Canadian City Skyscraper Proposals (150m+)

[TorontoDrew]

I F@CKING hate that proposal. Leave that building alone.

[MonkeyRonin]

Originally Posted by Maldive

Designated building retained, a few more storeys taller, more vertical set-backs to address flight path issues etc.


UT

Not sure that's what I'd call "retained".

[WhipperSnapper]

Makes a mockery of designated structures in the name of a couple dozen affordable housing units. No one would agree with retained if this was a more storied designated building like Canada Life or Old City Hall. I don't think Toronto has different levels of heritage designation. It's designated and listed.

This looks more expensive that a ground up tower. I can't see this being built anytime soon. This approval should allow them to convert the office tower whenever that makes sense and without the addition.

[Maldive]

494 Richmond Street East | 146m+ | 45s | Colonia Treuhand | Sweeny&Co l Resubmission

Ten storey jump for the tallest tower from 119 metres and 35 storeys to 45 storeys @146 metres (plus mech penthouse makes this + 150m+ ;-). The other 2 buildings shrunk to 12 storeys @ 47 metres and 4 storeys @17 metres.


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Future GIGA-cluster model in the pipeline for Don Mills.


steveve

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Maldive

Future mega-cluster model in the pipeline for Don Mills.

What exactly is a mega-cluster??

[YOWetal]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

What exactly is a mega-cluster??

A third world development pattern where you build a whole bunch of mostly cheap commie bloc apartments near a distant transit stop.

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by YOWetal

A third world development pattern where you build a whole bunch of mostly cheap commie bloc apartments near a distant transit stop.

Other than maybe that weird Waterloo proposal that everyone projectile-vomited over, I'm not sure I can even think of any commie blocks built or proposed in Ontario in the last 20 years. I certainly don't see any being proposed for this development.

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

The closest thing to commie blocks thats gone up in recent memory is all the dreck near Wonderland Road in London. (from my understanding)
2009:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.98631...5409&entry=ttu
2022:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.98630...5409&entry=ttu

[YOWetal]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Other than maybe that weird Waterloo proposal that everyone projectile-vomited over, I'm not sure I can even think of any commie blocks built or proposed in Ontario in the last 20 years. I certainly don't see any being proposed for this development.

Sorry glass covered commie blocs. I meant more the size. The soviets provided something like 150 Sq Ft per person and we are starting to push that with 350 square feet shoeboxes that even couples are buying now.

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by YOWetal

A third world development pattern where you build a whole bunch of mostly cheap commie bloc apartments near a distant transit stop.

I do not see any U/C or proposed Commie Blocks, also this location is a great place transit-wise for more mass development. This has more going for it than most transit-oriented developments. And Fairview Mall is actually a decent mall if you like malls.

[WhipperSnapper]

More than a million persons per square kilometre with the one and only window in the unit staring directly into another unit. That's a mega-cluster.

The three cross shaped condo commie blocks beside this pink mega cluster look homey by comparison. Commie block isn't an insult. It's an upgrade.

Next post will mention this intense tower cluster is needed because of all the elitist single family subdivisions around it. Is there anything more commie sounding than that?

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

More than a million persons per square kilometre with the one and only window in the unit staring directly into another unit. That's a mega-cluster.

The three cross shaped condo commie blocks beside this pink mega cluster look homey by comparison. Commie block isn't an insult. It's an upgrade.

Next post will mention this intense tower cluster is needed because of all the elitist single family subdivisions around it. Is there anything more commie sounding than that?

If that last part is directed at my then you won't get any disagreement here. That kind of stark inequality (in this case of land use) can definitely lead to class-based frustration.

Although I can't agree that the older buildings seem more homey. If anything, tower-in-the-park developments set back from the street and surrounded by surface parking and empty space might actually be less homey. That stuff doesn't feel like a city because of the barren, windswept landscape, they don't feel like a traditional suburb because of the large multi-unit buildings, and they certainly don't feel rural because the land is all mowed lawn rather than natural or interesting vegetation. For all the criticism that highrise clusters get, at least they can feel like actual places.