A friend used to work at a Mr Sub at Yonge and Finch. A few times a year he'd get Americans coming in and asking where the CN Tower was. They confused NYCC with downtown. Compared to most US cities NYCC is quite impressive.
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Superstar
Yeah, the soon to start Hullmark, Emerald, and Gibson developments will sure add more flair and height to this already impressive skyline.
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Superstar
Also dont forget the existing South Etobicoke lakefront skyline that is growing at a rapid phase.
Traynor
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Just for fun I backed the clock up a few years for a comparison. So I have the Yorkville skyline circa 2000, today 2010 and approximately 2015.
(Tip: Just keep clicking the Next button to scroll back and forth through time.)
(Tip: Just keep clicking the Next button to scroll back and forth through time.)
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yyzer
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great shots Traynor, even though there has been so much change already at Y&B/Yorkville, there is even more on the way, eh?
Therion
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Holy crap, is 1BE going to be that dominant? It almost seems too high compared to the surrounding buildings.
steveve
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Oh my god... i don't even wanna look at that first shot!!! jeez. a yorkville skyline comprised of 3 towers. epic fail! good thing it looks much bigger today.
haha! Yes. NYCC is a really interesting place. the same goes with Midtown (yonge/egg). both these hubs are hot spots for rapid growth. yet they're so close to the city (and run along the same streets!). And NYCC looks even larger because it extends for a huge strip along yonge. Maybe in 25 years, NYCC might even become apart of downtown! TORONTO MEGA CITY! almost like a Shanghai sorta thing. (traynor should do a panoramic render of NYCC, Yonge/Egg, and downtown... though, it's probably really hard to get an aerial shot like that!)
barrytron3030
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Oh my god... i don't even wanna look at that first shot!!! jeez. a yorkville skyline comprised of 3 towers. epic fail! good thing it looks much bigger today.
haha! Yes. NYCC is a really interesting place. the same goes with Midtown (yonge/egg). both these hubs are hot spots for rapid growth. yet they're so close to the city (and run along the same streets!). And NYCC looks even larger because it extends for a huge strip along yonge. Maybe in 25 years, NYCC might even become apart of downtown! TORONTO MEGA CITY! almost like a Shanghai sorta thing. (traynor should do a panoramic render of NYCC, Yonge/Egg, and downtown... though, it's probably really hard to get an aerial shot like that!)
Oh, Steveve, in 2000, I was around your age, and can still remember Toronto's then-miniscule skyline. Can you imagine what Toronto's skyline looked like for our parents' generation? But truly, a city is not defined by its condo towers and Toronto was still pretty rocking without them.
Well I was that age in 1976 when I watched the CN Tower get topped off. The city was way smaller then.
Red October
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My dad always talks about before Toronto-Dominion Centre was built.. I can't even imagine it to be honest.
Komiksulo
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A while back, GO had an advertisement with a photograph from 1967 showing one of their first trains. In the background, the first tower of the TD Centre was starkly incredible: it rose out of the grey clutter of smaller buildings like the Monolith in that old movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Calrissian
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Old? 2001 was only 9 years ago!
steveve
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Don't wanna go off topic here but it's kinda sad that a majority of our skyline is filled with condo towers (and we'll get even more in time), but then again, our skyline would suck even more without them.
Back in the day (2001 era), i wasn't yet interested with this sorta stuff.. it think the first tall skyscraper i really remember being built downtown was ROCP (2006 ish). things have definitely changed!
Back in the day (2001 era), i wasn't yet interested with this sorta stuff.. it think the first tall skyscraper i really remember being built downtown was ROCP (2006 ish). things have definitely changed!
Traynor
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Something I whipped up for the Four Seasons Thread:
(Original courtesy dt_toronto_geek found here: http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.p...S-Lifetime-52-25s-aA-P-S)&p=465264#post465264 )
Original and render for comparison. Flick between NEXT and First to compare.
(Original courtesy dt_toronto_geek found here: http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.p...S-Lifetime-52-25s-aA-P-S)&p=465264#post465264 )
Original and render for comparison. Flick between NEXT and First to compare.
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grey
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Great job! Nice work cleaning up FCP in the distance, as well.