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Originally Posted by GlassCity
Well are we trying to create a skyline/an impression that the city is growing or a quality urban experience?
I love tall buildings too, I'm just saying shorter buildings have an upside too.
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When does one ever even see a skyline in Winnipeg? I live in downtown Toronto and I'm not sure if I've even seen
Toronto's skyline other than in pictures (mostly on SSP). I don't see the need for tall buildings in Winnipeg. They are an odd choice of building form for a Prairie landscape that is fundamentally spacious and horizontal. The dream seems to be for Winnipeg to look like Mont St. Michel popping up out of a sea of grain. I don't personally share this vision.
Anyway, I think that TNS is about right ... an office building that is actually usable for the kinds of businesses that exist in Winnipeg, a public square that looks promising, and an apartment building that TNS apparently believes it can fill. Nothing too tall or jarring.