Future Canadian Skylines

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Guy you know I'm in love with Kylie Jenner..

And in denial about your mid life crisis.

[koops65]

I just finished re-making the area around City Hall...

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Slowly getting there... almost up to Yonge/Gerrard area now.

[Gresto]

Originally Posted by DrNest

So long as he doesn't change it to Kanye West, I won't complain.

Fair enough, but did you get a squiz at the repulsive avatar he had last week? One of those Kartrashcan slags, apparently. That whole family of zeroes can rot.


Wonderful job with your Toronto render, koops! Now some of these big 'uns need to get started. 1BW, 1 Yonge, Mirvish (pfft), those Yonge/Gerrard behemoths, et al. We'll all be in wheelchairs by the time all that stuff is brought to fruition.

[caltrane74]

Lol! Stop calling Kylie names.

She's a major sex symbol..

[caltrane74]

I don't want to be that guy that takes this thread off topic, but I saw a report on TV/Newspaper about the Toronto Coach Terminal and there is a suggestion that it should be sold because of maintaince and payroll issues the city is currently having at the location. If sold as the theory goes something very tall could be built there.

Of course us skyscraper geeks know better than that as the big empty gap in koops rendering shows that any tall buildings there will be in the sight line of the postcard view of City Hall, and that's a no no.

[koops65]

I thought the issue with City Hall is shadows, from towers to the south... that area is north and will not cause shadows on any politicians...

[Innsertnamehere]

The issue is with view comes. Nothing is allowed to tower above city hall in the traditional Nathan Phillips square view.

[koops65]

I guess that explains why nothing tall has ever been built in that area...

[caltrane74]

Here is the article contemplating the sale

http://m.torontosun.com/2016/02/22/c...-terminal-sale

[WhipperSnapper]

Apparently there isn't enough actual development in Toronto. The parking lot the Conservatory Group has been sitting on is a bigger deal than the coach terminal.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Lol! Stop calling Kylie names.

She's a major sex symbol..

JEEBUS!

I don't see it at all even with the $10000 makeovers. Least attractive out of all the sisters. Will look 40 at 25.

[yaletown_fella]

Kendall is the cutest imho.

[kwoldtimer]

I think the Jenner sisters, their Kardashian half-sisters and their parents are all equally attractive .....

[caltrane74]

Forget the Kylie Jenner/Kendall Jenner Bullshit!

Toronto is Skyscraper building fury, building so fast, so tall, and so furious that we are now just getting straight up bored with construction after a good 15 years of it.

So let's take a look at what is going on in koops pictures and you will see that nodes are now popping up and connecting previous nodes that were once to far away to be considered connected. Nodes that were once stumps are now the tallest "nodes" in the country and soon to be tallest on the continent with the exception of the tallest towers in New York and Chicago.

Here is my Sunday Morning breakdown of the four most important things happening to the Toronto skyline.

1. The financial core/financial district is getting bigger (in area, in bulk and in height)

• Bulk coming from INDX and EY Tower - Bulking up what was already the bulkiest, biggest and tallest skyscraper culster outside of New York and Chicago
• The financial district is adding to its footprint, towers like 88 Scott and Southcore, 1 - 7 Yonge and 81-121 Bay are pushing the financial district towards the lake south and to the east southeast. One the west Union Plaza and the Cadillac Fairview project on Front will push the district further west to connect to the Entertainment district
  

2. Is Yorkville really a "Node" anymore, I mean it's getting bigger and taller than anything else in the country or at least the equal a few more towers, which are coming and that is some serious bulk

• One Bloor East and "The One" are almost asian like in height and their distance from the main skyscraper core about a mile and a half south of here
• Coming soon, Wellesley on the Park (195 meters) and FIVE Condos (165 meters)

3. "Nodes" Connecting "Nodes" - The Most obvious example of course is College Park/Dundas Square which didn't exist a few years ago. It connects and bridges the financial district skyline to the Yorkville Skyline the two most prominent skylines in the city with the Aura Tower and it's fancy lights pinpointing the exact centre of the north and south line.

• Coming Soon, YC Condos - 198 meters and Karma Condos 168 meters, and Dundas Square Tower

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4. The Entertainment District will be a monster skyscraper node, it's happening, we just can't believe it yet.

• the area is always changing and is the most fuild part of the skyline
• Will also have the tallest projects in the city along with Southcore and Yorkville
• It is drawing the downtown core to the west and there are some office towers in here as well.

[Harrij]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Razz -UT

I think for me, this picture specially really hammers home Toronto's density more than some of the skyscraper-heavy shots and renders. You have a mix of everything here and can't see a single street despite it being mostly mid-rises and shorter high-rises in the foreground.

[koops65]

Nice analysis Cal!

[yaletown_fella]

Toronto and Vancouver need to take notes from QC.

The Mississauga project is garbage but more inventory is a plus to ease nastily overpriced rentals.

[koops65]

I finished making a large area on the East side of downtown, the site of some of the most recent tall proposals, 88 Queen E, and 245 Queen E. Clearly, they are each the tallest in their neighbourhood, but there are plenty of high-rises and mid-rises nearby. And I really like those Pac-Man buildings, a refreshing change from all those wrap-around balcony towers that have sprung up lately. And look at that cluster growing around Pace! Dundas Square Gardens just went into site prep, and there are a handful more 140 to 160 metre towers proposed nearby. And last, but not least, that cluster around Yonge / Gerrard is huge, and wont make Aura look so lonely like it does now.

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[MonkeyRonin]

Yonge & Eglinton development:


http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/03/...n-and-brownlow

[hipster duck]

Yonge and Eg was a missed opportunity. They were successful in building thousands of condo units on side streets, but the design of most of those buildings at street level is atrocious and suburban. Most of those buildings are behind a large grass setback, and they still put things like car crescents at the front. It's like they didn't learn any lessons from the towers in the park era.