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[Register123]

Screw all you guys

I think it looks like a giant upside down turd.

There is no accounting for taste I suppose, or lack there of.

 

[Lenser]

Kotsy: Yeah, inverted, layered turds featurig right angles and mathematical precision - just another run of the mill turd fersure.

 

[LNahid2000]

Damn, I didn't realize I was in the 222 Jarvis thread.

 

[Lenser]

We're not, but it's the internet. Threads go sideways before being yanked back on topic. Do you like the Cumberland project, LNahid2000?

 

[isaidso]

Yeah i guess, it'll i be something around 288-292 meters , seems like this city cant vision anything over 1000ft
Melbourne which we are compared to a lot has no problem, with 4-5 bldgs. proposed or under construction

Agree. 300m is rather 1978. That said, even 10 years ago I'd have been excited at a 300m+ building. With 300m+ buildings going up all over the world, it's really about 400m+ buildings these days.

 

[isaidso]

I do as well... I think that a variety of buildings representing all the different architectural styles this city has is a lot more attractive then replacing all with the modern glass of today, adds texture and is interesting visually to someone walking around.

I agree as well. The old Sears building is one of the best buildings in the city and I detour to Jarvis just to walk passed it sometimes. The rush to make everything look current by incorporating glass is worrisome. Some people appreciate/value a very narrow band of architecture. If it falls outside that aesthetic they think it's garbage. If the whole city looked like Spire, I'd slip into a coma.

 

[maestro]

Ah, Melbourne. Now that's a bubble even we can be envious over.

 

[kotsy]

We're not, but it's the internet. Threads go sideways before being yanked back on topic.

Grandpa Joe: It's an elevator.
Willy Wonka: No, it's a Wonkavator. An elevator can only go up and down, but the Wonkavator can go sideways, and slantways, and longways, and backways...
Charlie Bucket: And frontways?
Willy Wonka: ...and squareways, and front ways, and any other ways that you can think of.

 

[Parkdalian]

LOL @ people disliking the Sears building.

 

[ushahid]

Agree. 300m is rather 1978. That said, even 10 years ago I'd have been excited at a 300m+ building. With 300m+ buildings going up all over the world, it's really about 400m+ buildings these days.

My freind, At least let us get a 300m+ first.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Agree. 300m is rather 1978. That said, even 10 years ago I'd have been excited at a 300m+ building. With 300m+ buildings going up all over the world, it's really about 400m+ buildings these days.

Please don't crush the dreams of the Toronto SUPEEEERTAAAAAL fanboys. They've been waiting for their own supertall since FCP.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Kotsy: Yeah, inverted, layered turds featurig right angles and mathematical precision - just another run of the mill turd fersure.

You must not think very highly of the University of Toronto Peacock Library.

 

[Lenser]

Actually, I was more commenting on how right-angled anything, inverted or not, is unlike, well, a turd.

 

[Mongo]

Actually, I was more commenting on how right-angled anything, inverted or not, is unlike, well, a turd.

Unless someone's been literally shitting bricks.

 

[Lenser]

Exactamundo.