The design may have been dumbed down but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far, the geometry is still more interesting than 95% of the condos going up in this city.
Ho.Lee.Sheet.
Feels I've been waiting my whole damn life to see buildings like this get built in Toronto. Yeah still a lot that can go wrong between now and completion, but sometimes miracles do happen(The One). At least the vision is there.
Where exactly were you stopped? The Milton line is a single-direction service; there is no point where a train on that line would have to wait for other GO trains except when it gets too close to Union. As for why it would have to stop before entering Union Station, there are several reasons...
Indeed.
Unsurprising, for anyone that's ever been to West Harbour you'd know that there's so much space beyond just the immediate platform, in contrast to most other GO stations.
The buildings contrast too much, in a bad way and they're too simular in height. If it were shorter it could have created a nice step down appearance but together at that height they make for a jarring pair of dissimilar twin towers.
Anyone know what the deal is with the enclosed glass canopy on the rooftop level(only on the higher section). Is there some sort of private observation deak/corridor located up there?
In order to not overload Union Station.
With the amount of passenger flow projected they absolutely must look at options to provide future relief for Union station otherwise it risks being overwhelmed even with the planned upgrades to the station. By stopping at the Ex passenger traveling into...
I first saw that many years back expected the CTBUH to make the appropriate changes but surprisingly there's never been any corrections.
Yes the Google Earth data could be wrong, but if it was wrong there would be a lot more evidence. How so? Well, GE's elevation data was taken from the Shuttle...