Canada's 50 Tallest Proposals

[urbandreamer]

On a 1000 acre parking lot, I would rather see 1000 6 story buildings built over a decade than 100 eighty story buildings built over a period of a century.

[bob1954]

1000 6-story buildings, how about a compromise.

[Ramako]

I'd prefer one 8,000 storey building.

[caltrane74]

Nice new pictures of ONE Bloor. I don't have the time to cut the pictures out of the website and post them here. But if anyone wants to give it a try.. That would be nice...

http://www.thestar.com/fplarge/photo/784366



GINZA STYLZ, here we come!!!


http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/realestate/...bloor-will-be-a-bold-futuristic-building

[Delirium]

^ looks great!

"There is only one Yonge and Bloor. It's not just the most important corner in the city, it's probably the most important corner in the country,"

So an RBC branch and Stollerys makes it most imporant corner in the country? Seriously?

Ah, marketing.

[waterloowarrior]

Number One Bloor (images from Toronto Star link above)

[Traynor]

I'll just say what I said over at UT.... MEH

I am still not feeling this design. It is not nearly as hideous as I previously thought, but I still think it would be better suited on Biscayne Bay rather than Yonge and Bloor.

The pathetic attempt to incorporate commercial space on the ground floor, makes me think that we will see a travel agent, a nail salon and a new Public Optical, but not the high-end, anchor store that the corner demands.

Without a hotel component and a landmark retailer like perhaps a Neiman Marcus, this corner just becomes another row of storefronts.

[WhipperSnapper]

I'll take a row of streetfront boutiques over an internal mall any day. The once planned movie theatre (gone before Bazis) is a loss though. I'm completely indifferent to a hotel component. Office I could understand but hotel and residential are slowly becoming indistinguishable.

[duper]

^
I love how the architecture treats Yonge Street, though. It preserves a bit of the "open" feeling by setting the tower back from Yonge and bringing the podium out to the sidewalk.

[Ice Cream Man]

Originally Posted by Ramako

Can one of you folks from Calgary tell me what this is and what its status is?

Sorry for the lateness of this reply, but this project is on hold until further notice. There were rumours of a MAJOR tenant within Calgary moving in to the FCCP2, but those went away once the recession hit.

If I have any more updates on this one, I will definitely share.

[Wooster]

Like the Bell Festival Tower, the body of the building seems quite bulky. I wonder what the floorplate size of this is.

[WhipperSnapper]

I don't find the massing bulky at all but, of course, that's a matter of perspective. IIRC, the floorplates are around 8000 square feet.

[Gresto]

One Bloor: yawn

[LeftCoaster]

I like the one Bloor design... if it wasn't for Aqua i would love it, but at this point it just seems like a thinly veiled copy of its Chicago counterpart, hopefully it doesn't look so similar in reality.

And as for the most important corner in Canada... what a joke, I don't see how Young and Bloor is even moderately important. It's not even close to the most important corner in Toronto, let alone Canada. Leave it to the marketers...

[niwell]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

And as for the most important corner in Canada... what a joke, I don't see how Young and Bloor is even moderately important. It's not even close to the most important corner in Toronto, let alone Canada. Leave it to the marketers...

While "most important corner in Canada" is certainly hyperbole it's clearly one of the most important intersections in Toronto. And some of the most expensive property in the city. Not sure how anybody could really deny that.

I'm still underwhelmed by the tower but like the podium quite a bit actually. The setbacks and street front retail should be good for that intersection.

[WhipperSnapper]

Yonge, BTW.


What's even more annoying are the number of forumers that have latched onto the marketing. It's the most important interchange on our pathetic small subway system but I haven't the foggest idea how exactly that carries over to the actual intersection. I think most would agree on Yonge/Finch and (soon to be) Kipling/Dundas as holes in the ground.

[duper]

Originally Posted by niwell

While "most important corner in Canada" is certainly hyperbole it's clearly one of the most important intersections in Toronto.

It's a vital spawning ground of the city's yuppies.

[LeftCoaster]

Haha oops, I do that surprisingly often... actually my usual type-o is Younge St.

Either way I don't even really know what constitutes an "important intersection", but I know there is no way Yonge & Bloor is the most important in canada... Unless you work for The Bay.

[Ramako]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Haha oops, I do that surprisingly often... actually my usual type-o is Younge St.

Either way I don't even really know what constitutes an "important intersection", but I know there is no way Yonge & Bloor is the most important in canada... Unless you work for The Bay.

I think a pretty strong argument can be made for King & Bay, but nobody actually wants to live there. Yonge & Bloor isn't the most important, but the intersection arguably has the highest name brand recognition as far as locations go.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Number One Bloor (images from Toronto Star link above)

This is pure awesome. I love how it deviates from the typical Toronto box, however I agree if Aqua didn't already exist it would be much better.