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Old Posted Nov 1, 2008, 9:38 PM
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Great picts,
too bad Bay Adelaide isn't about 75-100 feet higher. Oh well, better than the stump! As for building most developpers I know still feel pretty bullish, my friends in the financial world don't feel quite the same way about future towers. Think there will be a bit of a slow down for 2-3 years but not a stoppage. Nobodies going to reduce the size of their projects in the core, doesn't help the bottom line. Time lines might be stretched. - Ice.
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Old Posted Nov 3, 2008, 2:16 AM
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skyline with RBC from a couple of months ago....pic by ethervizion at flickr..

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Old Posted Nov 3, 2008, 3:22 PM
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Nice pic.

I'm working on a future skyline pano from a similar angle... I did one of the waterfront a while back that was well-received but not very "real". This one will attempt photo-realism for the building additions. I was inspired to try again by the enormous impact that "ICE" condos will have on this POV (and MLS too)... given ICE's proximity to the water and their height (tallest @ 227 metres with the addition of the "swiss cheese" crown).

The portion of the waterfront skyline west of the core will undergo an enormous change in the near future (already started by RBC) as the Ritz, Lightbox, Shangri La, Luna, Panorama and Parade start to appear... to be joined eventually by 300 Front Street West, Charlie, M5V, Signature, 335 King West and others.

Suffice to say, that traditional waterfront POV (though much smaller than the north/south skyline) will be spectacular.
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Old Posted Nov 4, 2008, 12:03 AM
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Even just realistic night time rendering would be great. It would be great to see how the future skyline would look with only realistic projects.
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Old Posted Nov 4, 2008, 1:07 AM
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Maldive, your work is always amazing. Really looking forward to the latest!.......
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I agree completely...
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Old Posted Nov 4, 2008, 4:22 PM
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Thanks guys. Koops your "Ice" diagram is great and I've replied with an interesting "height" issue in your drawing thread... have a look.
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Old Posted Nov 5, 2008, 2:09 PM
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I've looked at it, and it's going to have to be up to the editors to decide on a spire height, since it seems to me to be anyone's guess right now. Isn't it kind of strange the swiss cheese slab doesn't appear on the elevation drawings?
And thanks for the compliment Maldive.
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Old Posted Nov 5, 2008, 9:40 PM
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Toronto from North York, Oct. 30, 2008 by cassdawg on www.webshots.com



Yesterday was hazy (in November!) because of record setting temperatures:
photo by donnyb 1507 on www.webshots.com

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Old Posted Nov 14, 2008, 2:52 AM
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Pinnacle Success tower, posted by grey at urbantoronto.ca...

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Old Posted Nov 21, 2008, 1:47 AM
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Here's a good compilation of all the Toronto Waterfront projects underway. The "editorializing" is just to explain to the Canuck forum why I did the render:

"With all the economic doom and gloom this fall, I thought I would send a postcard to amuse my fellow skyscraper geeks.

I couldn't find the original "future skyline" thread started a year ago, so I'll start a new one that others can contribute to if they wish.


WHY THE NEW TORONTO WATERFRONT RENDER: last year I did a
future render of Toronto's waterfront skyline that was well-received, but
after looking at it recently, I realized it was little more than blobs of light "to
scale" ... so I decided to try again with an aim to create much more photo-realism
for each and every building that is joining the waterfront skyline.

The rather dramatic impact of Maple Leaf Square and ICE Condos from the
waterfront POV really fueled the desire to do this render (along with waaaay
too much spare time). I've included a couple of new proposals that will
likely be delayed by the economic situation, but they don't add much to the
render anyway. The lion's share of the projects included are well underway.


THE PROJECTS KEY: there's bound to be some mistakes but the
heights, locations and status are pretty accurate.


HIGH ANGLE PIC: I included this for forumers who don't know the city or what's hiding behind the waterfront skyline
they may already know (most photographed). This high angle render hints at the "big Toronto skyline"...
5 or 6 miles of built form running north from Lake Ontario
(mostly invisible BEHIND the waterfront skyline).


REALLY BIG WATERFRONT RENDER: there's a LINK below to a very large render if you want to critique individual buildings
(most additions were based on the actual elevations when available).

Feel free to spam as many forums and threads as you deem appropriate with the renders.

And let me know what you think. I was fun to do.

Cheers."

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PROJECTS KEY:


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BEHIND THE WATERFRONT SKYLINE:


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LINK TO LARGE RENDERING

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Old Posted Nov 21, 2008, 2:33 AM
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Absolutely fabulous, Maldive!!
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Old Posted Nov 21, 2008, 2:47 AM
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Great job Maldive, but Trump is 282m including the spire. It's too tall in your rendering.
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Old Posted Nov 21, 2008, 3:07 AM
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wow. that's quite awsome.. i also noticed the trump looked alittle to high but whatever.. nice work
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Old Posted Nov 21, 2008, 3:32 PM
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Great job Maldive, but Trump is 282m including the spire. It's too tall in your rendering.
You're quibbling... the flagpole is too long but who cares. The latest elevations show the top of Trump's quarter onion dome is just 20/30 feet shorter than the top of Scotia so from that angle it's pretty much dead on (remember your POV is at grade/on the water well west of Bay Street).

To those who follow Toronto developments closely, I chose to not include some very large office projects like Richmond Adelaide 3, 151 Front Street West and BCE 3 that would impact this render, because I felt they wouldn't be starting any time soon

Even though I included a couple of new proposals in the entertainment district for my own amusement, I was aiming for a future skyline that was 90% accurate within the next 4 or 5 years... so certain condos not yet U/C made it into the render, when office projects did not.
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Old Posted Nov 21, 2008, 5:45 PM
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You're quibbling...
Didn't mean to criticize. I just mentioned it in case you weren't aware of the new height.

Really is a great job.
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Toronto looks so much more international in Maldive's picture, than what has presently been built.

Can't wait for the skyscrapers u/c to be finished.
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uh-ohh was driving down the Gardener and somebody seems to have misplaced the crane on success 2. - ice
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Old Posted Nov 28, 2008, 3:26 AM
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^because it's officially on hold
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