3Dementia
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Take a look at the height of SkyTower... this isn't a recent photo (though lovely ;-).
Toronto Pinnacle One Yonge | 345.5m | 105s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini
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It is an old photo that was posted without a date - which I too find confusing (and easy to fix!)
Contra
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The one is a bit of a mind bender with the curving columns. Will likely be revisiting the cladding but in the meantime...
rdaner
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Taken 5 November. Hotel is a Meridien.
Riseth
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November 6, 2024
Rascacielo
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Great job! So tall that you didn't include the top!
mburrrrr
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Working on 48. Glazing and pipe changeover stuck at 30 & 31.
Nov 6
Nov 6
SkylineHorizons
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Where is that snazzy purple reflection coming from!? 
mburrrrr
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Maybe from the polarizing filter of the lake and sky.Where is that snazzy purple reflection coming from!?
wmedia
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Transitional sweeping white louvre piece installed today.
PasticheProtégé
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Ouu more parametric stuff like this around the city please! That piece is giving Miami’s One-thousand Museum vibes and I’m here for it
urb@ndweller
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From today
Richtea
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From today:
ImmenselyMental
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Peeking out from outside the Fairmont Royal York, and from the park at CIBC Square this afternoon:
From closer to the site:
From closer to the site:
isaidso
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I'd like to focus on the building but I can't get past the crude, depressing public realm. And it's not just this block, but practically every block in our city.
After watching a walking tour of Melbourne (link below), it hammered home how awful our public realm is. Stop using concrete on your sidewalks Toronto! It's primitive and cheap looking. We also need to cut in half (at the minimum) the amount of space we devote to car lanes.. We can spend billions on buildings but till we learn how to build a quality public realm and city built for people instead of cars we'll NEVER have an attractive city. I've been waiting for 25+ years for Toronto to fix this but running out of patience.
Melbourne makes Toronto look like a provincial backwater. You'd never know we're the bigger city with the bigger economy/tax base. Their sidewalks are triple the width of ours. Black pavers instead of concrete. Trees/quality planters. Canopies. Cars banished completely from major streets. The kicker is that our built form is very similar.
We could have the exact same thing but it's not even on the radar of most Torontonians. Most see no issue with 4-6 lanes of asphalt and argue it looks fine. That said, you can't desire/demand more, if a crappy public realm is all you've ever known.
After watching a walking tour of Melbourne (link below), it hammered home how awful our public realm is. Stop using concrete on your sidewalks Toronto! It's primitive and cheap looking. We also need to cut in half (at the minimum) the amount of space we devote to car lanes.. We can spend billions on buildings but till we learn how to build a quality public realm and city built for people instead of cars we'll NEVER have an attractive city. I've been waiting for 25+ years for Toronto to fix this but running out of patience.
Melbourne makes Toronto look like a provincial backwater. You'd never know we're the bigger city with the bigger economy/tax base. Their sidewalks are triple the width of ours. Black pavers instead of concrete. Trees/quality planters. Canopies. Cars banished completely from major streets. The kicker is that our built form is very similar.
We could have the exact same thing but it's not even on the radar of most Torontonians. Most see no issue with 4-6 lanes of asphalt and argue it looks fine. That said, you can't desire/demand more, if a crappy public realm is all you've ever known.
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