Toronto Union Park | 303.26m | 58s | Oxford Properties | Pelli Clarke Pelli

Downtown casino.

Big Daddy said:
If a casino is built outside of downtown, they will build their own convention centre, further weakening the downtown CC. then we will have two mediocre convention Centres - or worse, Xfird will give up on a CC and build more condos. A casino outside of dwntown will also build its own hotels, well apart from the existing hotels downtown, further weakening their position. The same holds true for restaurants and bars. If there is going to be a casino in Tronto, it NEEDS to be dwntown and the Oxford proposal would be the best option period.
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I'm totally agree with you , but who will listen any ways...
 
renvel said:
I'm totally agree with you , but who will listen any ways...
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Debate on merits of a casino: http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/18605-OLG-Toronto-GTA-casino-proposal-(where-to-put-it-)

On topic discussion:

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http://oxfordplace.ca/OxfordPlaceDevelopment.pdf
 
The hotels are rectangular now - as is the "casino" portion
 
The rendering of the site from the air is new.

Another interesting note - the twin towers will be aligned N-S to the 3 Gehry Towers - pretty much to the T.

AoD
 
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These guys will be much taller, and wider than the Gehry towers. The oxford twins will outscale (and outclass IMO) the Gehrys by a huge amount. (hard to imagine considering how large the Gehry towers will be, but the Oxford towers are complete beasts)
 
innsertnamehere:

Only if you are reviewing them from the south - which is not the usual direction. In any case, different uses and completely different styles - I would be quite happy to see them all in place. Let's not forget Signature down the road, and the rumoured 60+ Front Street tower.

Heck at this rate they should ditch the casino and save that site for another twin tower project of this sort.

AoD
 
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completely agreed. I love the Gehry proposals, but the oxford towers sit in another realm all-together. I can't wait to see what turns up at 156 front, and the aA designed signature tower. The city will be completely different in 10 years, and I realize this almost every day when I take a look at my 3D skyline model.

Hopefully this helps put the two developments to scale:
 
It makes a lot if sense that the Oxford towers have been shifted to the west, since given their height, the easternmost tower would likely have blocked the view of the CBD from the CN Tower.
 
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