Canadian Urban Canyons - Page 91

MonkeyRonin · #**1801** Posted **Jun 1, 2024, 6:10 PM**

Alexander St.

https://www.francisgroup.ca/listings...exander-street

J.OT13 · #**1802** Posted **Jun 2, 2024, 5:26 AM**

Now that Isa nice canyon! Rare to see this level of historic preservation.

hipster duck · #**1803** Posted **Jun 3, 2024, 2:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

That's a great development, although it's probably more than 20 years old at this point.

Turn of the century commercial streets in Canada are great, but they're a bit low slung, capping out at 2 or 3 stories. It's great to sensitively add three or four stories on top, blending in with the existing materials, while keeping the fine-grained, older fabric at street level. That street now looks much more urban without being overpowering.

Of course, these kinds of developments are expensive. It probably wouldn't pencil today, unless you built a very high-end development, and why would you? Investor condos for the ultra-rich tend to be in starchitect-designed skyscrapers rather than in midrises.

MonctonRad · #**1804** Posted **Jun 3, 2024, 2:41 PM**

Seeing all these masonry buildings in Vancouver, I can't help but think about the upcoming "big one."

WhipperSnapper · #**1805** Posted **Jun 3, 2024, 2:46 PM**

Selectively demo'ing a building in order to retain a 4 storey facade can't be cheap either or loans for a $400 million dollar build that will take at leadt 5 years to close.

I don't think these have to be high end. It's just the sales budget reflects the scale of the building. There's probably a little apprehension from locals to buy a mid rise floor unit on a main street in Toronto. They are busy, loud and, dusty. The heavy screeching CLRVs are still recent memories too.

The market in Toronto presents an opportunity for smaller scale development as there aren't enough buyers for multiple, competing 500 plus unit developments. The numerous starts in the last half year that weren't fast tracked with a CMHC mortgage are mostly 20 storeys or less

SteelTown · #**1806** Posted **Jun 6, 2024, 7:02 PM**

This area of downtown Hamilton is quickly filling up as a new urban canyon. This area will have a future LRT stop.

Source: Chris R. - https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/thread....32784/page-10

MolsonExport · #**1807** Posted **Jun 6, 2024, 9:02 PM**

great brick-clad Van canyons.

Maldive · #**1808** Posted **Jun 7, 2024, 3:34 PM**

Various types of canyons heading south on Yonge Street towards Bloor Street.

BloorMan

Maldive · #**1809** Posted **Aug 28, 2024, 7:31 PM**

wmedia

MolsonExport · #**1810** Posted **Aug 28, 2024, 8:35 PM**

yeah baby!

kool maudit · #**1811** Posted **Aug 28, 2024, 8:44 PM**

I love that one. I stayed in the One King West hotel back in 2018, up on like the 40th floor overlooking Yonge, it was very dramatic.

It really is Manhattan-tier for a few blocks around there.

LeftCoaster · #**1812** Posted **Aug 28, 2024, 9:26 PM**

Very Manhattan. Love it!

Nouvellecosse · #**1813** Posted **Aug 28, 2024, 9:39 PM**

Yes it's a cool area. I wonder if the Yorkville cluster will one day be big enough to rival and eventually eclipse the financial district. It seems unlikely now, but just a couple decades ago it would probably have been equally far-fetched to think it would have a supertall that's taller than FCP. I remember even 1 Bloor E was pretty shocking.

MolsonExport · #**1814** Posted **Aug 28, 2024, 9:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

I love that one. I stayed in the One King West hotel back in 2018, up on like the 40th floor overlooking Yonge, it was very dramatic.

It really is Manhattan-tier for a few blocks around there.

I stayed there way back in the day, when it first opened. 47th floor. I'm pretty sure that my daughter (now 16) was conceived there.
Must have been something about the view...

Martin Mtl · #**1815** Posted **Sep 3, 2024, 4:06 AM**

Same view in 1915. The two old office buildings on the far left were replaced by the modernist black tower 500 Place d'Armes in the 60's.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...49306523900807

kool maudit · #**1816** Posted **Sep 3, 2024, 1:14 PM**

OK so... Montreal can do this thing now. That's fantastic!

Zeej · #**1817** Posted **Sep 3, 2024, 1:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

OK so... Montreal can do this thing now. That's fantastic!

More in the works for Saint-Jacques and Saint-Antoine in the 200m range.

MolsonExport · #**1818** Posted **Sep 3, 2024, 3:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

RUE ST-JACQUES - Old Montreal

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...49306523900807

Wonderful shot. And in my opinion, the perfect time of day to take a canyon picture.

kool maudit · #**1819** Posted **Sep 3, 2024, 3:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zeej

More in the works for Saint-Jacques and Saint-Antoine in the 200m range.

Really? What are these proposals? I can't find anything of this scale...

Zeej · #**1820** Posted **Sep 3, 2024, 3:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

Really? What are these proposals? I can't find anything of this scale...

We haven't seen renderings yet but a quick summary:

- Broccolini is working on a tower in the 200m range on Saint-Antoine near the rail viaduct: https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/g...200-metres.php

- Plans have been submitted to the city for 2 towers on top of Gare Centrale, with a complete and badly needed reworking of the La Gauchetière entrance:
https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/mar...source%253Dlpp

- Pre interest rate hikes, my firm was working on 2x200m for Place de la Cité Internationale. That's dead for now as the developer sold the site, but a similiar project will no doubt resurface at some point.