Canada's 10 Tallest U/C - Page 417

WhipperSnapper · #**8321** Posted **Mar 10, 2023, 10:26 PM**

Where's that Picard facepalm.

Central Park is huuge. It's completely artificial but made to look natural with fields, forests, lakes, rivers, etc. It's not possible over a narrow rail corridor. You want Grant Park in Chicago. It's actually downtown. It's partially over a rail corridor. Still, it's on the huuge side as well.

Nouvellecosse · #**8322** Posted **Mar 10, 2023, 11:47 PM**

Would still make for a cool park though, regardless of how it does or doesn't compare to any other park.

WhipperSnapper · #**8323** Posted **Mar 11, 2023, 2:47 PM**

That's part of my point. It could be a cool public space but, as a much desired large downtown park? It's too linear and building over a subterranean facility has limitations. The planned/built decks represent what I mean. They are landscaped terraces/plazas than green faux naturalized enviornments like Central Park. That will continue to be missed even when the rail corridor is decked.

The planned decks as part of mega developments cover a large swath and are a long way from being built. Decking over the corridor is no longer a pipe dream.

samne · #**8324** Posted **Mar 11, 2023, 4:21 PM**

I think a linear natural/open space is getting there piece by piece. Section around Rogers Centre/convention centre next. Add a lot of value to South Core area. Tory had visions of a rail Deck Park, but that’s gone with him.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Deck_Park

Maldive · #**8325** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 8:27 PM**

160 Front West | 239.87m | 46s | Cadillac Fairview | AS + GG l u/c

Looking south from Dundas to the lake with 160 Front Street West topping out on the right.

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Concord Sky | 299m | 85s | Concord Adex | a—A l u/c

2 cranes up now. Maybe they are going to build something eventually.

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Gresto · #**8326** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 9:14 PM**

Maldive, where's your new skyline render? Or isn't that you at UT?

JHikka · #**8327** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 11:45 PM**

Yeah, can't say i'm a fan of the street interaction of 160 Front. Tower looks great but leaves a lot to be desired at street-level IMO.

Maldive · #**8328** Posted **Mar 15, 2023, 3:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Gresto

Maldive, where's your new skyline render? Or isn't that you at UT?

Yeah I've been picking away at adding about 4 dozen updates to my 2020 Future skyline from Bloor-Yorkville to the lake and as an in-progress "coming soon" teaser I posted this at UT … a low res (zoomed cropped) chunk to show 19 Bloor West in the Bloor-Yorkville nabe along with the 2 AS+GG towers on Yonge, an updated "The One" (plus other stuff ;-).

This update is less than a fifth of the actual pano to the lake but on its own is an enviable skyline. Obviously everything added (and will add) is best case scenario ... ie. gets built at a height and design proposed despite the usual planning challenges

... though I eliminated the sliver super-tall 1200 Bay 'cause it's been quiet and seems unlikely to move forward imo.

Cropped in- progress low res of the nabe:

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The updates are for this 2020 pano I did:

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905er · #**8329** Posted **Mar 15, 2023, 3:59 PM**

orgasmic pano!...wow! I hope they all get built!

Gresto · #**8330** Posted **Mar 15, 2023, 5:42 PM**

Excellent, Maldive. Thanks for posting. With you, koops, and steveve, each using different rendering styles, Toronto is well covered.

Maldive · #**8331** Posted **Mar 15, 2023, 8:01 PM**

^ thanks for the props, appreciated.

Just to be clear, the full pano I posted is from the 2020... which I'm updating with about 50 new and re-designed buildings. Some big changes (and disappearing gaps) between Charles and Queen.

TorontoDrew · #**8332** Posted **Mar 15, 2023, 9:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

Yeah, can't say i'm a fan of the street interaction of 160 Front. Tower looks great but leaves a lot to be desired at street-level IMO.

Same, I'm not sure if we can see the other sides of the podium yet but it feels very 80's office building at street level. Good thing I'm almost never on that section of Front st.

JHikka · #**8333** Posted **Mar 15, 2023, 9:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Same, I'm not sure if we can see the other sides of the podium yet but it feels very 80's office building at street level. Good thing I'm almost never on that section of Front st.

I don't think i've ever walked on the north of Front, to be fair, and like you i'm very rarely down there anyway, but it looks to be a simple glass wall meeting sidewalk. It'll at least be a good spot for mirrored social media pics, if nothing else.

WhipperSnapper · #**8334** Posted **Mar 15, 2023, 10:26 PM**

I've walked here many times. Actually, parked many times on the 160 Front parking lot. The Loose Moose is a nostalgic place for me. I've also been to Jack Astors and the long shutted Lone Star formerly in Simcoe Place several times.

Front Street is not a high street. An office lobby with hopefully some street retail will suffice even if its all behind a glass wall. There's no hope for the tower's massing. Everything else about it is great by Toronto's standards.

I want to see Spiderman, Alain Roberts, climb up 160 Front.

GeneralLea · #**8335** Posted **Mar 15, 2023, 10:31 PM**

It's nothing amazing to walk by at all, but considering it's neighbours, it's just more of the same generic commercial street-wall you'd expect from the Financial district. The sidewalk isn't open on Simcoe as far as I know, but it's going to be the more boring stretch to walk along....at least the Front street frontage has the heritage building along it, even if it is facadomized. I'm glad this tower goes right down to the street, much like other bank towers like the Mie's TD complex, and Commerce Court West, even if it's a blander experience due to being glass cladding.

Maldive · #**8336** Posted **Mar 16, 2023, 3:05 PM**

The One | 338.3m | 94s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners l u/c

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Lotsa concrete waiting in line.

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TorontoDrew · #**8337** Posted **Mar 16, 2023, 3:36 PM**

Looks like they are on 24th floor roughly. It's really starting to look tall now. 70 floors to go.

GeneralLea · #**8338** Posted **Mar 16, 2023, 4:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Looks like they are on 24th floor roughly. It's really starting to look tall now. 70 floors to go.

Maybe. I'm not expecting a height increase here still personally, but we'll see.

yaletown_fella · #**8339** Posted **Mar 16, 2023, 11:27 PM**

The 308 m version looks awkwardly truncated.

The 338 m version is perfect, also preferable than if it were taller and all the 'sections' were the same height.

Maldive · #**8340** Posted **Mar 17, 2023, 1:04 AM**

Concord Sky

Here’s another low res screenshot chunk of the “in progress” revisions to my future pano (Bloor-Yorkville to the lake - see the small 2020 pano above). This skyline piece features the new Concord Sky design (under construction).

Big changes around the Yonge-Gerrard cluster including the 2 towers of 475 Yonge near the left, the re-designed 510 Yonge (far left), 415 Yonge (centre), 399 Yonge hiding behind Aura, 2 of the 3 towers of Chelsea Green to the right of Concord Sky, and the new 8 Elm further to the right etc.

(very) low res zoomed in

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There's twelve 200+metres to 299 metres towers (and 2 more just shy) in this crop - 2 built (Aura, 488 University), 2 under construction/site demo (Concord Sky, 8 Elm) and 8 in the pipeline.