In reference to the Woodward's rendering, Shangri-la is known to be seen in the background, and its relative height is rather accurate given its depiction in the diagram.
a picture by me while driving top down on sunday...
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Insane density. From that last pic it looks as though the core is so crowded with buildings that from street level you would hardly be able to see the sun. In actuality when you are downtown in most places there is plenty of open sky. Props to the UDP.
^ I couldn't agree more, but really it is the city's height guidelines and tower separation requirements that give downtown its airy feel despite being surrounded by so many towers.
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It's been taller then wallcentre (not in absolute terms) for about 10 days now, the developer doesn't see it as a cause for celebration, they will wait until the building is topped out for that. Rennie started running the Icon ads in the Sun when it surpassed Wall Centre.
Pic of the top showing the double height scaffolding for the box taken by me today, October 11, 2007 (taken through dirty tinted glass). Also note where the secondary elevator core tops out - level 43 (the inserted floor) is I think the last floor with that elevator - that could be that floor unless there's space for elevator mechanical in the core shown - I'll let someone else figure that out.
Last edited by officedweller; Oct 11, 2007 at 8:53 PM.
This afternoon was the first time I have crossed Lions Gate Bridge since Shangri-La has made a real mark on the skyline. I think the most impressive thing about the view from the bridge is that nearly the full height of Shangri-La is visible from the bridge. This is certainly not true, say for the Wall Centre or Royal Bank; you can only see the upper part of those buildings as they are behind other shorter buildings. Seeing Shangri-La's full height from the bridge makes it seem even taller.
Whenever i go over the Lions Gate bridge and see Shangri-La from the bridge i think wow thats getting tall, but as soon as you leave the causway onto Georgia Street it seems to shrink and you think...how did it look so tall over the bridge...
Whenever i go over the Lions Gate bridge and see Shangri-La from the bridge i think wow thats getting tall, but as soon as you leave the causway onto Georgia Street it seems to shrink and you think...how did it look so tall over the bridge...
I noticed that too when crossing LG bridge to work. The tower looks likes its 700 feet, but when you get into the downtown core, it looks like its 450 feet.
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