Future Canadian Skylines

[caltrane74]

I was just taking about the way the community will be integrated with its waterfront setting.

Unless I am mistaken and Venice and Amsterdam don't intergrate well in their waterfront setting.

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

I was just taking about the way the community will be integrated with its waterfront setting.

Unless I am mistaken and Venice and Amsterdam don't intergrate well in their waterfront setting.

That part of Toronto will look nothing like either Amsterdam or Venice. East Bayfront won't have anything approaching what exists in those cities. They both have extensive canal systems, Toronto might be lucky to get one tiny canal and likely with no residential built right up against it. House boats? Water taxis?

[steveve]

i'm not a fan of the design choices for some of these east waterfront proposals. all of them look too similar and all revolve around a similar design style. i'd prefer more glass and less "future envisioned" in look. but still way better than what the land is now that's for sure.

[caltrane74]

I never said it was going to look like Amsterdam or Venice.

Also I am pretty sure residential and public space will be built abutting the spillway for the Don as well as the shipping canal.

[whiteford]

dont get me wrong, i love torono's skyline very much and it is canada's best;however, i find the lake front area lacking. moreover, i certainly dont claim to have the solutions as i am no city engineer. observation only.

[Andrewjm3D]

Originally Posted by whiteford

dont get me wrong, i love torono's skyline very much and it is canada's best;however, i find the lake front area lacking. moreover, i certainly dont claim to have the solutions as i am no city engineer. observation only.

The plan in place will make it one of the great urban waterfronts of the world. Providing the Ford's don't try to mess it up again.

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[Gresto]

Originally Posted by Andrewjm3D

The plan in place will make it one of the great urban waterfronts of the world. Providing the Ford's don't try to mess it up again.

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Inspiring and optimistic, but as we know, best-made plans often go awry here in Toronto.

[Andrewjm3D]

Originally Posted by Gresto

Inspiring and optimistic, but as we know, best-made plans often go awry here in Toronto.

It's already funded and well underway. The Ford brothers attempt to derail it back in October was quickly shot down by the residence of Toronto and it is staying the coarse.

The urban stretch that will blend into the more natural sections is currently u/c.

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[caltrane74]

There are enough towers that are yet to be designed for the lakefront. No point making judgements yet until more of the development has been built.

[whiteford]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

There are enough towers that are yet to be designed for the lakefront. No point making judgements yet until more of the development has been built.

indeed

[losername]

The above video is nice and all, but it already seems that it won't turn out this nice. For example the best part of Bayside Hall's design , the winter garden, has seemingly already been nixed according to the most recent renderings. So as the narrator in the video says, "cars will behave themselves in this neighborhood" but will the developers? The cheapening has already begun and we haven't started yet....

[Innsertnamehere]

some updated renderings with a lot more buildings. still missing Mars II, the twins where the hilton garden inn is, and the old sapphire site.. whatever is going there. any more suggestions would be appreciated! One Bloor and Aura do not take into account their recent floor additions.


a pic of the model in sketchup, to show the sheer amount of construction going on in this city.



a closeup of southcore:



what future toronto will look like from NPS: (I'll do this again with the canada tower in it)



one of the old views but with cityplace filled in:



and some other new views:

[caltrane74]

Your 100 Adelaide is pretty awesome!!

[Innsertnamehere]

ya it is.

in the process of making this model, i have realized how flat the entertainment district will be. most buildings are no more than 10 meters apart in height...


the model is sitting at 123 megabytes, which is huge for a sketchup file.

[Chadillaccc]

The only thing I don't like about those is that Aura is hardly noticeable, it looks like a cold dick compared to some of the existing buildings. I hope it makes a bigger impact on the skyline than what is portrayed here.

[Innsertnamehere]

I'll have to replace it with a white model in my next update anyways, there is no version available with the height of 78 floors, only 75. even then, the model i am using has the old 3 floor base.

[whiteford]

the huge picture is more in line of what should be strive for. still, i don't like it that much ether not enough tall for me. i guess i am hard to please. more like Chicago`s or something where the lakefront is like a wall. haha i know i set my hopes way to high. i am just to big a dreamer i suppose, but my feeling is the Toronto lakefront should be a wall of mixed use office and ultra modern living with the highest of density. i for one can imagine it will happen that way some day. this will happen because of outright necessity i would think. within the next 20 or so yrs. i promise you that.

[caltrane74]

Plus, we don't know how good or bad 90 Harbour will look.

We haven't seen clear quality renderings of the project yet.

[caltrane74]

For those that think 90 Harbour is going to destroy the skyline along with stable mates 1 York and 10 York, please remember that the Toronto skyline, unlike other Canadian City skylines is in perpetual flux. Every year there are more and taller towers, so what you see one year is not what you'll see in the next. Also, back in the 1960's Toronto had to deal with a new form of skyscraper headlining the skyline, one made of glass and steel, then, in the 1970's everything had to be written off with the arrival of the CN Tower, and Harbourfont slabs, and then the 90's brought us Skydome, all the while the depth and reach of the skyline kept expanding out to the further reaches of Lake Ontario, now we are in store for the "near" supertalls and perhaps supertalls as well, further changing the way we perceive the city from the lake. If you like'em tall, then the next few years will be built for you.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

For those that think 90 Harbour is going to destroy the skyline along with stable mates 1 York and 10 York, please remember that the Toronto skyline, unlike other Canadian City skylines is in perpetual flux. Every year there are more and taller towers, so what you see one year is not what you'll see in the next. Also, back in the 1960's Toronto had to deal with a new form of skyscraper headlining the skyline, one made of glass and steel, then, in the 1970's everything had to be written off with the arrival of the CN Tower, and Harbourfont slabs, and then the 90's brought us Skydome, all the while the depth and reach of the skyline kept expanding out to the further reaches of Lake Ontario, now we are in store for the "near" supertalls and perhaps supertalls as well, further changing the way we perceive the city from the lake. If you like'em tall, then the next few years will be built for you.

Come on now Caltrane really???