hkskyline's 2024 in TORONTO

[hkskyline]

The Well is a new residential and commercial development just across the street from Cityplace. The bottom part of the development is a new shopping mall with pedestrianized streets and a protective canopy, a rare treat in this city. Hope it holds up during the winter. Many shops are not yet ready yet when I visited during the summer 2024 so it'll take a bit more time to settle in.























































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My 2023 thread : https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=253679

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures! I have heard about The Well from a former member, and it seems really interesting!

[Murphy de la Sucre]

yea it looks well, and it looks like a well

[hkskyline]

The downtown condo boom is pretty much over but there are still a lot of cranes in the sky and buildings under construction. Although Canada has an overall housing shortage, I doubt the new immigrants can afford a downtown unit. Yet building more suburbia is bad for the environment and the already nasty traffic.





























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[xzmattzx]

Nice update already!

[geomorph]

Originally Posted by hkskyline

I like the ribs (fins?)!

[hkskyline]

City Hall has been home to a Toronto scale model for as long as I can remember. It's still there, and looks updated to include recent residential developments all around downtown.





















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[hkskyline]

Vaughan's metropolitan centre is taking shape with a lot of new condo towers but still even more parking lots and industrial areas.































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[Wigs]

Vaughan MCC is so strange. Toronto's northern suburb known for the largest amusement park - Canada's Wonderland, where light industrial has thrived for decades and many Italians/Italian-Canadians settled is now building massive amounts of residential, office, or mixed use high-rises now even fully fledged skyscrapers at 50-60+ storeys exceeding 600 feet tall.

It's wild that you can take the subway north from downtown Toronto all the way to here.
I wonder what it will look like in 5, 10, 20 years. I wish they had subdivided the parcels more to avoid the superblock towers look and encourage more walkability.

Thanks for all of the photos.

[hkskyline]

Yet, Vaughan is historically known for lowrise suburbs and industrial buildings like these landscapes.

































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[hkskyline]

Yorkville Murals took place on a late August 2024 weekend that transformed Yorkville Avenue into pop-up art exhibitions.























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[hkskyline]

The Canadian National Exhibition was first held in 1879 during the late summer leading to the Labour Day holiday, providing entertainment and a venue to showcase the country's innovations. Its focus has changed from agriculture to a mixed carnival with shows, food, air show, and more. I came to try out some querky foods that you can't readily get outside.































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[Wigs]

Originally Posted by hkskyline

[size=3]The Canadian National Exhibition was first held in 1879 during the late summer leading to the Labour Day holiday, providing entertainment and a venue to showcase the country's innovations. Its focus has changed from agriculture to a mixed carnival with shows, food, air show, and more. I came to try out some querky foods that you can't readily get outside.

Primo is one of, if not THE most mass produced brands of pasta, pasta/pizza sauce, canned beans in Canada.

You can get 900 grams/~2 lbs of pasta for $1.99 CAD or <$1.50 USD equivalent. I recall when it would be on sale for 88 cents.

Food Basics grocery store current flyer

Funny to see them serving up pasta at The Ex
I guess so new Canadians will remember them as "great value for the money"

What carnival food did you end up trying?

[hkskyline]

Originally Posted by Wigs

I guess so new Canadians will remember them as "great value for the money"

What carnival food did you end up trying?

Primo pasta looked interesting but given it is a cheap brand, I saved my quota for other foods!

I had the ramen on the cross (nothing special), Mexican corn with cheese and spicy sprinkles, and wasabi ice-cream (highlight of the night).

[Wigs]

Wasabi ice cream sounds good.
Once you've had top notch ramen, it'd be unusual for a carnival to have really good stuff up to par. I have yet to try elote, but the spicy looking one appears tempting!

[xzmattzx]

I was wondering what food you had too!

[ariachen0103]

Wow, I remember this places, sometime ago visited them during family vacations. Amazing photos, I saw somewhere else those wasabi ice cream, but... I was not brave enough to try it, I can't stand very spicy food at all(((

[hkskyline]

The Portlands area east of downtown was reclaimed from the lake in the early 20th century to create industrial zones. However, much of it has been vacant for a long time. Discussions about redeveloping this prime real estate so close to the financial centre have been ongoing for the past few decades, even during the failed 2008 Olympic bid. Today, there hasn't been much to show yet although the shovels are in the ground. As part of this project, the Don River will also be extended through the area as part of a flood protection project.







2 new bridges have opened along New Cherry Street to the north and south of Commissioners Street. They were built in Nova Scotia and moved along the St. Lawrence Seaway by barge to Toronto.















At under 15 minutes by bus from Union Station, this area has plenty of harbour and skyline views.























































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[hkskyline]

The fall colours seem to be arriving a bit late this year with a fairly warm autumn so far. There are parks outside the city where the leaves are starting to turn, such as this one - Forks of the Credit Provincial Park.



































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[hkskyline]

David Crombie Park is located just east of the financial district set amidst a residential community. It is a stone's throw from St. Lawrence Market and is named after Toronto's mayor for 3 terms from 1972-8. He spearheaded the area's redevelopment.













These days, there are plenty of condo projects in the area, and redevelopment is once again visible along the park's borders.



















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