Have we not read this exact post on the previous page? C'mon, sunnyray, there's really nothing new here: too high, too dense, too near other structures, incorrect land use yada yada yada...
I'm guessing that 100m height limit was enacted over 15 years ago when the original buildings were being planned. Many moons have passed and many stories constructed since then. I'm not sure of any exact numbers but does anyone have a rough estimate of how many new buildings around or over 100m were constructed in that same period? We live in a different city, a larger city, a denser city. I'm not going to chide you with flip remarks about where you 'should live,' but sunnyray, since your initial objection, you seem to have run out of material.
I do hope Hullmark gets built at 164m and if possible, Emerald Park as well (maybe nudging 200?!
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). To object to these developments so vehemently yet with so little evidence and so weak an argument seems a little absurd if you ask me. Furthermore, if moderators are having to step in to edit your posts, I'd either tone it down or seek greener pastures.
Directly east of Tridel Hullmark Centre is Minto Garden's Radiance with 33 floors,... at 98m,... originally Area A 0% residential but was OMB for residential use.
http://www.urbandb.com/canada/ontario/toronto/minto_gardens_east/
Here's a more informative site with height of various buildings in Toronto,... both constructed and proposed:
http://www.urbandb.com/canada/ontario/toronto/all.html
Tallest building in North York seems to be Empire On Bayview (Bayview & Sheppard) at 130m,... mainly because of the empire state building roof design with a huge pole on top. With 28 floors, building itself is about 85m,... not including that artistic roof and pole
http://www.urbandb.com/canada/ontario/toronto/empire_on_bayview/
Empress Walk is close to 100m limit,... with 32-33 floors building itself is about 100m,... but both towers have large artistic pinnacles on top bringing total height to 116m-118m. Empress Walk developer had to give the city and community many concessions to build residential on a site zoned for offices, originally Area A 0% residential.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Walk
- rebuild Earl Haig Secondary School
- rebuild McKee Public School
- rebuild Mitchell Field Community Centre
- re-align Doris Avenue to prevent thru-way traffic in a residential area connecting Bayview Avenue and Yonge Street.
Gee,... I wonder what concession Bazis Emerald Park and Tridel Hullmark Centre can offer the community.
Empress Walk is a great example of two residential condo towers (32 & 33 floors) in downtown North York that's well built within 100m limit (excluding artistic pinnacles) and serves the community well with a decent little mall & Loblaw in the podium.
Why is it that a building has to be huge and dwarf all surrounding buildings?,... at least it seems that way according to those on this board.
Why can't Bazis Emerald Park and Tridel Hullmark Centre be built within the 100m limit for the area? Bazis Emerald Park is already a stand out anyway,... with its artistic leaning roof,.... and it's use of green and dark shade glass, in contrast to the mostly generic cement and glass buildings of North York downtown. I think the Bazis Emerald Park design is much better overall than Tridel Hullmark Centre,... but I do perfer how Tridel Hullmark Centre's interface with the street level,... the Yonge Dundas square look will bring some excitment to the area. But both residential towers of Tridel Hullmark Centre is way to plain,... seems the designers never put much effort and creativity into the design of the residential towers,... most likely because they know it'll never be built at 164m anyways.