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    Yonge-Dundas Square/Sankofa Square (Brown + Storey Architects)

    Hot garbage is right. Why couldn't this four screen abomination have at least been one cylinder shaped screen? I would imagine the applications of having 360 would have been a bigger draw for advertisers. It's hard doing the thinking for people in charge who didn't in the first place.
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    Toronto Waterfront Innovation Centre | 53.03m | 11s | Waterfront Toronto | Sweeny &Co

    Leave it to Jared, Wendy, Andrew, Jason, and the Menkes team hog tying Sweeny. While the city, WT, and DRP roll over and ask to be done next. Meanwhile, Zaha in Macau shows what a pass through type area could be with a little love form developers. Photo Cred: Timmy727...
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    Toronto Ten York Street Condos | 224.02m | 65s | Tridel | Wallman Architects

    For enduring the visual punishment of Tridel's 300 Front, AquaFANTASTIKA, and 4 seater hot tubs citywide please Lord let there be a sloped roof or some other standout capped feature.
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    Toronto Ontario Court of Justice Toronto | 95.7m | 17s | Infrastructure ON | Renzo Piano

    The anticipation of this announcement is a slow archigeek torture. Extreme torture is WZMH wins out and dreams of Renzo x Toronto are dashed. IMO the whole Paris Courthouse project from top to bottom and inside out is on another level...
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    Toronto Alias | 159.5m | 48s | Madison Group | Teeple Architects

    and does this include beloved McVeigh's? I think I've had many a good wee pint there
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    Toronto Social at Church + Dundas | 164.89m | 52s | Pemberton | RAW Design

    It's really too bad Ryerson didn't pony up for Calatrava's highrise engineering building directly to the north of this project. One could dream as to what it could have done accelerating development at that intersection. Rethink the podium a touch, please.
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    Toronto Pinnacle One Yonge | 344.9m | 105s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

    I may be in a very small camp of one on this... I feel that 1BE to be just above ok. It's a nice enough looking building, to me it just feels already dated and not worth emulating in a waterfront position. Soms Cayan Tower in Dubai, Gang's Aqua in Chicago is where Pinnacle should be aiming...
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    Toronto 64 Prince Arthur | 46.1m | 13s | Forgestone | RAW Design

    The building to the east applies nearly a 10 fold 'uber shadow' to the park so although I see Atwoodgalenimbyism roaring its head on this, it is unfounded, this park has never been valued for its sun exposure, so trying to make it about that is a tiny bit of theatrics. I think this is a smart...
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    Toronto 180 John Street | 30.48m | 7s | Allied | Gensler

    More like this, please
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    Toronto CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre

    I still feel that the city/metrolinx dropped the ball(surprised, no) with the opportunity for an expanded Union Station Streetcar loop. Most other forward-thinking cities/organizations would be coming up with a multitude of options to get what is sorely needed to be accomplished. Yet again...
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    Kensington Market

    Would anyone have any info on the redevelopment of Bellevue Square? The little parkette is being moved around and yet I can not find any info online about it, except a tender bid...
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    Toronto The Residences of 488 University Avenue | 206.95m | 55s | Amexon | Core Architects

    I may have missed this, is the entire addition going to be framed in steel? If so, would the interior walls separating units/hallways be carrying more sound than concrete? I live in a double drywall and spray foam row house and it's still only about 75-80% and I doubt the developers would be...
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    Toronto CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre

    I am saddened that potential relief to the Union Station LRT bottleneck is going to be passed by. In a perfect world, having the vision and alternate funding mindset would save most if not all of the waterfront LRT issues terminating at Union Station loop. The parking lot of Phase 1 has...
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    Toronto Ontario Court of Justice Toronto | 95.7m | 17s | Infrastructure ON | Renzo Piano

    How amazing would REX's new Washington office building currently proposed/being built was offered for this project instead. I would happily accept this Toronto Box Echos of the Brutalist concrete and stone in the immediate area reflected on top notch concave curtain wall. I mean one can dream...

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