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building babel
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Who? In January fiendishlibrarian and CanadianNational both predicted that both buildings would be under construction this year, EnviroTO predicted the office tower would, and I predicted the Ritz would.
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3Dementia
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The new rendering of the 41s RBC is a strange one given the tower is on the identical background (same POV) as the "soaring" 48s version first released.... in fact this version is made to appear nearly 1/3rd shorter not 7 floors shorter.
The real impact @ 610' plus whatever... will be huge on Wellington Street.
Here's a quicky impression of the Olsen twins at sunrise... Wellington never looked so good/
The real impact @ 610' plus whatever... will be huge on Wellington Street.
Here's a quicky impression of the Olsen twins at sunrise... Wellington never looked so good/
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urbanboyto
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wow that is the first render I have seen of both towers together. AND it is the first time I have actually liked the Ritz Building..it looks far less boxy in this rendering.
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3Dementia
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Thx urbanboy... I was about to delete due to lack of interest.
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urbanboyto
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I am glad you didn't!
I wonder how these towers are going to look on the skyline. They will be very prominent given their location.
I wonder how these towers are going to look on the skyline. They will be very prominent given their location.
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Sir Novelty Fashion
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The impact will be mitigated, I expect, by Simcoe Place directly to the south.
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Canuck 36
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Seeing that rendering makes me wonder louder how the street will be impacted by those podiums shooting out from each of those buildings.
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Sir Novelty Fashion
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Depends on how they line up. Ideally, it will turn it into a real street instead of a negative expanse between one parkette and the next.
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joel in TO
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Wellington desperately needs something like this here... and it desperately needs some trees between john and peter - that stretch in front of icon i and ii feels like a desert!
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Mystery White Boy 66
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So both of those towers are going to be side by side? Btw, why is RBC building another tower? What's happening to the gold tower on Front St.?
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Sir Novelty Fashion
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^ Sold it to Home Depot. They're melting it down for bullion.
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goodboys
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RBC Centre (UT)
I don't know..something about the blandness of the RBC, the slant of the Ritz, the mismatched podiums (heights and setbacks)...they just don't look right side-by-side. Considering it's the same developer, little effort seems to have been made to try and have the two buildings complement each other.
I don't know..something about the blandness of the RBC, the slant of the Ritz, the mismatched podiums (heights and setbacks)...they just don't look right side-by-side. Considering it's the same developer, little effort seems to have been made to try and have the two buildings complement each other.
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mark simpson
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^ you do realize one of the towers is photoshopped into a rendering of the other
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goodboys
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yeah...maybe if a better rendering of the two comes out it might be an improvement but the Ritz is definitely set back farther from the street than RBC; and a 9 storey podium of office space is not going to be the same height as the Ritz' 4 or 5 banquet hall podium. Anyway, as always, I guess we will have to wait for the finished product before judging too harshly.
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mark simpson
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"Ritz is definitely set back farther from the street "
not sure about that
"a 9 storey podium of office space is not going to be the same height as the Ritz' 4 or 5 banquet hall podium. "
the floors of the ritz very easily could be double height floors
not sure about that
"a 9 storey podium of office space is not going to be the same height as the Ritz' 4 or 5 banquet hall podium. "
the floors of the ritz very easily could be double height floors