TORONTO: North York - Best NYCC Skyline Pic Ever!!

[WZ1]

While a new job means a new office, and that means new views! I got a job on the 14th floor of the Don Valley Office Park. Here are some amazing NYCC pics from the 14th!

Don Mills/Eglinton Ave E.


Part of the office complex


PJs


slabs


Condos


Foresters


NY Towers in the Back.


Some Random Infill


Slabtastic


Slabs line York Mills/404/DVP junction


NYCC is getting SOOO Big!! - Watch out Edmonton, Winnipeg, Tampa...



One Mother of NYCC Pano!!
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Hope you all enjoyed!! Comments?

[J. Will]

North York alone has more 12+ story buildings than many entire metropolitan areas of 3 million +. The urban growth up there is incredible, and contrary to what some idiot (who had obviously not been there in years, if ever) told me, it is not just a bunch of towers-in-the-park (he was claiming it was less than Washington D.C.'s suburbs).

[DrJoe]

Whoa! Look at that skyline.

[caltrane74]

Massive skyline, massive city.

North York is the Shinjuku or Shinoba of Toronto.

[WHISTLERINMUSKOKA]

NYCC is getting massive, T.O's best urban suburba by far.

[MolsonExport]

One of the most linear skylines in North America

[caltrane74]

Linear because it follows yonge street up the spine.

Imagine when the massive Hullmark Centre is built. it will finally have a couple of peaks. like mountains standing up in the clouds.

[wlyyl]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Linear because it follows yonge street up the spine.

Imagine when the massive Hullmark Centre is built. it will finally have a couple of peaks. like mountains standing up in the clouds.

How tall is it?

[-GR2NY-]

The few times I've spent time in greater Toronto with a car cruising the freeways, North York area didn't look anything like that. The density doesn't really exist when you are actually IN that vicinity. There is density here and there, but no mini-manhattan jutting up. Must just be a good angle you've found. btw, nothing against the area. I LOVE it there.

[caltrane74]

I guess it is slightly deceptive from ground level. But I like the fact all the buildings are so new, feels like you walked 15 years into the future everytime I go there.


All of these skyscrapers were once suburban residential homes not even 30 years ago.

[WhipperSnapper]

"The few times I've spent time in greater Toronto with a car cruising the freeways, North York area didn't look anything like that. The density doesn't really exist when you are actually IN that vicinity. There is density here and there, but no mini-manhattan jutting up. Must just be a good angle you've found. btw, nothing against the area. I LOVE it there."

I disagree, several blocks of North York City Centre definitely gives off a downtown-esque impression with the addtion of some 40 highrises (few under 20 storeys) over the past 5 years

Don Mills is more tower-in-a-park'y' though

[-GR2NY-]

Originally Posted by goodlookin'

"The few times I've spent time in greater Toronto with a car cruising the freeways, North York area didn't look anything like that. The density doesn't really exist when you are actually IN that vicinity. There is density here and there, but no mini-manhattan jutting up. Must just be a good angle you've found. btw, nothing against the area. I LOVE it there."

I disagree, several blocks of North York City Centre definitely gives off a downtown-esque impression with the addtion of some 40 highrises (few under 20 storeys) over the past 5 years

Don Mills is more tower-in-a-park'y' though

Fair enough.

[caltrane74]

I think it will be 170M or 600 feet. ( I'm not good on the conversion to standard)

North York Centre has hieght issues, as it is in the path of the Toronto International Airport. So you will never see really really tall buildings. But its still a good distance away.

[zerokarma]

Got to love the commie slabs

[Ex-Ithacan]

I think Miketoronto gave myself, DonB and Alex a tour of the area the day before the official TO meet last spring. Impressive is an apt word. Good stuff WZ, thanks for the pics (especially that pano).

[samne]

awesome shots!

pano's great and really like #3 and 4.

I know Flemo' or Flemigdon City. Thorncliff Pk., accross the bridge in East York is very similar. Both make interesting urban studies.

Flemingdon Park was first proposed to North York (now Toronto) City Councillors in 1958. It was touted as Canada's first completely planned "apartment city", and was based on similar developments already built in Europe and Scandinavia.

more... http://www.torontoneighbourhoods.net...hyork/106.html

[steveve]

I believe North York City centre has one of the best skylines in Canada. It's kinda scary that there are fairly big city centres emerging out of nowhere SO close to downtown Toronto... For example North York City Centre and Scarborough City Centre all have emerging skylines...

In my opinion it beats Mississauga's skyline any day... It looks great because it is such a long skyline that runs a long Yonge St.

Wait a couple of years and you'll get some pretty tall ones...

Hullmark Centre
Emerald Park
Gibson Square

[tdawg]

It really does remind me of Atlanta's Buckhead. The skyline, the way it follows the major street (Yonge=Peachtree) and a transit spine. I guess the major difference is that Buckhead's center is two giant malls. Here's Buckhead for reference:


photo by joe f. steele

[AnDerRew]

My friend lives in that "random infill" thing of new houses amongst the office buildings and near flemmington.

my other friend lives in that white slabtastic building..flemmo isnt that bad and its fairly easy to get downtown from there by transit.

[Wheelingman04]

Just in Toronto at the end of May. Great city. It had grown so much since I was there in 2001.