TORONTO | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread - Page 235

isaidso · #**4681** Posted **Mar 9, 2024, 5:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by BrickellBased

Inconceivable the amount of construction activity in Toronto and apparently this is only the tip of the iceberg?

I'm still confused why the boom doesn't seem to get much mainstream attention.

Does any boom get much mainstream attention outside of the multi-decade ascension of China or perhaps those attention grabbing projects in Dubai? Once in a blue moon, a story about Toronto's boom will air in Buffalo (due to proximity) or Chicago (their #2 skyscraper ranking being threatened). Perhaps in the lead-up to the 2026 FIFA WC, a country playing Toronto might shine a light on Toronto's growth but I doubt things of this nature interest most people.

First time tourists often quip in puzzlement why they never hear about Toronto so it's not just you wondering why. A big reason has to do with where media embed journalists. For he most part, world media don't have embedded journalists posted to Canada so they don't bother covering Canada at all. They'd have to fly a journalist in which costs money. It only happens in rare instances when a story is so huge they can't ignore it.

koops65 · #**4682** Posted **Mar 9, 2024, 9:14 PM**

Postcard view in HD:

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Nite · #**4683** Posted **Mar 10, 2024, 1:07 AM**

Austin, Atlanta and Miami seems to get plenty of mainstream attention in English media and they dont even build a fraction of what Toronto does.

I put it down to Toronto being a cold winter city
In the minds of Americans and those cities in the states are on decline so Toronto, a booming cold city, is too much of cognective disodence for the mainstream media

rdaner · #**4684** Posted **Mar 10, 2024, 3:47 AM**

Howdy:

Hope this is the right place to put some IG reels of recent construction in central Toronto.

The Portlands Mega Project:
http://https://www.instagram.com/ree...d2bWJlZWpzaWs1

http://https://www.instagram.com/ree...RyMXRreDUxMg==

http://https://www.instagram.com/ree...RnZWsxYjQ2Zw==

http://https://www.instagram.com/ree...lyNTd6b3Q1em5w

Laneway houses and Multiplexes:

http://https://www.instagram.com/ree...NoZ2syMXMzZm15

http://https://www.instagram.com/ree...tzdnY2ejl1bA==

Danish architects in Toronto:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4Rtq...Qzc241eGR4cXRx

The Well-Toronto’s largest mixed use development to date (1700 units, 1.3sf office, 200 stores/restos

http://https://www.instagram.com/ree...tzdnY2ejl1bA==

Maldive · #**4685** Posted **Mar 10, 2024, 3:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nite

Austin, Atlanta and Miami seems to get plenty of mainstream attention in English media and they dont even build a fraction of what Toronto does.

I put it down to Toronto being a cold winter city
In the minds of Americans and those cities in the states are on decline so Toronto, a booming cold city, is too much of cognective disodence for the mainstream media

Thanks for that chuckle nite!

BTW @BrickellBased... since you are one of 3 or 4 SSP members (other than some folks from T-Dot) who actually post in this thread, I thought I'd share a forum-specific phenomenon:

Last year I tracked the total "views" of posts (mostly mine) in this thread for a few months, just for fun... and they numbered in the thousands.

There was maybe half a dozen or so actual comments during that time lol.

Given the web-site is dominated by U.S. conversations/threads... who do you think is lurking but staying outta sight... and why?

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rdaner · #**4686** Posted **Mar 10, 2024, 3:59 AM**

Hi: Can someone please help me fix my IG links in the thread above?

yaletown_fella · #**4687** Posted **Mar 10, 2024, 4:17 AM**

For its size, Austin gets way more media attention than Toronto, Miami, Chicago, Vancouver.

Yet per capita, Mississauga, Burnaby and Vaughan ON have more 150m+ U/C /proposals than Austin.

I think it has to do with Austin being the big tech hipster center/"Magnificent 7" companies moving their HQ there etc.

isaidso · #**4688** Posted **Mar 10, 2024, 5:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nite

Austin, Atlanta and Miami seems to get plenty of mainstream attention in English media and they dont even build a fraction of what Toronto does.

More accurately, Austin, Atlanta, and Miami get a lot of mainstream attention from US media. If Canadians know about booms in those US cities it's due to the amount of US media they're consuming. That said, US media don't cover Canada period.

Nouvellecosse · #**4689** Posted **Mar 10, 2024, 5:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by Maldive

Last year I tracked the total "views" of posts (mostly mine) in this thread for a few months, just for fun... and they numbered in the thousands.

There was maybe half a dozen or so actual comments during that time lol.

Given the web-site is dominated by U.S. conversations/threads... who do you think is lurking but staying outta sight... and why?

...

I always check the thread when i see new updates but don't usually say very much because of the aggressive moderation message.

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Posting Rules: No off-topic posts

The moderation staff reserves the right to delete all off-topic posts.

For this section of the forum, posts which are considered to not be productive or of no benefit to the topic of the thread will be subject to deletion by the moderators. This is to ensure the quality of the discussion and to keep the thread focused on it's topic.

Please post with thoughtfulness.

Sorry but having to strictly post "productive, beneficial" things in a "thoughtful" manner sounds exhausting. The other sections like the Canada subforum are so much more casual and approachable it feels more comfortable just to reserve any commentary for there.

Maldive · #**4690** Posted **Mar 10, 2024, 4:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by rdaner

Hi: Can someone please help me fix my IG links in the thread above?

Works for me when I use the SSP link tool and paste in the file address from your UrbanToronto posts.

eg.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4Ohn...d-bbee8e0481b9

Looks like you have an extra http:// in the links you posted for some reason. Eg. below:

http://https://www.instagram.com/ree...d2bWJlZWpzaWs1

There is an actual INSTA code for use here but I forget what it is lol. But as mentioned, the file address from your UT posts will link properly here.

Maldive · #**4691** Posted **Mar 10, 2024, 5:10 PM**

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

International Women’s Day

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CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre l Phase 2 u/c

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Incoming

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Work on the east podium.

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The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners l u/c

It’s moving up fast… so the weekly delivery of crane extensions ;-).

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Johnny Au

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Floorplates look tiny from distance… will end up looking a bit like a pencil tower at full height.

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rdaner · #**4692** Posted **Mar 11, 2024, 6:17 AM**

https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/thread.../#post-2062090

koops65 · #**4693** Posted **Mar 11, 2024, 9:56 AM**

The Whitfield:

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Dariusb · #**4694** Posted **Mar 12, 2024, 3:13 AM**

Some great construction shots!

GeneralLeeTPHLS · #**4695** Posted **Mar 12, 2024, 6:27 AM**

I took this three days ago. There's 5 towers U/C in this image, all around 35 to 40 floors, and residential. My neighbourhood's really changed since I moved back, and is night and day going back even just ten years.

Broadway Chambers by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr

koops65 · #**4696** Posted **Mar 12, 2024, 8:26 AM**

A fly-by of the waterfront:

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Maldive · #**4697** Posted **Mar 12, 2024, 9:38 PM**

49 - 51 Yonge | 216.36m | 60s | SmartCentres | a—A l pre-construction

This one is moving forward… an agreement headed to council regarding the heritage building issues (what gets demo’d and what’s retained). Kinda suprised by the agreement. Some new images.

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^ Right next door to this beauty which reached a settlement agreement last year - 55 Yonge (236.21 metres/66 storeys):

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Gresto · #**4698** Posted **Mar 13, 2024, 12:30 AM**

Both are winners, I would say.

colemonkee · #**4699** Posted **Mar 13, 2024, 1:48 PM**

I like 55 Yonge much better than 49-51 Yonge, though 29-52 Yonge is still very nice, and like how both of them increase the skyline density and canopy further to the east torwards the water. I would like to give 55 Yonge more room to breathe, but beggars can't be choosers.

My only gripe with 49-51 Yonge is the sligthly offset vertical elements of the facade. I feel like that is a trend that has reached well beyond it's prime and just won't die. And in this specific instance of a pencil-thin tower, I think the verticality of the tower would be better expressed if those vertical elements (it would be amazing if they were glazed terra cotta) just went straight up the tower.

Maldive · #**4700** Posted **Mar 13, 2024, 4:56 PM**

123 Edward | 189.05m | 59s | Crown Realty Partners | Turner Fleischer l pre-construction

Resubmitted shorter at 59 and 53 storeys and the 2 towers appear to be fused together now. Located just north of City Hall. A little better materials-wise ... but no-one wants these photo-bombing their snaps of City Hall. ;-)

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