condovo
Senior Member
Also, apparently, unlike Aqua, this building will have some sort of tapering and/or angled roof-line.
Toronto One Bloor East | 257.24m | 76s | Great Gulf | Hariri Pontarini
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hyfen
New Member
What's the tent for?
WiddleBittyKitty
Felis catus
An urban wedding reception, naturally.
khris
Senior Member
I guess they're expecting sales to be really huge for this, so not building a more "permanent" sales centre at this time?
tkip
Active Member
Tent....
Exactly what I was thinking when walking by that corner today. They must think that sales are going to huge and fast and thus why build a sales center when a tent can just be taken down in a day or two.
Exactly what I was thinking when walking by that corner today. They must think that sales are going to huge and fast and thus why build a sales center when a tent can just be taken down in a day or two.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Once the initial madness dies down they can move sales over to the X2 office on Charles East and continue from there.
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
I heard they're going to hand out hot dogs and coffee to homeless people...
CN Tower
Banned
What's the tent for?
In a twist of irony it's the new Tent City location to house all the condo speculator refugees who are now broke and homeless as a result of Jimbo's 20% downpayment requirement for non-resident buyers.
DaninToronto
Active Member
Skyscraperpage has this one at 218.5 metres. Did I miss it on here or are they using the old height?
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
I think that sounds about right. What do you mean by old height? Wasnt that more like 280m?
urbanboyto
Active Member
Dynasty hahahaha....yes I can see the giant shoulder pads and helmet hair now!
kronkie
Banned
What a cold shoulder! They couldnt even make it the same size as aqua??? BAH bummer!
I like the design, but... ... COMMMON!!! add like another 10 floors.
Why are Toronto peeps always short on the height.GIVE US MORE!!! If its cuz of the cn tower, i think im ready for the thing to come down! :s jk jk
and if 1 bloor sold out so fast...why is this building still so small (compared) NO?
I guess I was hoping for more.
I like the design, but... ... COMMMON!!! add like another 10 floors.
Why are Toronto peeps always short on the height.GIVE US MORE!!! If its cuz of the cn tower, i think im ready for the thing to come down! :s jk jk
and if 1 bloor sold out so fast...why is this building still so small (compared) NO?
I guess I was hoping for more.
Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
On one hand - as much as I like to be arch about these things - I kinda wish it was taller, too.
On the other, isn't it nice to see a design that you can't just plop an extra 10 floors onto without impacting it at all? This building and its shapes is designed vertically as well as horizontally. That's a nice change.
On the other, isn't it nice to see a design that you can't just plop an extra 10 floors onto without impacting it at all? This building and its shapes is designed vertically as well as horizontally. That's a nice change.
WillC
New Member
Reading this forum, I can never understand this hunger for height. As an perceptive poster pointed out earlier, the main factor that affects us a residents, is how much we can use the first floors in the podium, and how much of a podium the building will have to cut down on the wind tunnel effect. As someone who lives in the immediate vicinity, I realize tlhat we need more retail, in an area that is already crowded, with more condos opening soon.
Having a taller building will only benefit the millionaires who live on the top floors, and will have a better view, but will block out more of the sun for those of us not so highly placed. Perhaps some people are city-proud, and they want to have higher phallic symbols than some other city. We can achieve density without going so high.
Having a taller building will only benefit the millionaires who live on the top floors, and will have a better view, but will block out more of the sun for those of us not so highly placed. Perhaps some people are city-proud, and they want to have higher phallic symbols than some other city. We can achieve density without going so high.
Big Daddy
Senior Member
On the other hand, I have never understood the argument that a building in downtown Toronto is too tall. Something has to give. First they despair that urban sprawl will kill us, so they place a “green barrier around the city and preach intensification - then they say buildings are too tall (by some unknown "human scale") and intensification must be scaled back – no clear reasons are ever provided except increased traffic (need to improve / increase mass transit) and blocked sunlight. Our cities are the engine that drives our economy. If you insist that you can’t grow out and you can’t grow up then grow where? Or is the argument that the city should stop growing? Or is the argument that all buildings should be capped at some arbitrary height? There are few sites as clearly perfect for intensification as \Yonge and \Bloor due to the fact that it is serviced by two subway lines. In fact many of our downtown sites can and should have less restrictions on height. The infrastructure is there to accommodate as is the transit and the ability for many to walk to work.
You must either mean subterranean or even tinier apartments. I think the apartments are already too small and lack any form of "human scale". Sunlight isn’t all we need; we also need space to adequately live - including families.