Toronto Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

[smably]

Wait, is the hotel component new?

 

[raptor]

West tower is actually 329m to the top of the glass parapet.

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

West tower is actually 329m to the top of the glass parapet.

Just about to post that

 

[raptor]

The canopies on Ed Mirvish Way look amazing

 

[Tuscani01]

Sweet! With hotel use on the top floor, I assume we are getting a new restaurant with amazing views?

 

[innsertnamehere]

Wait, is the hotel component new?

yes

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

And corner staircase/restaurant for the hotel:

(GG/Gehry)

And from the Planning Rationale report:

(GG)

AoD

 

[raptor]

The shadow study suggests these towers would add a minimal amount of shadow, on top of the existing shadows cast by the forest of towers in the area. I doubt this would be a big concern for the city.

 

[Start Fox]

BUILD IT. BUILD IT NOW!

 

[ushahid]

bring some men and cranes

 

[old boy]

This is really the best news I've heard in some time. Some of us on UT get a tad negative at times after seeing so many generic condos come to this city. This definitely breaks the mold, so let's get 'er done !

 

[interchange42]

bring some men and cranes

Ist. Sex-ist.

42

 

[ushahid]

^ does workers work?

 

[ADRM]

It's like 8 Spruce twinned and on steroids. If it's built something close to as-rendered, we'll have an epic retort for the Toronto pessimists/haters on our hands: Toronto has a thing that NYC has but nicer.

 

[Koops65]

Here is a video showing the new height on the M&G towers:

And a screenshot: