Canada's 10 Tallest U/C - Page 348

TorontoDrew · #**6941** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 2:40 PM**

I think it's part of the new GO Bus terminal.

source:https://cdn.skyrisecities.com

Video here: https://globalnews.ca/video/1589977/...o-bus-terminal

And once that is complete and GO moves south it will open this area up for this proposal to move forward/ Yes I know so many hate it, I like it.
from : http://onefrontwest.com

The two towers would rise above the east end of the heritage building, closest to Yonge Street. The taller west tower would reach a height of 170.8 metres, while the east tower would rise 163.8 metres. The east tower, closest to Yonge Street, would feature a triangular floor plate to create a three-sided tower, while the west tower would take on an extruded trapezoidal massing

suburbanite · #**6942** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 3:37 PM**

Fuck that thing.

TorontoDrew · #**6943** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 3:39 PM**

Lol!

FrankieFlowerpot · #**6944** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 3:52 PM**

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I think it's part of the new GO Bus terminal.

It sits above the bus terminal but it's still office space - big podium floorplates.

141 Bay Street will go ahead before 1 Front West will

WhipperSnapper · #**6945** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 4:23 PM**

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Well in fairness the rest of the country isn't stagnating this time, just not building nearly to the height that Toronto is right now.

The 90s were very different than today, as I'm sure you know.

I phrased it wrong

Biff · #**6946** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 5:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

I think it's part of the new GO Bus terminal.

Thanks TD.

O-tacular · #**6947** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 5:18 PM**

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2019 Toronto Aerial 05 by Michael Muraz, on Flickr

I've never understood why Toronto has an airport on an island without a bridge to land?

suburbanite · #**6948** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 5:34 PM**

It has a tunnel that keeps the waterway open for traffic

TorontoDrew · #**6949** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 6:06 PM**

That tiny airport is Canada's 9th busiest for take off and landings as well as passengers that pass through it each year.

Stanz · #**6950** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 6:20 PM**

From over the weekend.

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20190819_102641_001 by Chris, on Flickr

20190818_192935_001 by Chris, on Flickr

20190817_143920 by Chris, on Flickr

WhipperSnapper · #**6951** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 9:25 PM**

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On the CIBC project, what are the other two cores just to the left of the U/C tower?

Emergency stairwells for the 65000 square foot podium floorplate. I would guess it will be used for trading and branch operations.

travis3000 · #**6952** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 10:09 PM**

CIBC Square is freaking gorgeous. May turn out to be my favourite office tower to be built in Canada during this boom. I can already tell once these two beauties are finished and the lights are turned on, it will become a landmark set of towers.

O-tacular · #**6953** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 10:24 PM**

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It has a tunnel that keeps the waterway open for traffic

Ok that makes more sense. Is it mainly prop planes that fly from there? It looks like it would be similar to Calgary's Springbank airport which mostly flies smaller private planes.

O-tacular · #**6954** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 10:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by travis3000

CIBC Square is freaking gorgeous. May turn out to be my favourite office tower to be built in Canada during this boom. I can already tell once these two beauties are finished and the lights are turned on, it will become a landmark set of towers.

Nice to see Toronto get something with a diagrid pattern in the skyline.

FrankieFlowerpot · #**6955** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 10:31 PM**

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Ok that makes more sense. Is it mainly prop planes that fly from there? It looks like it would be similar to Calgary's Springbank airport which mostly flies smaller private planes.

Its Porter Airlines base.

suburbanite · #**6956** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 10:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Ok that makes more sense. Is it mainly prop planes that fly from there? It looks like it would be similar to Calgary's Springbank airport which mostly flies smaller private planes.

Prop planes yes, but bombardier Q400 turboprops that seat ~50 people and fly as far as Halifax, Thunder Bay, Washington DC, etc.

O-tacular · #**6957** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 10:38 PM**

Thanks for the info.

Chadillaccc · #**6958** Posted **Aug 21, 2019, 12:40 AM**

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Thanks for the info.

Yeah it’s actually not a bad airport, and the new tunnel is great. I flew in from Newark last year, the view of the skyline is amazing.

WhipperSnapper · #**6959** Posted **Aug 21, 2019, 2:22 AM**

The feds denied expansion but, I have a feeling Airbus A220s will be flying out of the airport one day.

Porter needs it. Bay Street likes Porter.

suburbanite · #**6960** Posted **Aug 21, 2019, 2:32 AM**

No way it's happening unless they move the island a km further south. The amount of clearance a full jumbo jet needs for landing would have it flying several hundred feet above the Port Lands and Waterfront Toronto would most definitely fight for their air rights. Not to mention the noise from such a plane would be heard in every condo South of Lakeshore.