Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 1076

GeneralLea · #**21501** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 4:20 AM**

Wow, great image harls.

I've got to say this collection of Montreal and Quebec City images on this page is one of the best I've seen on this site in a while....wow. (well, maybe a month for the former)

Nouvellecosse · #**21502** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 5:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by giallo

I remember the hype at SSP for One King West. It was the first building over 150m/500ft to be built in Toronto in over a decade. That feels like a lifetime ago.

It's hard to believe there was ever a time when tall construction was that rare!

kool maudit · #**21503** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 7:59 AM**

I still like to stay there when I'm in Toronto. It always has good prices for long stays and it's nice to have the kitchenette etc.

If you put a note in your reservation saying you want to stay high up, they'll usually accommodate.

Rico Rommheim · #**21504** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 12:15 PM**

I remember One King too, that was during the time when Montreal was stuck in a perpetual 28 floor 80m-ish ceiling. 175m to me sounded so tall I wondered if Montreal would never see this kinds of heights.

WhipperSnapper · #**21505** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 2:13 PM**

Pantages Tower was a big deal.

Now, it would be the 44th tallest under construction in the city.

Maldive · #**21506** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 2:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by harls

Not sure where to post this. I was going through some old pics and found this under construction pic of One King West from Oct. 17, 2007.

I remember long before the proliferation of nyc pencil towers, how impossibly thin this one seemed.

"Wow that Harry Stinson guy is crazy". But he got it built.

Now he's delivering pizzas and chicken wings in Buffalo I think.

kool maudit · #**21507** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 2:46 PM**

My first introduction to Stinson was at my 8th birthday, which was held at his "Madhatters" children's party venue in Toronto.

It was a giant warehouse with a series of themed rooms in which stoned teenage employees could torment you and your friends. One room just had a bunch of old shopping carts, and you'd load yourself in to be shoved as fast as possible into each other or the wall.

My mom thought it was something like Chuck E. Cheese, but it was closer to Lord of the Flies.

Auspicious beginnings.

samne · #**21508** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 3:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

My first introduction to Stinson was at my 8th birthday, which was held at his "Madhatters" children's party venue in Toronto.

It was a giant warehouse with a series of themed rooms in which stoned teenage employees could torment you and your friends. One room just had a bunch of old shopping carts, and you'd load yourself in to be shoved as fast as possible into each other or the wall.

My mom thought it was something like Chuck E. Cheese, but it was closer to Lord of the Flies.

Auspicious beginnings.

Oh man…totally forgot about that place! Went there for a birthday party back in the day. What a complete freak/shit show that was. Remember an old ambulance or something picking kids up.

niwell · #**21509** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 3:39 PM**

That sounds like the Canadian version of Action Park! Somebody really needs to do a deep dive on that because I for one want to know more. Think I was too young to remember that by only a couple of years.

kool maudit · #**21510** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 3:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by niwell

That sounds like the Canadian version of Action Park! Somebody really needs to do a deep dive on that because I for one want to know more. Think I was too young to remember that by only a couple of years.

This seems to reference a feature in "The Grid", but I can't find any trace of the actual article. Still, some highlights:

https://torontolife.com/city/the-mad-hat...story,have%20resulted%20in%20a%20lawsuit.

Maldive · #**21511** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 4:21 PM**

D E N S E (need more Scotia Plaza red granite in the city).

AlbertC

kool maudit · #**21512** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 4:31 PM**

That hotel redo is gonna hit from this angle.

davidivivid · #**21513** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 5:02 PM**

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=326379976186352&set=pb.100064430574370.-2207520000.&type=3

MolsonExport · #**21514** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 5:15 PM**

QC is just so unique and beautiful

MolsonExport · #**21515** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 5:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

I still like to stay there when I'm in Toronto. It always has good prices for long stays and it's nice to have the kitchenette etc.

If you put a note in your reservation saying you want to stay high up, they'll usually accommodate.

Same. My daughter (now 14) was conceived there, right up on one of the uppermost floors.

Maldive · #**21516** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 6:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

That hotel redo is gonna hit from this angle.

Good point... I post the damn stuff (like the Cambridge Suites 71 storey redo) and I totally missed that... right of centre in the photo. Duh.

Thanks!

TorontoDrew · #**21517** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 8:48 PM**

Cool angle of QC. If one had never scene the city before they might think it's almost flat with Château Frontenac sitting right on the riverbank.

giallo · #**21518** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 9:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Same. My daughter (now 14) was conceived there, right up on one of the uppermost floors.

This deserves the highest SSP honour.

When your child is conceived in a skyscraper, that's when you know you're a real one.

MolsonExport · #**21519** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 9:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by giallo

The deserves the highest SSP honour.

When your child is conceived in a skyscraper, that's when you know you're a real one.

I was quite thrilled with that tower when it was being built (As others have said, one of the tallest new builds for years), and I liked it's slender form.

It was a romantic getaway (I chose the location), and we were ready to start growing our family again (my son was going on two years at that point).

Since then, our romantic getaways to DT Toronto have all been at the Royal York.

Maldive · #**21520** Posted **Oct 20, 2022, 9:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Same. My daughter (now 14) was conceived there, right up on one of the uppermost floors.

What a great anecdote thanks (Harry will use that).