Toronto L-Tower | 204.82m | 58s | Cityzen | Daniel Libeskind

[Urban Shocker]

Perhaps the global economic meltdown will come to our rescue and Offshore Flipper - or whoever's supposedly buying apartments in this silly thing - will retrench to Dubai. The ill-defined cultural component was all puffery too.

 

[unimaginative2]

I'm crossing my fingers for the very same thing at Pier 27.

 

[Urban Shocker]

Oh, Pier 27 is far too good to appeal to Offshore Flipper and his craving for architectural Grand Guignol.

 

[Observer Walt]

It was all too easy to do a major surgery at "L" -- simply lop off the toe of the boot. I don't know how you could do the equivalent at Pier 27. Nor do I know why you would want to; I like Pier 27 (just my own opinion, of course).

 

[adma]

Maybe they could achieve the original design by seeking funding from the Italian ministry of tourism.

 

[casaguy]

So wasn't the city debating this project yesterday? Any news on what happened?

 

[wyliepoon]

Maybe they could achieve the original design by seeking funding from the Italian ministry of tourism.

Or we can get a tower like Fiera Milano. (See "Berlusconi's Viagra" in the Rest of the Universe Architecture discussion)

 

[khris]

This is the most disappointing news of 2008 as far as urban developments go. Why can't Toronto do creative and unique? Do we always have to be conservative and boring? Ugh!

 

[alklay]

This is the most disappointing news of 2008 as far as urban developments go. Why can't Toronto do creative and unique? Do we always have to be conservative and boring? Ugh!

Uhhhh...New City Hall? AGO? ROM? OCAD?

 

[grey]

Also, those crazy condo tower proposals in the Entertainment District...

 

[Solaris]

the point is ... the proposed revisions to L Tower is disappointing + frustrating

 

[Automation Gallery]

Uhhhh...New City Hall? AGO? ROM? OCAD?

In a cosmopolitan city of this size whats that.

 

[unimaginative2]

Uhhhh...New City Hall? AGO? ROM? OCAD?

To play devil's advocate, New City Hall was 50 years ago, while the AGO and ROM simply asked trendy architects to replicate popular designs from other cities.

 

[Sir Novelty Fashion]

...though Gehry, to his credit, didn't play ball on that count. (Not that there was the money for a ballgame, at any rate.)

 

[unimaginative2]

Absolutely. I was going to mention that, and I've always thought, from his buildings that I've seen, that he's a great architect. He's given us a unique building whether we like it or not.