Toronto Grand Hotel Redevelopment | 153.95m | 49s | Amexon | Core Architects

[torplanner]

George side

 

[innsertnamehere]

thats a well done render.. almost looks real.

 

[Therion]

There's something very Romanesque about the current Grand. the jutting corners, the staircases wrapping around the outside, the fortified-looking entrance, the little turrent-thingys above the podium all remind me of a medieval castle or pre-Gothic cathedral. Is Romanesque brutalism a thing?

 

[Mike in TO]

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has declared a provincial interest in the OMB hearing due to impacts on the helicopter flight path of both St. Michaels & Sick Kids hospitals.

 

[DSC]

thats a well done render.. almost looks real.

Yes, very realistic right down to the utility cuts on the street!

 

[Dwmurphy2]

Have there been any updates to this project in the past 7 months?

 

[torplanner]

I'm fairly certain that it resulted in a settlement at the OMB?

 

[Automation Gallery]

I'm fairly certain that it resulted in a settlement at the OMB?

Maybe, there was an issue with the flight path

 

[torplanner]

I think (but I don't have the docs in front of me) that the heights of it and Grid were limited by the flight path.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Interesting backgrounder:

http://www.mcmillan.ca/Files/188926_Flight Path Issues for Development Applications or To Boldly Go Where No Provincial Government Has Gone Before Paper.pdf

Status on page 2 at the time of the writing.

AoD

 

[greenleaf]

Interesting backgrounder:

http://www.mcmillan.ca/Files/188926_Flight Path Issues for Development Applications or To Boldly Go Where No Provincial Government Has Gone Before Paper.pdf

Status on page 2 at the time of the writing.

AoD

Amazing find. Flight path maps in there too.

 

[interchange42]

Very interesting! Kind of sad that the St Mikes east flight path will limit any redevelopment at Shuter and Poulett to 310 metres, so I'll have to let that dream go…

42

 

[enrigue8]

It sad if it true.
Here , it not a surprise because we are enemy of beautiful development.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

It sad if it true.
Here , it not a surprise because we are enemy of beautiful development.

This is an emergency medical transport flight path. It has NOTHING to do with anything else, beautiful or otherwise.

 

[maestro]

Very interesting! Kind of sad that the St Mikes east flight path will limit any redevelopment at Shuter and Poulett to 310 metres, so I'll have to let that dream go…

42

Wouldn't the flight paths be adjusted once the St Mike's megatall goes up?