[caltrane74]

5 June 2010: what really matters--the base.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2777/dsc08694c.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2774/dsc08691z.jpg

I'll have to wait 'til it's animated with business to see if it's a failure or not.

from urbandreamer at UT

[caltrane74]

by me

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/8255/sany0959.jpg


http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6600/sany0973.jpg


To my surprise, 18 York , looks better than Telus House across the street.....

WOW~!!!!


________

another picture by me

This time Crystal Blau!!!

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1052/sany0899e.jpg

Uptown going Hardcore on Bloorstreet!!!!!

http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/2229/sany0870g.jpg

Shot of Burano from another direction

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6200/sany0904.jpg

Burano will lead the way at 163 meters, Then Aura will take it to school at 252.!!!!

all pictures by me

[steveve]

Great batches of updates caltrane!

18 York looks amazing! my favorite is the corners cause they're just so sharp and simple! It's like a giant ice-cube! :D

I've never really liked the way the glass looks on telus... its just too pale/greyish, somethings not right :yuck:

Crystal blu's looking great on the side thats now fully clad! :)

[steveve]

Lumiere and ROCP EPICNESS by Androiduk at UT!

ROCP looks INCREDIBLE in that shot if you ask me... and the way these towers look together is stunning! Great composition from rocp (tallest looking) to eaton centre towers! (shortest lookin there)...
The west facing sides of both ROCP towers look stunning for some reason in that lighting!. these towers look really grand in this shot! very new york like! powerful looking towers if you ask me! :cheers: :D

http://andrewfare.com/UTB/mytoronto9/lumier1.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?614-Lumiere-(Menkes-32s-Wallman)-Toronto-Style-debate-(posts-57-141)&p=410290#post410290


MLS by Davin at UT:

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu283/drdavinator/June%206%202010/IMG_1681.jpg

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu283/drdavinator/June%206%202010/IMG_1682.jpg

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu283/drdavinator/June%206%202010/IMG_1688.jpg

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu283/drdavinator/June%206%202010/IMG_1692.jpg

[caltrane74]

Seems as though MLS is getting occupied now and has been for a while. Great pictures nonetheless.

[caltrane74]

Taken June 6th, by me.

http://5arkma.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pSUvH52l9eeNiKbPAS5xdgs6jdn31EbiIoGdjzBxQhrCVc8gp42XPgxZ5T4nWAm5WQsa-8click9sBFtiBsbx2qztYmYcF8ib/Absolute%20World%2001.jpg

http://5arkma.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pX3a4r7SfzKRx_kDZYPeopiJaeSX73zWAh6hLYFLVZhzn9zemMD3eKqhOGX054K0dkW6jMmDMjn_WUwy__jcVdVlcyAGz__A1/Absolute%20World%202.jpg

from kristopher at UT

[caltrane74]

I still don't know what I think about this one. I love the reflective glass but I think it's gonna look like it should be in some commercial park in Oakville. Pics from today:

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu283/drdavinator/June%206%202010/IMG_1680.jpg

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu283/drdavinator/June%206%202010/IMG_1684.jpg

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu283/drdavinator/June%206%202010/IMG_1690.jpg

18 york from davin at UT

[WhipperSnapper]

no offense to steveve and his love affair of hieght but, ROCP looks incredibly clunky in that shot . MLS, Telus, and 18 York, on the other hand, look great.

[Coldrsx]

MLS looks down right colossal

[Coldrsx]

Epcor Tower by me

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x164/coldrsx/misc%20photos/DSC04781.jpg

[caltrane74]

nice shot..

[Traynor]

no offense to steveve and his love affair of hieght but, ROCP looks incredibly clunky in that shot . MLS, Telus, and 18 York, on the other hand, look great.

I kinda like RoCP as well. From a distance they are acceptable.

Plus, I always see them in my mind's eye, taken to their logical conclusion:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4680039084_7496920d04_b.jpg
(Photoshop by me, original courtesy androiduk at UT http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?614-Lumiere-(Menkes-32s-Wallman)-Toronto-Style-debate-(posts-57-141)&p=410290#post410290 )

[steveve]

haha!!! LEGENDARY photoshop traynor :haha: :cheers: :banana: :D !! ^^^

ROCP is a solid skyscraper... its not ENTIRELY bad though right? :)

[Gresto]

Well done. They coalesce fairly seamlessly.

[Traynor]

^Hehehe Thanks guys it was just a quick 'Shop job. I was going to do both towers but it starts looking like Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4680261122_36c5346a73_b.jpg

:D

[steveve]

Maybe one day they'll actually built towers on top of ROCP just like they did with 155 cumberland :haha: !...

It looks really cool Traynor!.. i would imagine those towers would be in the top 5 tallest in Toronto/Canada...:D

[WhipperSnapper]

Just saw the comment by Davin comparing 18 York to some Oakville business park. Is this guy on crack?!? Nothing urks me more than the box/not a box crowd that can't see past something as infantile as shape.

I find RoCP looks best up close from streetlevel. The window wall isn't half bad and they are massively tall. From any distance, they look too bulky for what they are and the abrupt concrete crown is pretty nasty.

[Coldrsx]

Epcor Tower from 'Oiler-dude' @ SSP

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4676808379_55ff2c6044_b.jpg
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4676808379_55ff2c6044_b.jpg)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4676762393_dc75124230_b.jpg
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4676762393_dc75124230_b.jpg)

Ironcially, he caught me in this picture... blue s2000
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1297/4677363760_79679861dd_b.jpg

[caltrane74]

How do u know thats you? Could have been somebody else with the same car....

dont assume. :\

[Coldrsx]

How do u know thats you? Could have been somebody else with the same car....

dont assume. :\

trust me, that is me... wing, canards, lowered, me.

[rapid_business]

trust me, that is me... wing, canards, lowered, me.

ducks?

Yup, it's the 'Shark Car' alright....:cheers:

[steveve]

From any distance, they look too bulky for what they are and the abrupt concrete crown is pretty nasty.

when you are down near Queens park, i actually think ROCP and Murano look amazing! ROCP doesn't look chunky from there if you ask me...

I like how Murano and ROCP have twin towers.. The shorter towers are the north tower in murano, and the south tower of ROCP.. and the taller towers are nearer to the center... i think they look sweet next to eachother. :D

I do think that Murano is a bit chunky from the north/south sides...

[caltrane74]

`http://andrewfare.com/UTB/mytoronto9/blb1.jpg

from androiduk at UT

[caltrane74]

From Bay Street facing north, and south respectively

Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx341/scullydog259/th_Burano1_June7-10.jpg (http://s770.photobucket.com/albums/xx341/scullydog259/Burano1_June7-10.jpg) http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx341/scullydog259/th_Burano2_June7-10.jpg (http://s770.photobucket.com/albums/xx341/scullydog259/Burano2_June7-10.jpg)
Burano rising! 163 meter beast
from dt toronto geek at UT

[steveve]

The cladding looks great on the festival mechanical box... it matches/flows well with the rest of the building :D

Here's another AMAZINGLY-COOl shot by tomms at UT:
***Notice how AWESOME the line of skyscrapers look along bay street and beyond!... just amazing views here!:

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/qp-belllightbox-tomms.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/content.php?709-Quick-Pic-A-Really-Quick-Pic-Of-Bell-Lightbox-Festival-Tower-Condominium-Real-Estate-Toronto-Daniels-KPMB

[caltrane74]

More pictures from the Fesitval Centre from nicetommy at UT

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4686507815_04894a6349_o.jpg

___________________________


From Jasonzed in the main construction thread.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100605a162.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100605a151.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100605a168.jpg

[koops65]

I'm not sure if 510 Bremner in Toronto can be added to this list. I just finished the diagram for it, 124.5m and 41 floors.
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=85309

[steveve]

I'm not sure if 510 Bremner in Toronto can be added to this list. I just finished the diagram for it, 124.5m and 41 floors.
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=85309

I saw the diagram, its great :cheers: :D !

I've never really heard much about this project.... anyone have some recent photos/a thread they could post? :)

[WhipperSnapper]

There's hasn't been a lot of discusion. I guess the fact that it's community housing so information is not as readily available as a marketed condo and that's there just so much going on in the city right now could explain how a 41 storey tower has been largely ignored.

[steveve]

FREAKIN CRAZY STUFF by Ramako at UT:

OMFREAKING! Look at Trump go! :banana: :banana: :banana:

***Still a long ways to go before top off though!.. SO much more to look forward to! (or not for those haters)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4689119890_42ed9a42df_b.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?475-Trump-Tower-Toronto-%28Talon-60ish-Zeidler%29/page296


Also by Ramako:

Uptown is a game changer in this shot! what a difference without it!... once Four Seasons, U condos, and 1 Bloor are built, this side of town will have a much larger feel to it! :banana: :banana: :banana:


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4689118404_9c0b80862e_b.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?464-Uptown-Residences-%28Balmuto-St-Pemberton-48s-Burka%29&p=411845&posted=1#post411845



Traynor: do a photoshop for these if you're up for a challenge! :) (don't feel obliged to do it... i'm just sayin ya know :haha:)

[softee]

^ Aura will look amazing from this vantage point.

[Coldrsx]

Epcor Tower by Basil Brush

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy127/basil_mammoth/Epcor%20Tower%20June%208%202010/SDC10292.jpg
(http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy127/basil_mammoth/Epcor%20Tower%20June%208%202010/SDC10292.jpg)

[caltrane74]

[IMG]http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100610001.jpg

Crane moved...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100610008.jpg

From jasonzed in the main construction thread.

[steveve]

Absolute worlds looking like genetically mutated skyscrapers who survived a nuclear blast or somethin... which is why they're SO FREAKIN AWESOME! :banana:

Uptown by Casaguy:


Boy is Uptown hot right now!!! Uptown is in the leagues for epicness as Manulife is! Just so close to it, yet it will be 9 F*CKN FEET SHORTER!!!! why couldn't they have added an antenna or Yao Ming to stand on top of it!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrrr

Brilliant photos guys! cladding progress seems to have slowed a bit

I absolutely love how all these 3 skyscrapers look together! Just super insane density there! I wish more were like them cause its super New York like to have tall skyscrapers just next-door! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:


I BELIEVE UPTOWN's RESIDENTIAL FLOORS are topped off... all that is left is mechancial

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z133/markus919/2010/DSCN5913_2.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z133/markus919/2010/DSCN5912_2.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z133/markus919/2010/DSCN5915_2.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z133/markus919/2010/DSCN5914_2.jpg

Uptown by Parkadalian at UT:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4691821730_4b66af6306_b.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?464-Uptown-Residences-%28Balmuto-St-Pemberton-48s-Burka%29&p=412277&posted=1#post412277

[steveve]

Another AMAZING view from Festival tower by tomms at UT:

Real stunners in this pic are ROCP, Murano, Manulife, and Uptown/Crystal, and Casa! I just love how the Bay Street canyon looks, a huge downtown feel there!. Aura and 1 Bloor will fix the balancing problem with the CBD. You can just tell how much larger/taller towers like Bay Adelaide are compared to the rest of the bunch. Trump toronto's lookin great :cheers:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4677983965_61dc57f56b_b.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?682-Bell-Lightbox-Festival-Tower-(Daniels-42s-KPMB)/page121

[caltrane74]

THE LIGHT WORK AT THE TIFF IS NOW BEGINNING!!!!!!

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9552/sany1008.jpg

by me...


jXD3nFku_sQ


And Video too

[caltrane74]

Crystal Blu, by me

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/580/sany0991.jpg

[caltrane74]

More by me

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3430/sany1009.jpg

and uptown too

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/9831/sany0980.jpg


yeah, yeah, I know you want more.. but you need to wait....

Ill bring it!!

[steveve]

Looks like 90% of the mechanical box on the east facing side is clad!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
I think you're the first to capture the fully clad box caltrane! it looks stunning! :D
Someone at UT pointed out that the Cresford sign atop Casa has been removed and your pic confirms it :)

Amazin work caltrane! :cheers: :cheers:

[Traynor]

Am I the only one who finds the name "Lightbox" rather crass? I know Lumier is taken now, but it has a much nicer ring to it.

Lightbox sounds like cake-hole as in "Shut your cake-hole!"

[WhipperSnapper]

Now that you say it ... still like it though. I'm a big kid at heart and there's something childish about lightbox. Anything is better than a french term as some vain attempt at sophistication.

[caltrane74]

Thats right, I for one, am not a fan of using Frenchwords, or French loanwords to prove that we are tres sophisticated.

I have a hard enough time with English as you can see...

Traynor thinks hes the shit cuz he can use le volcabular Francais in neavoau et interestante directione.

C'est ne bein pas!

[caltrane74]

Looks like 90% of the mechanical box on the east facing side is clad!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
I think you're the first to capture the fully clad box caltrane! it looks stunning! :D
Someone at UT pointed out that the Cresford sign atop Casa has been removed and your pic confirms it :)

Amazin work caltrane! :cheers: :cheers:

did you notice the flashing LED Lights under the walkway at TIFF?

[steveve]

did you notice the flashing LED Lights under the walkway at TIFF?

Yeah! Tiff really put alot of little details into this podium! It's sick! At night time these will stand out (especially when they add more of em)

festival is more than cool with me, though the design of the tower is just average, the podium is insane. And it's got some nice height to back it up!

The tower is a 7
the podium is a 9

average it out you get an 8

[caltrane74]

I think the tower portion is hardcore, With the balconey glass, and now the lit mechanical box at the top. This thing is gonna be sick. I actually wish it was taller by about five or six storeys, just to balance out the growing skyline in the entertainment district.

[caltrane74]

by me...

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3784/sany0979.jpg

[caltrane74]

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6099/sany0993.jpg

from Bay Street..

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4743/sany0976.jpg

From Yongestreet

by me.

[steveve]

The setbacks are what make Uptown what it is :cheers: (caltrane's photos are proof!)

[caltrane74]

Ill have to admit, that uptown is looking really hot.... Im at the Manulife Centre now, basking in its glory.

[Coldrsx]

I like uptown in the NYC sense of it, but also find it hideous at the same time.

[caltrane74]

yes, they could have done a better job with the cladding, there I agree.

[isaidso]

I like uptown in the NYC sense of it, but also find it hideous at the same time.

It's not a NYC style, it's a 1920s skyscraper style. Setbacks were introduced on extremely tall buildings for shadowing reasons. NYC just built more of them than other cities in north America because it was the biggest city around. Being famous for it doesn't make it a NYC style building.

[caltrane74]

WAS and IS, BEING the operative WORD.

[Coldrsx]

It's not a NYC style, it's a 1920s skyscraper style. Setbacks were introduced on extremely tall buildings for shadowing reasons. NYC just built more of them than other cities in north America because it was the biggest city around. Being famous for it doesn't make it a NYC style building.

NYC sense, not style homeboy. Perhaps read 1st.

[isaidso]

NYC sense, not style homeboy. Perhaps read 1st.

Alright then! What does 'NYC sense' mean? What's NYC about this building???? (And I did read what you wrote smarty pants).

[Coldrsx]

That building can be found all around the NYC and while it is very much attempting to be 1920's awesome, it feels more 2010 half arsed.

The height, design sense, look, and feel are NYC, but to me it seems like a cheap attempt.

Similar to Chinese Cars.

[steveve]

I don't really think NYC has a specific type of architecture... they pretty much got everything (except not as many green-glass towers as toronto)... They have more "era" style buildings...

[Coldrsx]

^not a specific type, no, but a style... ie. tall, large, giant, imposing. This Toronto development is just that.

[WhipperSnapper]

I don't get what the big deal is. People call the glass point tower on a podium "Vancouver style". Why then not this 1920s gothic form popularize in NYC?

[caltrane74]

true enough.

[espalorius]

^not a specific type, no, but a style... ie. tall, large, giant, imposing. This Toronto development is just that.

yeah i totally agree about the nyc style with you

[Coldrsx]

New Epcor Tower in downtown Edmonton officially topped with concrete


By Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com

Read more: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Epcor+Tower+downtown+Edmonton+topped+with+concrete/3153851/story.html#ixzz0qsvNuLJh


EDMONTON — A giant steel bucket descended from the heavens over downtown Edmonton Monday and plopped gobs of wet concrete onto the 28th floor of Epcor Tower.

Men in business suits poked trowels into the muck, then workers in hard hats quickly smoothed the patch perfectly level, making history as it hardened.

Read more: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Epcor+Tower+downtown+Edmonton+topped+with+concrete/3153851/story.html#ixzz0qsvGuDd2

[Coldrsx]

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/3154031.bin?size=620x400
(http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/3154031.bin?size=620x400)

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/3153940.bin?size=620x400
(http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/3153940.bin?size=620x400)

[Nicko999]

The tallest construction in Montreal right now... could be anywhere between 110m-120m so it might actually sneak in as #30 (if the first post is correct)

75% sold already!

June 12, 2010 from mtlurb.com
12 Juin

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/everfresh111/IMG_4952.jpg


http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/everfresh111/IMG_4956.jpg

[steveve]

Its sad how the main players on these canadian lists are dominated by Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary :(... I'm hoping that project (in montreal) will make the list :D!, but skyscrapers are getting more and more competitive, pushing the minimum height even higher.

[Metro-One]

Talking about Vancouver, apparently excavation has begun on "The Mark".

If this is true, at 140 meters, it should be on this list.

[caltrane74]

Ill update the list when I get home...

promise...

[caltrane74]

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100613a026.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100613a038.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100613a013.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100613a016.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100613a017.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100613a018.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100613a067.jpg

from jasonzed in the main construction thread.

[steveve]

Festival tower lookin awesome by skybean at SSC:


FREAKIN INSANE!!

The way the mechanical box is looking adds plus points to the building in my opinion! It makes it more interesting to look at aside from the plain old box! (cause festival tower has no setbacks)

One thing i noticed from above is the puny little buildings right in front of festival tower (south-west corner)... Its freakin small (even compared to the podium! its crazy just looking at it!

Who woulda thought they'd build something this big here!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/339/img0020at.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3720/img0021ea.jpg

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7369/img0022ks.jpg

[Coldrsx]

dunno about everyone else but i am getting sick of these giant box podiums...

[RTA]

I can't say there's really anything I like about Festival. The style is bland, the glazing is bland, but worst of all is the monster podium which is way, way out of scale for that neighborhood, and not even as interesting as it looks like it's trying to be.

steveve is right to call it "insane," just maybe not for the same reason as he intended.

[Traynor]

^ I tend to agree about the podium.

I coined a phrase to describe parts of Trump and I think it applies for Lightbox as well.

Po-Brute

Post-brutalism - noun - (dim. Po-brute)
1 - A style of architecture that incorporates modern materials or style cues in an overbearing way.
2 - ill-fitting modern construction that dominates surrounding street wall.

post-brutalist - adj.
1 - An architectural feature or construction that overwhelms the senses and takes modern excess to the extreme. (most likely incorporates LED lighting and patchwork glass in some way.)

:D

[steveve]

well.. i guess festival is insane both ways :haha: !

The podium is huge, but its no ordinary podium for a condominium.. It'll house the home for TIFF which is a big deal... so either way, this podium was meant to be huge!

[Coldrsx]

Personally, I love the Holiday Inn on King more.

[anton"n"TO]

i like the podium on the rbc center. it makes it look like the ritz is in the rbc plaza

[caltrane74]

the podium was built with specific purpose

[Traynor]

the podium was built with specific purpose

Yes we know Cal, but they could have disguised that with tiny setbacks and architectural features that made it look more like a building than a cruise ship that lost its way. Regular looking windows to imitate the look of floors would have helped as well.

Any attempt to address the extant architecture on King would have been a welcomed addition.

[WhipperSnapper]

The podium could of been better but I totally disagree with regular windows and traditional floors delineations being a better fit. Also, To call the Hyatt better is almost worthy of a stoning. It is massive and overbearing in its current context but represents the future massing and scale for this neighbourhood. Just look at Pinnacle, M5V, Charlie and Hudson. A proposal is in to redevelop part of restaurant row with a 40 plus storey tower.

[caltrane74]

Fair enough complaint. But I like the contrast in styles between the new and modern on one side of King Street. And then the older early to mid 20th century style on the other. The electric lightsof the TIFF Podium will actually give the older buildings across the street more presence and a deeper impact. Infact you might argue that with all the light shining down on the older buildings, they will draw far more attention to themselves than the TIFF tower will to itself, with its own lighting scheme.

[caltrane74]

by me...

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5984/sany1078.jpg

[caltrane74]

by me

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4750/sany1080.jpg

[caltrane74]

X, May 29th

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and a curvy, pano'd vertical shot with two images melded together

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X Condo still under construction....

by dt toronto geek at UT

http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?538-X-The-Condominium-(Jarvis-Charles-Great-Gulf-44s-aA)/page122

[steveve]

Crystal blu looks really AWESOME now that its nearing completion, its a nice contrast with Uptown!...


In the first shot, its hard to believe just a year ago, Manulife was completely visible from Yonge/Bloor. The thing about this intersection is that all the towers recently constructed (casa, Uptown, crystal, etc..) just got so much attention/open space to view them as they rose!... and not to mention, they look mammoth from the intersection cause they are totally unobstructed!:cheers:

***in the 2nd shot of Uptown, there is a new bare section of cladding just above on of the setbacks that looks ugly right now, i'm sure it'll look better cause windows will soon follow but i don't know why they didn't put windows there...

1 Bloor will change the intersection ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:banana: :banana:

[caltrane74]

glad you liked the update steveve, I wasn't planning on doing one last night, but had to go downtown and brought my camera with me.

[steveve]

Solaris update by Urban toronto:

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/Solaris.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/content.php?749-Solaris-by-Tridel-Forges-a-New-Skyline

[Traynor]

Solaris is a hundred floors too short, but in that photo the lighting, the blue sky, the dusty road and vast expanse of open skyline gives the impression it is on the outskirts of Dubai.

[caltrane74]

Scarborough has gotta keep pace with Mississauga...

[isaidso]

dunno about everyone else but i am getting sick of these giant box podiums...

I'm squarely on the other side. I've been waiting for this type of scale at street level since I arrived in Canada (1980). Hopefully, this type of scale will become standard, and the puny little bases we've tended to get up till now are a thing of the past.

[steveve]

Solaris is a hundred floors too short, but in that photo the lighting, the blue sky, the dusty road and vast expanse of open skyline gives the impression it is on the outskirts of Dubai.

If you're driving down the 401 (both directions), when you see Solaris's east and west facing sides (the chunky sides), they look SOOO fat!, i hate it!. from the north and south they look great slim but they sure do look overweight from some angles!

If they did add another 20 or so stories (lol... not a hundred :haha: ), i'm sure it would have been a little cooler.. and the cladding needs work too :(

(but its not topped off yet so we haven't seen the real deal). :D

that shot in particular of solaris makes scarborough look like a desert! :haha: lots of work to be done on that lot before it becomes the community it aims to be! :) (its funny how on the other side of that shot there is the 401!)

[caltrane74]

Back in the day, Dubai would have been happy to be compared to Toronto...

Now it's in reverse... except we don't wanna have Dubai's financial problems..

[isaidso]

Back in the day, Dubai would have been happy to be compared to Toronto...

Now it's in reverse... except we don't wanna have Dubai's financial problems..

Not at all. Dubai still has a very very long way to go before it's a city on the same level as Toronto. Toronto is a big global city, Dubai is a theme park trying to become a global city. In addition, I wouldn't trade our buildings for theirs for all the tea in China.

[caltrane74]

Yea, guy yer'right Dubai catch match the T.Dog

these pictures by me

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/801/sany1124.jpg

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1380/sany1123.jpg

[steveve]

Caltrane, your pics of Uptown/Crystal are OFF THE CHARTS!:banana: :banana: :banana:

Both towers look their best!!! And i've gotten to like crystal a bit more! I don't like the colour of the cladding, but i do like the texture/patterns they have with it! It just looks sick!
And so does Uptown too! Despite its flaws, it's AWESOME! i think Uptown/Crystal look great next to eachother!

Is Casa still on the list????

By Interchange 42 At UT

Some high rise views of Casa:

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/CasaView1024.jpg


http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/CasaTop1024.jpg


http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/CasaHat1024.jpg

42

http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?507-Casa-%28Charles-St-e-of-Yonge-Cresford-46s-aA%29&p=411867#post411867

[caltrane74]

Those are amazing photos....

wow, just incredible stuff...

[vanman]

by me

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4750/sany1080.jpg

Uptown is getting more hideous by the day. It looks like One St Thomas's impoverished cousin.

[caltrane74]

i kinda like it.

[steveve]

Uptown is getting more hideous by the day. It looks like One St Thomas's impoverished cousin.

I don't know why One St. Thomas is always compared to Uptown... I honestly think they have way more differences than similarities...

Though they are almost the same colour, and both residential, The only real thing that they both share is the area that they're built in: Yorkville.

One St. Thomas is the high-end-king of Yorkville (and very exclusive too.. its about half the height of Uptown). the higher they get, the more cheapened they are (generally speaking.. not all the time). Its quality vs quantity (i just had de-ja vu :haha: )

[WhipperSnapper]

Yeah, I don't get it. Both Crystal Blu and Uptown are average at best. The fact they are tall only makes being average worse.

[caltrane74]

Nothing is ever good enough for you.

[steveve]

Nothing is ever good enough for you.

HAHA! :haha: .. SO TRUE! :tup: