Canada's Tallest U/C #11 - #30 - Page 9

Aylmer · #**161** Posted **Feb 25, 2008, 5:19 PM**

Prety lights!

caltrane74 · #**162** Posted **Feb 25, 2008, 5:30 PM**

Minto Midtown

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caltrane74 · #**163** Posted **Feb 26, 2008, 10:54 PM**

haven't seen this one for a while

Pinnicle Centre - 157 Meters!!!!

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caltrane74 · #**164** Posted **Feb 26, 2008, 11:06 PM**

Montage at Cityplace

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caltrane74 · #**165** Posted **Feb 26, 2008, 11:08 PM**

11. Centennial Place 176.0 Meters (Calgary)
12. Jamison Place 170 Meters (Calgary)
13. Absolute Wold 167 Meters (Mississauga) -
14. ArriVa 44 - 160 Meters (Calgary)
14 Minto Midtown 160 Meters (Toronto)
14. Uptown Residences - Yorkville 160 Meters (Toronto)
17. Success Tower 157 Meters (Toronto)
17 Toronto International Film Festival Tower 157 Meters (Toronto)
19. Residences at Hotel Georgia 156 Meters (Vancouver)
20. Absolute World 2 (151 Meters)
21. Fairmont Pacific Rim 140 Meters (Vancouver)
21. Murano South Tower 140 Meters (Toronto)
23. Epcor Tower 139.0 Meters (Edmonton)
24. Casa 138 Meters (Toronto)
25. The X Condominium 137 Meters (Toronto)
25. Montage -Cityplace 137 Meters (Toronto)
27. Telus Tower 136 Meters (Toronto)
28. Astoria on Tenth 130 Meters (Calgary)
29. Crystal Blu Condominiums 129 Meters (Toronto)
30. Capitol Residences 126 Meters (Vancouver)
30. Luna Vista 126 Meters (Toronto)
32. Patina 125 Meters (Vancouver)
33. Five West East Tower 124 Meters (Calgary)
34. W Building 121 Meters (Vancouver)
35. Le 400 Sherbrooke Ouest 120 Meters (Montreal)
35. Verve 120 Meters (Toronto)

AndrewJ3D · #**166** Posted **Feb 26, 2008, 11:15 PM**

Toronto - 12
Vancouver - 5
Calgary - 5
Mississauga - 2
Edmonton - 1
Montreal - 1

If anybody was keeping score

caltrane74 · #**167** Posted **Feb 26, 2008, 11:21 PM**

Wow! GTA has more than the rest of the country combined.

I'm gonna get shit on by Maldive for my photo spamin'

oh well.

AndrewJ3D · #**168** Posted **Feb 26, 2008, 11:28 PM**

Are the two 40-storey residential towers of Solaris u/c yet? Or Equinox 1 37 floors.

WhipperSnapper · #**169** Posted **Feb 26, 2008, 11:46 PM**

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Are the two 40-storey residential towers of Solaris u/c yet? Or Equinox 1 37 floors.

No andthe latter is called Red.

I saw heavy equipment at Star Tower which was good enough for me so...

AndrewJ3D · #**170** Posted **Feb 26, 2008, 11:55 PM**

According to Tridel, EQ 1 is under construction.

Scarborough is getting a mini skyline.

WhipperSnapper · #**171** Posted **Feb 27, 2008, 1:08 AM**

Monarch/Goldman are the builders of Eq and the tallest tower will be the 3rd phase called Red (I'm pretty sure it is shorter than 120m)

wild wild west · #**172** Posted **Feb 27, 2008, 1:54 AM**

Is it me, or does that Minto tower in Toronto look absolutely massive?

Coldrsx · #**173** Posted **Feb 27, 2008, 2:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by AndrewJ3D

Toronto - 12
Vancouver - 5
Calgary - 5
Mississauga - 2
Edmonton - 1
Montreal - 1

If anybody was keeping score

Vancouver has viewcones or it would be kicking some ass too kids.

Edmonton would have a few more but it has a municipal airport overlay

WhipperSnapper · #**174** Posted **Feb 27, 2008, 2:12 AM**

^for Toronto, it's pretty average however, for Calgary, it is indeed massive.

WhipperSnapper · #**175** Posted **Feb 27, 2008, 2:18 AM**

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Vancouver has viewcones or it would be kicking some ass too kids.

what city doesn't have shadowing bylaws, height limits, and public consultations with communities that are grossly concerned with height.

The brief 150 foot height limit on downtown Toronto in the mid-seventies still resonates in council chambers

caltrane74 · #**176** Posted **Feb 27, 2008, 10:22 PM**

Hieght limits suck!

If we didn't have hieght limits in the 70's I imagine we would have had way more concrete bunker skyscrapers..(a la Simspon Tower, or Hudson Bay Tower, Shearton Centre)

That would have been cool!!

Simpson Tower for Reference

LeftCoaster · #**177** Posted **Feb 27, 2008, 10:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by goodlookin'

what city doesn't have shadowing bylaws, height limits, and public consultations with communities that are grossly concerned with height.

The brief 150 foot height limit on downtown Toronto in the mid-seventies still resonates in council chambers

I hardly think it is fair to compare standard community consultations and shadowing bylaws to the rediculiously stringent viewcones and height limits that have engulfed vancouver skyscraper development for decades.

WhipperSnapper · #**178** Posted **Feb 27, 2008, 11:50 PM**

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I hardly think it is fair to compare standard community consultations and shadowing bylaws to the rediculiously stringent viewcones and height limits that have engulfed vancouver skyscraper development for decades.

A shadowing bylaw that effects the entire CBD and pretty much guarantees
nothing will ever be built taller than the non-conforming "grandfathered" FCP is most certainly a fair comparison

And did I not also say height limits? Eventhough the OMB has overturned several city decisions, a flexible height limit of around 12 storeys remains in effect over a huge area a few short blocks to the east and west of the CBD. Also, several dozen proposals in the last few years have been either cancelled or scaled down in North York because a unflexible 100m height limit in its centre.

Sure some have it worse than other but just about every city has some sort of height limitations

Aylmer · #**179** Posted **Feb 28, 2008, 12:10 AM**

Yeah, But none as imfamous as Ottawa's.
Place De Ville Was supposed to have one 43-45 storey tower and another, planned in the 80's' in the 50 storey range...

LeftCoaster · #**180** Posted **Feb 28, 2008, 12:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by goodlookin'

A shadowing bylaw that effects the entire CBD and pretty much guarantees
nothing will ever be built taller than the non-conforming "grandfathered" FCP is most certainly a fair comparison

And did I not also say height limits? Eventhough the OMB has overturned several city decisions, a flexible height limit of around 12 storeys remains in effect over a huge area a few short blocks to the east and west of the CBD. Also, several dozen proposals in the last few years have been either cancelled or scaled down in North York because a unflexible 100m height limit in its centre.

Sure some have it worse than other but just about every city has some sort of height limitations

Nothing in Vancouver was allowed to go above 450ft and you're complaining that nothing will ever surpass nearly 1000ft?? I dont think thats a fair comparison at all!!

Remember we are talking about the fact that hight restriction policies have negatively effected Vancouver's height more than Toronto's... not the fact that vancouver is the only city to ever have projects shot down by city bylaws.

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Vancouver has viewcones or it would be kicking some ass too kids.

Quote:

Originally Posted by goodlookin'

what city doesn't have shadowing bylaws, height limits, and public consultations with communities that are grossly concerned with height.

The brief 150 foot height limit on downtown Toronto in the mid-seventies still resonates in council chambers

For vancouver just to get Shangri-La to 650ft was a miracle in itself. I mean lets not all forget about Bing Thom's 600ft crystal tower which was shot down becuase an 'architectural finger' strayed 10 ft into a viewcone. I dont think there can be any doubt Vancouver's policies have had an exponentially more negative impact on height than those affecting toronto, and if it were not for those policies Vancouver would be significantly more represented in the country in terms of height.

that being said I think they have had many positive impacts on teh built form of the city as well.