Future Canadian Skylines - Page 287

koops65 · #**5721** Posted **Aug 27, 2021, 1:00 AM**

Is something stopping or preventing you from creating a 3D model of another city?

davee930 · #**5722** Posted **Aug 27, 2021, 1:56 AM**

I like the Toronto ones. It's the best we have!

WestEnd604 · #**5723** Posted **Aug 27, 2021, 4:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by koops65

Is something stopping or preventing you from creating a 3D model of another city?

I'd say for most of us, the thing stopping us is SKILL. We all appreciate what you do Koops, but the truth is this isn't "Future Canadian Skylines", it's "Future Toronto Skyline". That's no shade - just fact.

JHikka · #**5724** Posted **Aug 27, 2021, 4:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by WestEnd604

I'd say for most of us, the thing stopping us is SKILL. We all appreciate what you do Koops, but the truth is this isn't "Future Canadian Skylines", it's "Future Toronto Skyline". That's no shade - just fact.

If you've got renders of future skylines for other Canadian cities you're free to post them. Koops is kind enough to create some and post them here for us.

WestEnd604 · #**5725** Posted **Aug 27, 2021, 4:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

If you've got renders of future skylines for other Canadian cities you're free to post them. Koops is kind enough to create some and post them here for us.

Yeah, my point is totally lost here. I'll just avoid this thread.

Repthe250 · #**5726** Posted **Aug 27, 2021, 10:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by koops65

Is something stopping or preventing you from creating a 3D model of another city?

Uh, yeah. Software, skill, time. I’m saying those who have the means, it’d be nice if they did one for other cities other than just Toronto repeatedly. Kudos to you Koops for keeping this thread alive and I never said there was anything wrong with it. However 100% of the posts are of Toronto and it would be great to see the other parts of Canada represented as it is called “future CANADIAN skylineS” not “the future TORONTO skyline” .

ScreamingViking · #**5727** Posted **Aug 27, 2021, 10:55 PM**

Here... courtesy ericmacm in the Hamilton sub-forum.

May koops65 and steveve and others continue to inspire renders of future skylines all across the land!

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Originally Posted by ericmacm

Hey everyone, it's been a while since I've last done an update (I have been pretty busy with work), but I've been slowly working on a few of them and have the next version of Hamilton ready. I have added a few new developments (101 Hunter East, 117 Jackson East, 231 Main West) and updated the massing of some of the older ones. I have also started tracking my list in a Google Sheet, I have attached the hyperlink.

As always, I hope that you all enjoy!

The list so far:

Google Sheets List of Hamilton Developments

Total # of new towers in skyline: 58

Hamilton Watermarked V8-1 by Eric MacMillan, on Flickr

Hamilton Watermarked V8-2 by Eric MacMillan, on Flickr

Hamilton Watermarked V8-3 by Eric MacMillan, on Flickr

Hamilton Watermarked V8-4 by Eric MacMillan, on Flickr

Hamilton Watermarked V8-5 by Eric MacMillan, on Flickr

koops65 · #**5728** Posted **Aug 27, 2021, 10:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Repthe250

Uh, yeah. Software, skill, time. I’m saying those who have the means, it’d be nice if they did one for other cities other than just Toronto repeatedly. Kudos to you Koops for keeping this thread alive and I never said there was anything wrong with it. However 100% of the posts are of Toronto and it would be great to see the other parts of Canada represented as it is called “future CANADIAN skylineS” not “the future TORONTO skyline” .

Seriously?

ScreamingViking · #**5729** Posted **Aug 27, 2021, 11:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by koops65

Seriously?

Must be down to 98.2% now. Maybe less.

Your work is wonderful. Keep it up.

Nouvellecosse · #**5730** Posted **Aug 28, 2021, 1:28 AM**

It'll be great to see all those empty lots get eaten up! I have to wonder though, does Hamilton have some sort of height limit?

Beedok · #**5731** Posted **Aug 28, 2021, 1:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

It'll be great to see all those empty lots get eaten up! I have to wonder though, does Hamilton have some sort of height limit?

Yes. The city has started trying to enforce one level with the escarpment.

Also, worth noting, a decent chunk of those renders are either under construction or topped out already, it's just that google hasn't updated in a bit.

J.OT13 · #**5732** Posted **Aug 28, 2021, 5:26 PM**

A rough mock-up of what's coming between Tunney's Pasture and Dominion (to be renamed Kichi Sibi once the O-Train extensions opens in 2025).

Two (2) buildings have been completed and four (4) are u/c.

Parkdale by harley613, on Flickr

MonctonRad · #**5733** Posted **Aug 28, 2021, 6:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by JHikka

If you've got renders of future skylines for other Canadian cities you're free to post them. Koops is kind enough to create some and post them here for us.

Well, if you insist on Moncton embarrassing itself, BlackYear (one of the Moncton forumers) posted this perspective on the new 20 Record Street development under construction in the downtown core. This is incomplete however, and does not include the recently approved 12 storey St. Bernard Square project, or several other recently built buildings, such as the eight storey FiveFive Queen project which should be visible in the top left corner of the image.

905er · #**5734** Posted **Aug 28, 2021, 7:39 PM**

not embarrassing at all!!.. Imagine all those surface parking lots getting filled up.. Moncton would have a nice little dense triangle of development. Hope to see it someday! Also, thanks for adding to an otherwise Toronto centric thread.. nice seeing all the future proposals.

Beedok · #**5735** Posted **Aug 29, 2021, 12:29 PM**

And I thought Hamilton had a lot of parking... oh my.

MonctonRad · #**5736** Posted **Aug 29, 2021, 12:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

And I thought Hamilton had a lot of parking... oh my.

We're working on it - a realignment of the street grid south of Main Street, a planned relocation of the city market and probably the city library to a widened and pedestrianized Downing Street, the entire block that Assumption Place sits on now belongs to a single development company (Ashford), simplifying negotiations with city hall regarding a massive redevelopment, etc.

The city however remains allergic to the concept of building parking structures, hence the reliance on surface parking. This will have to change, but Monctonians prefer to park close to their destination, and hate to have to pay for parking. This attitude will have to change.

ScreamingViking · #**5737** Posted **Aug 29, 2021, 6:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

does Hamilton have some sort of height limit?

Yeah, as Beedok noted the Niagara Escarpment has been set as the limit. For sites right downtown that's around 100m max building height, but less for those closer to the escarpment (there's a slope at its base) or on the west side of downtown where there's a rise.

A few buildings proposed before that policy came into effect are going to be a bit taller than the escarpment edge, but not by much.

And there's discussion about a 45-storey tower as part of a big redevelopment of a pier on the harbourfront (you can see it in Eric's last two renders). It will exceed the height of the escarpment, and be the tallest building in the central city, but will not be taller in geodetic height than the current tallest.

There are also three condo towers proposed in the suburban east end (Stoney Creek) near the lake, of 48 to 59 storeys, though that proposal is being rejigged a bit and they may not be as tall. There is much local opposition, but it's on a site that has pre-existing zoning from decades ago allowing for such height so the developer has leeway... it was forgotten over the years as the city updated its regulations.

koops65 · #**5738** Posted **Sep 5, 2021, 9:07 PM**

191 Bay, with observation deck views to the North, South and West:

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Nouvellecosse · #**5739** Posted **Sep 6, 2021, 2:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

Yes. The city has started trying to enforce one level with the escarpment.

Also, worth noting, a decent chunk of those renders are either under construction or topped out already, it's just that google hasn't updated in a bit.

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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

Yeah, as Beedok noted the Niagara Escarpment has been set as the limit. For sites right downtown that's around 100m max building height, but less for those closer to the escarpment (there's a slope at its base) or on the west side of downtown where there's a rise.

A few buildings proposed before that policy came into effect are going to be a bit taller than the escarpment edge, but not by much.

And there's discussion about a 45-storey tower as part of a big redevelopment of a pier on the harbourfront (you can see it in Eric's last two renders). It will exceed the height of the escarpment, and be the tallest building in the central city, but will not be taller in geodetic height than the current tallest.

There are also three condo towers proposed in the suburban east end (Stoney Creek) near the lake, of 48 to 59 storeys, though that proposal is being rejigged a bit and they may not be as tall. There is much local opposition, but it's on a site that has pre-existing zoning from decades ago allowing for such height so the developer has leeway... it was forgotten over the years as the city updated its regulations.

Seems like a lot of cities across the country have aggressive height limits. The majority even.

Beedok · #**5740** Posted **Sep 6, 2021, 11:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Seems like a lot of cities across the country have aggressive height limits. The majority even.

Hamilton's actually just got overturned, apparently.