how the city is growing....soulless....generic towers...one after another....relentless.....sometimes a postage stamp heritage facade glued to the bottom....they have wasted a boom era.
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Harsh, but not entirely unwarranted - particularly the last statement. Given the almost insatiable appetite of the development industry over the past 20 years, it's unfortunate that the City didn't take a more proactive approach to design and use all that demand to enforce higher architectural standards or perhaps even a more cohesive, locally-derived vernacular. And what passes for heritage preservation is just shameful.
Still, I'd temper my criticisms somewhat by arguing that the development boom has still been a net positive for the city. Lots of new residents, almost all of the gaps in the urban fabric have been filled, and it just feels like a much bigger, denser place than it ever has. And they did get some great new towers out of it. I'd break down Toronto's recent builds as being something like 10% of them are great, 20% are good, 20% are bad, 10% awful; and the remaining 40% mediocre - just completely forgettable filler.