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[lilwayne]

I think
bldg 1 70 meters

bldg. 2 85 meters

[Roger Strong]

I think I'll avoid the first fireworks display within the square though.



(Alternate version, larger size)

Fireworks going off between massive walls of glass, with the crowd directly below.

No doubt someone at ISIS is firing off a memo: "Learn, guys..."

[lilwayne]

Originally Posted by Roger Strong

I think I'll avoid the first fireworks display within the square though.



(Alternate version, larger size)

Fireworks going off between massive walls of glass, with the crowd directly below.

No doubt someone at ISIS is firing off a memo: "Learn, guys..."

R u kidding me

God this forum

U got ten times the crowd outside of maple leaf square each playoff game and during championship parades Isis plotting on a few hundred ppl in Winnipeg

Get a grip don't let the media propaganda control u with fear

[Roger Strong]

Originally Posted by lilwayne

U got ten times the crowd outside of maple leaf square each playoff game and during championship parades Isis plotting on a few hundred ppl in Winnipeg

Do they set off fireworks directly over the crowd? Or in a confined space between two glass towers? You honestly think they'll be doing it at TNS like in the publicity photos? "R u kidding me?"

Even with the displays at The Forks limited to smaller fireworks, they cordon of an area MUCH larger than tiny True North Square. Displays with larger fireworks are fired off from south of Assiniboine, with an even larger area off limits.

[Spocket]

Originally Posted by Roger Strong

I think I'll avoid the first fireworks display within the square though.

Fireworks going off between massive walls of glass, with the crowd directly below.

No doubt someone at ISIS is firing off a memo: "Learn, guys..."

I don't know that there's any real danger anyway. I mean, here in China people set off fireworks from their apartments. I'm not saying that that's a good idea but nobody underneath has been set on fire that I'm aware of.

[Roger Strong]

Originally Posted by Spocket

I don't know that there's any real danger anyway. I mean, here in China people set off fireworks from their apartments.

Funny you should mention that.

Beijing Television Cultural Center fire

[Biff]

Same as always - bump to keep the updating photo on the current page...

[bomberjet]

Interesting they're using circular columns for the residential podium but used square for the office building.

[drew]

Originally Posted by lilwayne

I think
bldg 1 70 meters

bldg. 2 85 meters

225 Carlton 86.9m (285ft) floors 1 thru 6 office, 7 thru 25 residential + mechanical floor.

242 Hargrave 77.8m (255 ft) 17 floors office + mechanical floors

[esquire]

^ Thanks drew!

Paging cyro, any chance the thread title can be updated to include those stats?

[bomberjet]

Originally Posted by lilwayne

second tower looks like its going to be quite a bit taller than first from this view

Are these from the website? Havent seen them before.

Some kind of low rise, curved building on the Carlton Inn site.

Edit: Oh I see they're from Architecture 49. I guess these are more from the original renderings?

[esquire]

For context, the residential tower will be roughly the same height as One Evergreen Place (the current diagram drawing shows it as being a bit taller). The office building will be about the same height as Holiday Tower South.

So not exactly skyline-redefining, but it will beef it up a bit, and add quite a bit of density to that one block.

Still no word of any kind on the Sutton Place part of the project?

[optimusREIM]

Originally Posted by esquire

For context, the residential tower will be roughly the same height as One Evergreen Place (the current diagram drawing shows it as being a bit taller). The office building will be about the same height as Holiday Tower South.

So not exactly skyline-redefining, but it will beef it up a bit, and add quite a bit of density to that one block.

Still no word of any kind on the Sutton Place part of the project?

I was under the impression that true north has washed their hands of the hotel component and have left that to the northland properties to do. I could be wrong of course. Wasn't part of the deal on 221 carlton to build a hotel?

[goldenboi]

I am no construction expert, so correct me if I'm wrong (and I really hope that I am), but it looks like they are building right up to the road on Graham. Does that mean they are getting rid of the sidewalk on the south side of Graham between Carlton & Hargrave? Surely this wouldn't be allowed, right? Someone please tell me it's just temporary site offices or something.

[esquire]

^ I cannot imagine that the City would ever allow TNS to take out the sidewalk on Graham.

[1ajs]

The sidewalk on Graham is construction offices

[1ajs]

As for Sutton place it's currently storage yard for pcl

[Biff]

Originally Posted by goldenboi

I am no construction expert, so correct me if I'm wrong (and I really hope that I am), but it looks like they are building right up to the road on Graham. Does that mean they are getting rid of the sidewalk on the south side of Graham between Carlton & Hargrave? Surely this wouldn't be allowed, right? Someone please tell me it's just temporary site offices or something.

That long black strip on Graham is on top of a long construction trailer. That construction trailer is located on the sidewalk. Everything will be back to normal sidewalk wise once done....except there will be a 25 storey tower right against the sidewalk.

[roccerfeller]

Originally Posted by drew

225 Carlton 86.9m (285ft) floors 1 thru 6 office, 7 thru 25 residential + mechanical floor.

242 Hargrave 77.8m (255 ft) 17 floors office + mechanical floors

So one building will be approximately the height of the Radisson tower, the other will be the heigh of approximately the residential fort garry towers


Like esquire mentioned not skyline defining, but certainly welcome, important from the perspective of what they are replacing, and will enhance that area a lot

[cheswick]

Bit of a view from the west. Giving myself bonus points for the third tower crane in frame. One of these days I'll bring my good camera to work to get a better shot.