ganjavih
Senior Member
Ah, I'd like to invite you to our new group, the Society for the Deboxification of Toronto's Skyline.
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Ah, I'd like to invite you to our new group, the Society for the Deboxification of Toronto's Skyline.
Mike in TO
Senior Member
The minor variance is to increase the height from 120m to 120.75m. This will not result in additional floors, the increase has to do with a ventilation system in the mechanical space that requires a ceiling height increase.
It would have been odd to add even five floors when the thing is almost done.
Crap! I hope it's refused for lack of daring!
Yeahbut I was hoping they were trying to sell some unsold parking spots, and thought that a few more floors could do the trick. They always overengineer these things anyway.
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BUGEYEDBRIT
Active Member
they have unsold parking spaces? Thats almost funny, as they were very proud of themselves for reducing the number of spaces available to be bought, you had to buy a minimum 2 bed unit in order to be 'allowed' to purchase a space, so now they have a surplus? Ha!
Andrew3D
Active Member
From Bay street. Still not a fan of this building but it is making an impact on the skyline. For me too much pre-cast, to much green and to top things off a roof that could look ridiculous. I'll wait until it's complete to write this thing off, so far i don't see what all the fuss is about. Anyway, here is a really bad picture I took today from Bay street.
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
friggin snow!
we need more buildings of this height in locations like this ... east and west of the core... we need to widen the skyline! Great impact from this angle... likley that we will be able to see 500 Sherbourne filling in the rest of the gap just to the north too.
we need more buildings of this height in locations like this ... east and west of the core... we need to widen the skyline! Great impact from this angle... likley that we will be able to see 500 Sherbourne filling in the rest of the gap just to the north too.
condovo
Senior Member
BTW, is 22 Wellesley finished or not? It looks like there's a strip of cladding missing at the top of the glass curtain wall. 18 Yorkville still has some pieces of cladding missing at the top of its podium. Drives me nuts! Regarding Verve, I wish it was taller and I'm holding my breath to see how it turns out at the top. Thanks for the pic.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Don't hold your breath, it ain't pretty
JasonParis
Moderator
I think it makes a good "eatern gate" to the Gay Village personally, especially when looking from Yonge (or even Bay).
Mike in TO
Senior Member
Rising in the Skyline:
HiRiser
Active Member
That white strip of concrete blends in quite well with those apartment buildings. However it doesn't make this project look very appealing. Slightly disappointed with this one
bgd
New Member
From Bay street. Still not a fan of this building but it is making an impact on the skyline. For me too much pre-cast, to much green and to top things off a roof that could look ridiculous. I'll wait until it's complete to write this thing off, so far i don't see what all the fuss is about. Anyway, here is a really bad picture I took today from Bay street.
does anyone know if anything is going on with the large piece of land east of Bay Street and south of Wellesley? (where the blue hoarding is in this photo)
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Tewder
Senior Member
Lovin' those light poles!