Toronto Pinnacle One Yonge | 345.5m | 105s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

Taken 2 December. From Eastern and Front.

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I'm curious, what's all your thoughts on this buildings design?


I'll go first, I think it's nice but something more unique could've been nice, kinda like the one but hey beggars can't be choosers
I also think the location is a little "wierd" it'll stick out so much from anywhere and kinda make the cn tower look less imposing yk?
 
OpenClosed said:
I'm curious, what's all your thoughts on this buildings design?


I'll go first, I think it's nice but something more unique could've been nice, kinda like the one but hey beggars can't be choosers
I also think the location is a little "wierd" it'll stick out so much from anywhere and kinda make the cn tower look less imposing yk?
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I liked the previous design with golden facade. this design is nice but not the best for the tallest in Canada.
Location is good. it will have the same effect on the skyline that CN tower had in the 70s when it was built.
 
OpenClosed said:
I also think the location is a little "wierd" it'll stick out so much from anywhere and kinda make the cn tower look less imposing yk?
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I actually really love the location. This development and Sugar Wharf phase 2 are gonna help shift the skyline to be more centered around Yonge like it should be. I never got why for the longest time most of the skyscrapers in the skyline were west of Yonge instead of being centered around the East and West end divider.
 
Cyber98 said:
I actually really love the location. This development and Sugar Wharf phase 2 are gonna help shift the skyline to be more centered around Yonge like it should be. I never got why for the longest time most of the skyscrapers in the skyline were west of Yonge instead of being centered around the East and West end divider.
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I have some ideas as to why skyscrapers are more common west of Yonge Street, but I will have to put it in a nutshell.

The southeastern part of downtown contains some of Toronto's oldest areas, and heritage preservation is quite substantial there, leading to a lower concentration of skyscrapers east of Yonge (particularly before the current condo boom). The Financial District is mainly west of Yonge Street, and as the city grew in prominence and size over time, many companies chose to put their headquarters in this area, leading to the proliferation of skyscrapers west of Yonge Street.

More recently, the southwestern part of downtown (CityPlace) was largely vacant until the early 2000s, when Concord started developing the land. There was also a golf course on the west side of Spadina for a short time before development.

Here are a few photos I took of Pinnacle One Yonge yesterday morning as they were raising the crane, starting from outside Union Station:
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Here is a comparison of Sky Tower at the beginning of the year, and yesterday:
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Cyber98 said:
I actually really love the location. This development and Sugar Wharf phase 2 are gonna help shift the skyline to be more centered around Yonge like it should be. I never got why for the longest time most of the skyscrapers in the skyline were west of Yonge instead of being centered around the East and West end divider.
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To add to the above, Toronto, like most cities, is skewed westward due to a general preference for growth in that direction.

It’s rooted in the industrial era, with prevailing winds blowing eastward (usually) and a manifest destiny-esque cultural force marking the west as the land of opportunity. This has all prevailed into the modern age, becoming a self-fulfilling cycle of “there’s more in the west, so let’s build there”. This was compounded by the Don being an early barrier, further making the west preferable.

This has generally played out in downtown as well, both as the city was being established and as it has grown. The economic central spine of downtown might even better be described as Bay Street, not Yonge, when accounting for where the true financial core is/was built. The medical district is on University, U of T between University and Spadina, and so on. Though, Yonge is almost certainly the cultural centre at large.

The most obvious evidence for this is how the contemporary ‘condo boom’ has played out in the core; much more development has occurred on the west side, and much more can be considered ‘complete’ there. The east is only growing comparably now, as development moves clockwise/counterclockwise from the west/north.

Worth saying, however, that as growth needs have changed, the scale of development is much larger in the east than ever was planned in the west previously, perhaps partially due to the momentum of demand to live downtown in general as a result of the growth in the west/north core.
 
officedweller said:
Are those white panels aggregate or a composite material?
They seem to be formed so well that they don't look like aluminum panels?
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Hi @officedweller! I work for the company that manufactures these panels. They are, in fact, made of aluminum. We specialize in creating complex architectural panels with high-quality finishes. If you'd like to see more of our projects and learn about the range of materials we work with, feel free to check out our website: https://cyrell.qc.ca/en/cyr-custom/
 
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