Canada's Tallest U/C #11 - #30 (inclusive) [Archive] - Page 43

craner

Jan 23, 2011, 5:14 AM

You're welcome. I like to provide the links because it sometimes seems that there are plenty of people here on the forum that never browse the diagram section. Looking at a list of building names and heights beside them isn't the same as seeing drawings of the buildings beside each other IMO...

I agree - thanks again. :)

Also, thanks to Locked In for the HG photos. :tup:

caltrane74

Jan 23, 2011, 10:56 PM

from today
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110123023.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110123043.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110123017.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110123028.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110123032.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110123033.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110123006.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110123041.jpg

from Jasonzed at UT

Absolute world - Mississauga

caltrane74

Jan 24, 2011, 11:39 AM

33 Bay from Jasonzed

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110122080.jpg

caltrane74

Jan 24, 2011, 6:45 PM

Cinema Tower from Jasonzed at Ut

143 Meters

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110122043.jpg

http://www.torontovipcondos.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/ICE/Cinema.jpg

This tower is directly behind the bell lightbox tower

Traynor

Jan 24, 2011, 11:01 PM

^Unfortunately, that is the old render for Cinema. They have cheapened it down in the latest render.

Gone is the curtainwall windows and more balconies and spandrel have been added, but I do think it has a more interesting podium roof than the older one.

Newest render:

http://urbantoronto.ca/attachment.php?attachmentid=4747&d=1282754037
(Found here on Buzzhome: http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/Cinema-Tower )

caltrane74

Jan 25, 2011, 1:45 AM

by me

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/637/sany0786x.jpg

Uptown condo

Dwils01

Jan 25, 2011, 5:28 AM

Tower 5 of Absolute World looks almost topped out. It looks like there is only one or two floors to go.

caltrane74

Jan 25, 2011, 11:25 AM

Boy, I didn't even notice that!

You appear to be right!

caltrane74

Jan 26, 2011, 4:54 PM

From Jasonzed at SSC

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110122023.jpg

Burano Condo - Bay Street - North.

Four Seasons Hotel - U/C in the background.

caltrane74

Jan 27, 2011, 2:45 AM

33 Bay Street

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5129/5379583506_c693031a30_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janetliz/

caltrane74

Jan 27, 2011, 1:02 PM

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad8/caltrane32/1296133076.jpg

Podium work on Burano, from last night.

Biff

Jan 27, 2011, 2:45 PM

Is the waterfront there actually frozen? I didn't think the water would freeze there that far out from land.

caltrane74

Jan 27, 2011, 2:48 PM

The picture is taken from the islands or the sandbar. So the water is actually right up against the land.

Biff

Jan 27, 2011, 5:31 PM

So the water in between the Harbour Front and Islands regularly freezes in the colder winters?

caltrane74

Jan 27, 2011, 5:49 PM

So the water in between the Harbour Front and Islands regularly freezes in the colder winters?

Yes, if there is no +2 degree weather for more than a week or two, I can almost guarantee you the lake will be frozen between the islands and harbourfront.

steveve

Jan 27, 2011, 9:31 PM

From Tridel at UT:

Some construction photos of the excavation so far that I posted to our purchaser website MyTridelHome.com.

http://www.tridel.com/hullmarkcentre/images/110105-0072.jpg

http://www.tridel.com/hullmarkcentre/images/110105-0085.jpg

Hullmark Centre NYCC

caltrane74

Jan 28, 2011, 12:18 AM

Just looking at that picture I know, North York Centre has a lot of work to go before, its patchyness is gone. Gibson Square and Emerald Park have got to help here. Make the place more urban, more hip, and more happening. Although I will admit that getting a seat and table at a Tim Hortons, Starbux, or Second Cup, is like hell. Even as it stands right now. This place will need a few more coffee shops, this is for sure.

dleung

Jan 28, 2011, 12:33 AM

http://www.tridel.com/hullmarkcentre/images/110105-0072.jpg

One wouldn't be able to tell from the crap architecture, but those two slab towers in the background are built in this decade :haha:

WhipperSnapper

Jan 28, 2011, 2:16 AM

The towers are boring and the podium too short but, I think most around these parts would be surprised to hear they weren't built during this era. I don't think the architecture would be improved either in a point tower format or whatever you are alluding to by refering them as "slab".

I assume this troll like stance you exude is partly in jest however, it wasn't funny a year ago.

dleung

Jan 28, 2011, 5:09 AM

http://www.tridel.com/hullmarkcentre/images/110105-0072.jpg
One wouldn't be able to tell from the crap architecture, but those two slab towers in the background are built in this decade :haha:
The towers are boring and the podium too short but, I think most around these parts would be surprised to hear they weren't built during this era. I don't think the architecture would be improved either in a point tower format or whatever you are alluding to by refering them as "slab".

It's pretty easy to mistake those two towers for the likes of 1001 Bay (or pretty much any 80's/90's tower along Bay). "slab" was to differentiate them from the tower at the far left, which i'm not familiar with. Plus, that word (along with "commie block") has never failed to provoke bitter defensiveness from forumers of a certain city :haha: Imagine if the slabsville thread was started on SSC, haha.

caltrane74

Jan 28, 2011, 1:29 PM

But Toronto didnt even win that poll on this forum. Would likely be the same result there too..

Ramako

Jan 28, 2011, 2:08 PM

Plus, that word (along with "commie block") has never failed to provoke bitter defensiveness from forumers of a certain city :haha: Imagine if the slabsville thread was started on SSC, haha.

Yes, everyone already knows that you're a troll. Congratulations.

Gresto

Jan 28, 2011, 2:14 PM

The towers are boring and the podium too short but, I think most around these parts would be surprised to hear they weren't built during this era.
Incorrect. The brown building in the middle of that picture was built 5-10 years ago, while the blue one to its right was completed within the last year. The one on the left is part of the 3-tower Forest Laneway apartment complex, which was built in the mid-'70s.

Vaillant

Jan 28, 2011, 7:09 PM

Altoria project in Montréal will be underconstruction in spring and might be 36floors not 33

dleung

Jan 28, 2011, 10:54 PM

Yes, everyone already knows that you're a troll. Congratulations.

Frame it any way u like but nothing I said was incorrect :) ?buy sense of humour

steveve

Jan 29, 2011, 8:40 PM

Incorrect. The brown building in the middle of that picture was built 5-10 years ago, while the blue one to its right was completed within the last year. The one on the left is part of the 3-tower Forest Laneway apartment complex, which was built in the mid-'70s.

i believe both of those towers were developed by minto.
the newer one (the one of the right) is called Spring.

Locked In

Jan 29, 2011, 9:10 PM

Hotel Georgia:

my photo (http://picasaweb.google.com/dev.pics.1/VancouverFall2010#5567706329814483122), today:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/TUR3aHJJQLI/AAAAAAAAEEQ/WYRKnS8ABMw/s1000/IMG00094-20110129-1151.jpg
Full Size (http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/TUR3aHJJQLI/AAAAAAAAEEQ/WYRKnS8ABMw/IMG00094-20110129-1151.jpg)

yyzer

Jan 30, 2011, 5:38 AM

some amazing pics of Absoluteworld Mississauga, from a flickr photog named Book'em, found and highlighted by desertpunk over at SSC........

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5243/5361685495_bbf281b967_b_d.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5362189946_6c3354d2ea_b_d.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5361137947_afb3951e53_b_d.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7677418@N02/

steveve

Jan 30, 2011, 1:55 PM

omg ^^^ crazy contrast shots! wow. the colours :worship:

caltrane74

Jan 30, 2011, 3:48 PM

nice find seems like a bit of an understatement.

WhipperSnapper

Jan 30, 2011, 9:04 PM

It's pretty easy to mistake those two towers for the likes of 1001 Bay (or pretty much any 80's/90's tower along Bay). "slab" was to differentiate them from the tower at the far left, which i'm not familiar with. Plus, that word (along with "commie block") has never failed to provoke bitter defensiveness from forumers of a certain city :haha: Imagine if the slabsville thread was started on SSC, haha.

I guess if you look beyond the factory smell.

steveve

Jan 31, 2011, 12:26 AM

300 Front by Jasonzed at UT:

from today...crane, she is coming...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110130147.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110130143.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110130151.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110130149.jpg

caltrane74

Jan 31, 2011, 3:35 AM

I remember this was proposed at 199 meters.....

:(

raggedy13

Jan 31, 2011, 7:40 AM

Pic I took today of the Hotel Georgia tower rising in the skyline...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5403848234_d52b8020fa_b.jpg

caltrane74

Jan 31, 2011, 1:27 PM

Oh Yeah! That's what I'm talking about.

steveve

Jan 31, 2011, 4:29 PM

Burano from this morning:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5178/5405013284_5cb1fbf2e3_b.jpg

caltrane74

Jan 31, 2011, 4:51 PM

That glass is sick! Right now this one is trending above average for me.

steveve

Jan 31, 2011, 6:56 PM

That glass is sick! Right now this one is trending above average for me.

to me it's not so much the glass that shines here, but it's the shape of the tower + location. It's great.
On a box tower, this glass would look pretty bad. -imo :haha:
I still like Murano's glass for some reason. And people's white blinds/curtains add a pixel effect to it. it looks really cool for some reason..

vanman

Jan 31, 2011, 10:19 PM

Yes, everyone already knows that you're a troll. Congratulations.

I wouldn't call dleung a troll. He is definitely a cynic though. He says just as many negative things about Vancouver if not more so than Toronto.

Ramako

Jan 31, 2011, 10:58 PM

I wouldn't call dleung a troll. He is definitely a cynic though. He says just as many negative things about Vancouver if not more so than Toronto.

He often says negative things with the particular goal in mind of soliciting a negative reaction from others, from which he draws amusement. That's the textbook definition of an internet troll.

It's not like he's trying to hide it:

Plus, that word (along with "commie block") has never failed to provoke bitter defensiveness from forumers of a certain city :haha: Imagine if the slabsville thread was started on SSC, haha.

dleung

Feb 1, 2011, 12:04 AM

I think anyone who gets his panties in a knot over a word deserves to be called out, and why not? Just keepin it real...

And this place could use a few more cynics to offset some of the circle jerking...

caltrane74

Feb 1, 2011, 1:14 AM

Guy its all good. We should not take our love of skyscrapers too serious.

caltrane74

Feb 1, 2011, 10:21 PM

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/potd-cityplace020111-androiduk.jpg

From androiduk at UT - Cityplace - Parade Tower 2

caltrane74

Feb 1, 2011, 11:56 PM

Old vs New
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2031/2242192521_95735be1f9_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2411/2242982424_7ab022c118_o.jpg

old and new renders for 300 front. first design shows the 200 meter original proposal

isaidso

Feb 2, 2011, 3:05 AM

The proportions on the original proposal were outstanding

:(

Ramako

Feb 2, 2011, 4:06 AM

I much prefer the proportions of the latter design.

theman23

Feb 2, 2011, 4:30 AM

I dont recall the original proposal being that high. Did they change the height more than once?

caltrane74

Feb 2, 2011, 8:19 AM

no just once.

caltrane74

Feb 5, 2011, 7:33 PM

In the background, you can see Shangri la rising

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5403204449_91d489f95d_b.jpg

Bruvyman (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruvy/)

steveve

Feb 6, 2011, 3:31 AM

very nice angle there ^^^
makes me really want Cinema Condos to fill in the gap here ^^^

caltrane74

Feb 6, 2011, 1:16 PM

from today
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110205126.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110205125.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110205130.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110205066.jpg

parade from jasonzed at ut

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110205002.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110205005.jpg

Absolute World from jasonzed at skyscraperpage.com

caltrane74

Feb 8, 2011, 10:56 AM

Taken Feb/07/2011

http://www.candidbling.com/couture-feb-07-2011.jpg

couture from cruzin4u at UT

caltrane74

Feb 8, 2011, 6:09 PM

More couture.. this time with renderings..

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/qp-Couture020811-cruzin4u.jpg
from cruzin4u

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/CoutureCondoRender1.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/CoutureCondoRender2.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/CoutureCondoRender3.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/CoutureCondoRender4.jpg

notice how the Rogers sign glows like the devil?

Ramako

Feb 8, 2011, 6:16 PM

I like how in that last rendering, nearly all the tall buildings downtown have disappeared. Couture is the second highest in that shot after FCP.

caltrane74

Feb 8, 2011, 6:18 PM

Artistic Licence. - yeah, they took out all the towers to make their render. Guess they didn't want any other towers or recently completed projects, (like X) to show up in their marketing material.

steveve

Feb 8, 2011, 10:16 PM

I like how in that last rendering, nearly all the tall buildings downtown have disappeared. Couture is the second highest in that shot after FCP.

lol. marketing. especially funny how X condo is completely out of the picture. and to insult it even more, X2 will add insult to injury. couture's south views are history.

caltrane74

Feb 9, 2011, 12:47 AM

from today
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110108027.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110108029.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110108025.jpg

from jasonzed at UT - absolute world

caltrane74

Feb 9, 2011, 5:17 PM

Glass finally being patched up on TIFF - from the construction hoist

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5172/5422291080_1363aa8fb6_b.jpg

Paul Henman (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pah57/)

Coldrsx

Feb 9, 2011, 11:11 PM

Cool Epcor shots via 'Chris83' at C2E

2007
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_d4axJ2GZIxg/TVMcSSNpekI/AAAAAAAAAcU/KQtXVbvvQ2I/s640/2007.jpg

2008
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_d4axJ2GZIxg/TVMcShI4AYI/AAAAAAAAAcY/QlyEDO9jHhM/s576/2008.jpg

2009
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_d4axJ2GZIxg/TVMcSsEL_II/AAAAAAAAAcc/SCRmJd1Cvmc/s640/2009.jpg

2010
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_d4axJ2GZIxg/TVMcS59mOUI/AAAAAAAAAcg/KVunS_PWswk/s576/2010.jpg

caltrane74

Feb 10, 2011, 1:39 AM

Coldrsx

Feb 10, 2011, 1:48 AM

Haha I believe so

Dwils01

Feb 10, 2011, 7:53 PM

Heres some picutres I took on Feb 07 on my way to Toronto.
The Grand Residences

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Skyscrapers/004-2.jpg

Absolute World Tower 5

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Skyscrapers/001-3.jpg

caltrane74

Feb 12, 2011, 3:31 AM

caltrane74

Feb 12, 2011, 7:59 PM

33 Bay Street rising from the Winter skyline...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5254/5435450522_4aecf907f2_b.jpg

Sara Collaton (http://www.flickr.com/photos/saracollaton/)

agrant

Feb 12, 2011, 8:12 PM

Well.... 3 more weeks till March. The weather will warm up and the construction frenzy in this city will begin. Your fingers or your cheeks may be cold, but have faith the fire will be burning soon starting with the igniting of the start of One Bloor. Thank God For January and February, as to remind us how lucky we are the other 10 months of the year with construction. The cold chill of winter will be gone soon.....Just curious, but what temperature do you figure construction shuts down? And does it shut down completely? Obviously, there are some things you simply couldn't do, others might be possible. Excavation and concrete pours would be very difficult, if not impossible.

caltrane74

Feb 12, 2011, 8:17 PM

Just curious, but what temperature do you figure construction shuts down? And does it shut down completely? Obviously, there are some things you simply couldn't do, others might be possible. Excavation and concrete pours would be very difficult, if not impossible.

At -20 degrees outdoor construction is usually shut down. But even still, there are diehards out there, and this is not a problem for doing work in the enclosed spaces of Towers under-construction. Such as in the lower levels of Trump even as the tower is rising above.

Of course, when the weather improves and the temperture rises, the pace of construction picks up, not only due to the better weather of course, but also due to the increase in daylight hours. So in the spring and summer, the frenzy of construction is mindboggling, at least when compared to the blahdays of winter.

steveve

Feb 12, 2011, 9:54 PM

Absolute world Shot from today.
i finally played around with some effects ...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/5439247931_ebf6e275ec_b.jpg

Burano Bay street canyon ready to undergo some HUGE changes:

Four seasons in the background behind manulife

taken today:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5254/5439852386_ec4a4a1ace_b.jpg

WhipperSnapper

Feb 12, 2011, 10:56 PM

Update

11. Hullmark Centre (Toronto): 168m/ 551ft
12. Burano (Toronto): 163m/ 535ft
13. X2 (Toronto) 160m/ 525ft
13. Absolute World North (Mississauga): 160m/ 525ft
13. Uptown (Toronto): 160m/ 525ft
16. Southcore Delta (Toronto) 160m/ 524ft
17. Hotel Georgia (Vancouver): 158m/ 517ft
18. Three Hundred (Toronto): 156m/ 512ft
19. Pinnacle Centre/33 Bay (Toronto): estimated
20. U Condominiums I (Toronto): 154m/ 505ft
21. Star Tower (Toronto): 152m/ 497ft
22. Epcor Tower (Edmonton): 149m/ 490ft
23. Residences at the RCMI (Toronto): 146m/ 478ft
24. Cinema Condominiums (Toronto): 143m/ 468ft
25. Couture Condominiums (Toronto): 141m/ 462ft
26. The Grand Residences (Mississauga): 139m/ 456ft
27. Gibson Square I (Toronto) 138m/ 451ft
28. Gibson Square II (Toronto) 138m/ 451ft
29. Clear Spirit Condominium (Toronto): 136m/ 446ft
30. Southcore Bremner (Toronto) 136m/ 444ft

Vaillant

Feb 12, 2011, 11:01 PM

Ramako

Feb 12, 2011, 11:07 PM

When did the Southcore Delta begin construction?

caltrane74

Feb 12, 2011, 11:12 PM

Did that marriott hotel in Montreal begin construction?

How tall is it?

Ramako

Feb 12, 2011, 11:21 PM

Did that marriott hotel in Montreal begin construction?

How tall is it?

Around 130 metres. Doesn't make the list.

caltrane74

Feb 12, 2011, 11:29 PM

Whippersnapper, used one of steveve boy's pictures over at UT to deduce from that the pile driver and shoring rig were in full activation at the Bremner Office Tower. So another Office Tower begins... Still two more on our radar for construction to begin....

Bay Adelaide 2 - this one is getting juicy as we do have word the bank has released the 500 million dollars required to build it.

45 Bay Street- nothing on the go just yet, but really looking forward to this one starting up as well.

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!

THe Southcore Delta is also under construction. I totally missed that!!!!!

WOWO WOWOWOW WOWOWWO WOWO

holy shit! #@#$

caltrane74

Feb 12, 2011, 11:56 PM

from today
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212045.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212046.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212047.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212048.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212049.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212036.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212035.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212031.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212029.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212030.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212134.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212135.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212137.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/Tridel%20-%20300/20110212138.jpg

300 Front Street from jasonzed at UT

steveve

Feb 12, 2011, 11:59 PM

whippersnapper where is 300 front!?!! crane is up! :cheers:

caltrane74

Feb 13, 2011, 12:09 AM

Steveve it's there. He just spelt 300 instead of writing it numerically.

caltrane74

Feb 13, 2011, 2:52 AM

Cinema Condos by Jasonzed at UT

from today
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110212099.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110212192.jpg

Dwils01

Feb 13, 2011, 11:02 PM

Cool, now 300 Front has its crane.

I wonder which building in this list will get its crane next.

Traynor

Feb 13, 2011, 11:27 PM

^It can't be the tower crane... It's in the wrong spot. Even for an external crane, that is too far away from where the tower will rise on the land. It must be for the lower portion on the North wall and general site usage.

Vaillant

Feb 14, 2011, 3:08 AM

Did that marriott hotel in Montreal begin construction?

How tall is it?

132 M tall

caltrane74

Feb 14, 2011, 6:21 AM

Seen. That should be quite the Tower. It will bring Montreal back into the game. And create some striking lines.

I was in North York Centre again today, still rammed packed with people, and I was thinking about the 3 or 4 interconnected underground nodes or underground cities, at each of the major North York Intersections.. Sheppard Centre. Built. Hullmark Centre - Under Construction. Empress Walk - Built. Emerald Park Condos - Proposed. XEROX - Manulife Financial Centre Built. Gibson Square Under Construction.

Each one of these nodes is so busy underground, in the winter. Of course the ones that have been built, and all the new tower will increase the frenetic pace here. crazy.

caltrane74

Feb 14, 2011, 6:56 AM

from today
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110213a008.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110213a028.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110213a018.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga4/20110213a019.jpg

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from jasonzed

artvandelay

Feb 14, 2011, 7:16 AM

I never realized how great those Mississauga towers are, I'm sure they'd be getting a lot more attention if they were in downtown TO or another major city.

caltrane74

Feb 14, 2011, 1:27 PM

Now that these two towers are under construction, it's time for a thorough look at the renderings. Buckle-up!

First up, a straight-up view from the south, the rendered view of line-drawn elevations:

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/SouthcoreSElev750.jpg

Now we go 3D, and sex it up a bit:

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/SouthcoreSOverall750.jpg

Approaching the building from York Street, we mostly see the PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower on the corner, but the Bremner Tower is in evidence to the west.

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/SouthcoreSEStreet750.jpg

Here we look down on the lower floors of the two office towers and their podium. GO and VIA tracks run in behind.

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/SouthcoreSPodium750.jpg

Here, a look at the entry area for the 30-storey Bremner Tower.

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/SouthcoreBremner750.jpg

Moving just a bit to the west we get a look at the Delta Hotel's courtyard entrance area.

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/SouthcoreFCHotelCtyd750.jpg

From west of the project along Bremner, we look back at the west side pedestrian entrance to the hotel.

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/SouthcoreWHotel750.jpg

And if we back up a bit more, we get an overall look at the project from the west side.

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/SouthcoreWStreet750.jpg

Whipping all the way around to the north side, this is the view of the complex as it would be seen from Citibank Place across the rail tracks.

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/SouthcoreNOverall750.jpg

And here we'll end the rendering tour with an overall look at the north elevations:

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/SouthcoreNElev750.jpg

southcore recap

Nite

Feb 14, 2011, 11:27 PM

I never realized how great those Mississauga towers are, I'm sure they'd be getting a lot more attention if they were in downtown TO or another major city.

I am pretty sure more people will see these towers where they are than any other city in Canada, excluding Toronto and Montreal. (~1.5 million people could see them everyday if they look in the right direction)

giallo

Feb 15, 2011, 3:38 AM

Southcore is a nice-looking project. It reminds me a lot of the kind of developments Shanghai is seeing right now ie. hotel/office/residence.

caltrane74

Feb 15, 2011, 6:24 AM

Yeah for real. Southcore reminds me of projects in S. Korea. The glass on these towers though the same, is gonna be some really nice curtainwall. There are 4 towers under construction at York and Bremner, all over 500 feet. ICE with two towers over 200 meters.

caltrane74

Feb 15, 2011, 8:47 PM

Parade from Bruvyman at UT

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/potd-CityPlaceNight021511-Bruvyman.jpg

caltrane74

Feb 16, 2011, 2:04 AM

Taken by me this past Saturday. Looking pretty good.

http://i.imgur.com/3sUDS.png

http://i.imgur.com/ACXLD.png

http://i.imgur.com/wYZHV.png

http://i.imgur.com/ARSUH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/cDVlK.png

from 3rdLeap at UT

caltrane74

Feb 18, 2011, 5:16 AM

.http://andrewfare.com/UTB/mytoronto13/buranof17.jpg

Burano from androiduk at UT

caltrane74

Feb 18, 2011, 5:54 PM

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5456142356_3a3cae7461_z.jpg
John Fitzgerald (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jfitzg/)

Uptown Condo - looking to come off the list shortly.

13. Uptown (Toronto): 160m/ 525ft

The_Architect

Feb 18, 2011, 6:19 PM

Wow that's actually a great picture of Uptown!

steveve

Feb 18, 2011, 7:57 PM

Wow that's actually a great picture of Uptown!

indeed. it looks gold!

X2 Action today:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5060/5456872030_54909d7dce_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5013/5456870450_8c3a329f29_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5255/5456266531_90e655bd54_b.jpg

caltrane74

Feb 18, 2011, 8:13 PM

Wow steveve.. very awesome pictures of X and X2

Coldrsx

Feb 18, 2011, 8:37 PM

love X

love X

caltrane74

Feb 18, 2011, 9:33 PM

Yeah, but the mechanical is not the greatest. I hope they figure something out before X2 tops out. It would be unfortunate to have two of these boxes so prominent in the Yorkville Skyline

Traynor

Feb 18, 2011, 9:37 PM

Yeah, but the mechanical is not the greatest. I hope they figure something out before X2 tops out. It would be unfortunate to have two of these boxes so prominent in the Yorkville Skyline

Perhaps... But wouldn't it be worse if X2 got it right and that left X looking even worse for not covering their mechanical with glass or vent-like metal parapets.

Even though I lament the decision go the "cheapening route" and to not have a clean flat top on X, I think it would be wise to continue with the look, in order to create cohesion with the complex.

:)

Ramako

Feb 18, 2011, 10:05 PM

Perhaps... But wouldn't it be worse if X2 got it right and that left X looking even worse for not covering their mechanical with glass or vent-like metal parapets.

Even though I lament the decision go the "cheapening route" and to not have a clean flat top on X, I think it would be wise to continue with the look, in order to create cohesion with the complex.

:)

Agreed. If anything I think that the mech box at X2 should be made to mirror that of X as much as possible. Symmetry of design is very important with these two towers.

steveve

Feb 18, 2011, 11:01 PM

for some reason, X condo and casa look HUGE.... especially casa. i don't know what it is. it looks much taller than a 150m (ex. ROCP) when it's not. even than uptown. maybe it's cause they're basically boxes (with balconies)...

For me, the mech. box on X ain't horrible. but a flatter roof/less obtrusive mechanical box would have looked nicer. and yes, X2 needs the same element for continuity.