The late 'Toronto v.s. New York' thread (locked at it's zenith of intellectual conversation, for shame) has inspired me to start a thread dedicated to revealing this dense downtown core. Toronto suffers from an image crisis; those who have only seen pictures, even those who have been once or twice, are unaware of it's full breadth.

So here goes, and I apologize for not actually taking any pics, believe me I'd like to. So it's google-dee-do for you.

http://image04.webshots.com/4/2/0/16/71120016bYhfdv_ph.jpg

http://www.phys.uni-paderborn.de/~blum/images/ontario1997/toronto06.jpg

http://image03.webshots.com/3/0/25/86/92002586KmVkCD_ph.jpg

http://image02.webshots.com/2/4/85/90/95348590lSeqab_ph.jpg

http://image02.webshots.com/2/4/87/4/95348704tFmthF_ph.jpg

http://image04.webshots.com/4/2/22/87/71122287yQvLui_ph.jpg

http://image05.webshots.com/5/8/22/45/71382245rOfsHq_ph.jpg

http://image06.webshots.com/6/4/26/78/75242678SpXGMs_ph.jpg

http://image03.webshots.com/3/7/59/30/73975930TAAdVp_ph.jpg

http://image03.webshots.com/3/7/65/15/73976515EOnvuQ_ph.jpg

http://image06.webshots.com/6/7/79/54/77777954uCnpEv_ph.jpg

http://www.boldts.net/photos/TorYk.2.jpeg

http://www.boldts.net/photos/TorBx.1.jpeg

http://image05.webshots.com/5/8/23/4/71382304dADuaq_ph.jpg

http://server5.uploadit.org/files/oct2gon-b15.jpg

as you can see, I'm going for unusual shots of T.O.

more to come later.....

http://www.phys.uni-paderborn.de/~blum/images/ontario1997/toronto06.jpg


I can see the density clearly.

http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/30977398.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/CN7.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/Dense.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/IMG_1859_Web.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/IMG_2158_Web.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/IMG_5565.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/P8210016.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT3661.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT3672.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT4080.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT4082.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT4092.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT4098.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT4126.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT4144.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT4152.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT4169.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT4170%20midtown.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/PICT8015.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/RIMG5744.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/RIMG5767.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/RIMG5984.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/RIMG6285.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/TO-Summer-2004a--38.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/TO-Summer-2004b--39.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/TO-Summer-2004e--21.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/TOskyline-004.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/Toronto07=0-9.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/Valley_pan.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/downtownfromthedocks2s.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/skyline2678678.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/toh2002_089.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/toronto04954650.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/toronto04954651.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/toronto04954665.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/toronto04954673.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/toronto04954674.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/toronto099.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/toronto28i78.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/z-1_King_West_F.jpg
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/torontodensity/za15.jpg

This thread without any doubt contains the BEST Toronto pictures I've ever seen. Amazing! Good job Toronto forumers! :cheers:

http://www.phys.uni-paderborn.de/~blum/images/ontario1997/toronto06.jpg

where is this taken from? Is is open to public?

I love this city. One of the best in the world!

Great compilation.

I always liked this aerial which only captures a small piece of the waterfront and heads north to a spot between Bloor and St. Clair. Imagine if all the other hubs/skylines could be viewed all at once (eg. North York, Eglinton, St. Clair).

It's too bad the sheer breadth of the dense areas cannot be captured. I'd love to see everything over 20 storeys jammed into the same footprint as downtown Chicago. It would be an eye-opener (which of course will not be acknowledged) :fiddle:

http://www.upside-down.ca/sdphotos/TORONTO N-S.jpg

@ Bluga - That pic, I'm guessing, was taken from the Manulife Building, which I beleive may be approximately 50 stories. It held a record once for being the tallest concrete something in the world at some point. Look it up.

@ Hillis - wow! thanks for giving this a boost!

@ Elliot - whered did you get that photo... is that a scale bar in the corner? very nice

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2699/4287909045_9fd36f9066.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2517/3940056218_264c179a67.jpg

Bluga: That pic is taken from the outdoor patio of Panorama, a bar/lounge on the 52nd floor of the Manulife Centre. Kind of pricey but the view is worth it. I suggect going on a weekday because they charge cover on weekends.

Yeah that's One York Quay which is just under 400 feet I believe.

algonquin your beloved thread was reopened for participation! :D
Sometimes threads need a rest! ;)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=139152

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507presskit_photo_12_full.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507picture_002.jpg

http://server5.uploadit.org/files/trono1-22755170.TorontoDSCN6713.jpg

http://server5.uploadit.org/files/trono1-waterfront.jpg

algonquin your beloved thread was reopened for participation! :D
Sometimes threads need a rest! ;)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=139152

I promise I'll be good...

@ gemstonematrix - WOW WOW WOW... thanks for the contribution

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507presskit_photo_12_full.jpg

This one really impressed me!

Toronto's so bootiful.

Awesome and Amazing Toronto..!

:nocrook: :booze: :okay:

Holy shit.... Awesome pics guys. I have never really seen Toronto like this before. .... :eek2:

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507presskit_photo_12_full.jpg

Great pic, the left side of the photo looks awesome

Convinced me.

^Very nice pics.. They look a bit old though. Here are some newer ones
The often seen Financial District..(see if you can spot 1 King West hehe)

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/6793/density2.jpg

And then the rest.. (notice nodes of density along Yonge street)
http://img117.exs.cx/img117/7345/downtowndensity.jpg

The Cityplace Condo development project will add 20 new towers into this location.......
It will eventually look like this...
http://www.cityplace.ca/images/gw1.jpg

http://img22.exs.cx/img22/8932/cityplace.jpg

Sweet photos

Is the girl on the balcony available?;)

Hillis, the 4th shot in your post, taken from a chopper:applause:...that's the real thing!

Great pics guys i have been waiting for a thread like this ever since i found this site

this city rocks !!
such a nice skyline , and a lot of greenery on a lake shore : wooooooooooooa

Wow. Look at all those commie blocks

thats what i was thinking
but huge looking city

Wow. Look at all those commie blocks

Don't worry there are dozens of tall glassy buildings going up

"Commie blocks..." .

Standard response from over-rated cities (is every forumer from Sydney under the age of 20?) Here's your own backyard. Fair amount of fugly downtown.


http://members.fortunecity.de/berlinnr1/fotos/Australien/Sydney10.jpg

hey, there's nothing wrong with calling them commie blocks... Toronto has it's fair share of ugly architecture.

Toronto..is amazing this is by far the best thread of the city!

Toronto is growing on me.

Toronto is very diffrent from north american cities, most north american cities have thier downtown highrises in one area, but Toronto has highrises all over the city.

OMG! I never realized how dense the city is! I swear to god I will never bash this cities skyline ever again!

^I will hold you to that. ;)

It is very astonishing to see some of the density that goes on through out the city. Driving down the DVP on a nice day can be spectacular.

yeah the drive down the DVP can be nice.

:omg: really cool pix, what a density!

Wow, you're showing Toronto very well. This is one of my favourite cities now :)

splendid scenes of steel, concrete and glass!

splendid scenes of steel, concrete and glass!
....and green

http://img117.exs.cx/img117/7345/downtowndensity.jpg[/IMG]

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Wow this pic reminds me of Manhattan!

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And then the rest.. (notice nodes of density along Yonge street)
http://img117.exs.cx/img117/7345/downtowndensity.jpg

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This one reminds me of Manhattan!

Wow this pic reminds me of Manhattan!

Bingo! That was the reason why this thread was started.... the New York v.s. Toronto thread. The density is reminiscent of Manhattan... it's everywhere. Of course it's not nearly of the same scale, in terms of mass and hieght. But as a pedestrian, you could not hope to cover all of it in a day. It's the feeling of being at the hustle and bustle of Yonge and Bloor, and seeing the Financial District off in the distance. Or even Yong and Eglington.... the CN Tower looks so small, and you're still amongst highrises (though Yonge and Egg is a bit seperated by some stretches of mid-density Yonge retail).

The positive response to this thread has been almost overwhelming (at least, surprising). It's good to see peoples perceptions change, because this side of Toronto is rarely seen, and is usually only experienced by a month or two of discovery. I'll look for some more pics.

cheers!

This tread is too good to die yet :)

I can probably post some more density photos, I just have to go through my album of some 1000 Toronto Photos

I enjoy this thread. And I do think Toronto is comparable to NYC.

http://img22.exs.cx/img22/8932/cityplace.jpg

^ Fort York is so cool, I hope it stays just how it is forever.

Funny, this a thread about something dense in Toronto.

I expected pictures of KGB's skull.

Nice photos by the way.

Funny, this a thread about something dense in Toronto.

I expected pictures of KGB's skull.



ouch

Oh, dry!

Some seriously nice photos. I myself didn't notice such enormous density, and yet I'm a citizen of this great city.:D

Toronto is growing on me.

They have a cream for that, you know.

Awesome!

They have a cream for that, you know.

LoL. Where can I get me some of that?

Same place all good drugs come from... Canada!

LoL. Come on ppl. Post more pics :)

http://img17.exs.cx/img17/6633/downtown-toronto.jpg
http://www.fototur.com/canada/toronto/14+7239219+toronto1.jpg
http://www.digitalsideshow.com/gallery/cityscapes/bigbuildings.jpg http://img126.exs.cx/img126/7669/TO-Summer-2004a--20misty.jpg

nice pics skybean...i like the first one

I Like the Last one!!

http://img94.exs.cx/img94/1670/4821714DownTownToronto02.jpg

some more
http://server3.uploadit.org/files/canadaone-t15.jpg
http://server2.uploadit.org/files/canadaone-t16.jpg

wow! those might be my faves so far

damn those last 2 are good.

They were taken from first canadian place

This pic is Lucky's hopefully he doesn't mind.
North Toronto (North York City Centre)

U/C- Cranes everywhere and the pic is not even long enough.
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/6673/NorthYork.jpg

Wow!!!!!!!

Its like New York in some of the picutures.Great jog.Your photos do real justice to Toronto.Keep up the good work.

Fantastic photos of toronto, keep up the great work. :)
north york (above the 401) needs a landmark building now that the skyline is levelling out around 30-35 stories.

here are some I found on SSP... thanks to the photographers (whoever they may be)

this one is from the CN Tower... this view completely leapfrogs over the central core to show the St.Clair and Eglington nodes, with North York looming in the background.
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/28toronto_fromcn_n02.jpg

here are some rare skyline angles...

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/28toronto_fromryerson05.jpg

this one shows the core up to Bloor St.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/319skypan.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/3309to__large_.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/5446imgp1906aa.jpg

the CN Tower really fucks with the scale on this shot...
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/5446imgp1847aa.jpg

http://http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507toronto4.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/3556fkbackstreet.jpg

Midtown...

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507yb.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507midtown.jpg

http://www.giffels.com/gal/images/gnews/yonge-st.jpg

thats it for now kiddies

How about a sit in the park?
http://www.session2000.adventist.org/press/downtown_toronto/dm26june0005.jpg



http://www.lhyhome.com/zeroboard/data/canadaskyline/1080806779/Toronto01.JPG
http://www.bitstop.ca/pictures/Toronto/close_up_of_our_hotel_from_cn_tower.jpg
http://www.lhyhome.com/zeroboard/data/canadaskyline/1080806779/Toronto12.jpg
http://www.lhyhome.com/zeroboard/data/canadaskyline/1080806779/Toronto11.jpg
http://www.lhyhome.com/zeroboard/data/canadaskyline/1080806779/Toronto09.jpg
http://www.lhyhome.com/zeroboard/data/canadaskyline/1080806779/Toronto10.jpg
http://www.lhyhome.com/zeroboard/data/canadaskyline/1080806754/Toronto14.jpg
http://debbi.is.co.za/photos/hol2002/cntower/photos/DSCN4343.JPG
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/2531/Picture_2556.jpg

holy shit :uh:

http://www.bitstop.ca/pictures/Toronto/close_up_of_our_hotel_from_cn_tower.jpg

Here's a movie that someone shot at the top of the CN Tower which pans around.. interesting. From 2001. You must download quicktime to watch movie.
http://ebbe.schultze.person.emu.dk/foto/ca-us-2001/cn-udsigt.mov




http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/7659.jpg

Holy shitz...
http://www.adamwest.co.uk/photo/places/Canada/totonto_cn_pan_small.jpg

http://www.windsongproductions.com/Galleries/ciyscapes/aerial8w.jpg
http://www.stubna.com/toronto_trip/CNn_tower_view_pan.jpg
http://www.infradead.org/~wmp/panoramic/usa/toronto_pan.jpg

http://www.fatznew.com/Pictures/Toronto/Toronto_city1.jpg

lets bring this tread back from the dead

It was too good to die. Hopefully some of the people who posted pics here will revive them.

i dont think any of these have been posted

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Copper12/tor3.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Copper12/22755170.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Copper12/22937680.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Copper12/136020654zrwHJs_ph.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Copper12/22755175.jpg

For the World
From Delirium


Waterfront
http://img78.exs.cx/img78/7305/oct2gon-a1.jpg
http://img78.exs.cx/img78/534/oct2gon-a8.jpg

http://img78.exs.cx/img78/7936/2507picture916.jpg
http://img92.exs.cx/img92/1950/oct2gon-a12.jpg
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/8640/oct2gon-a13.jpg
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/724/oct2gon-a17.jpg

Damn straight!

Holy shit, this thread makes me really want to visit TO, never been there before.

great

Thanks Skybean and Dr. Joe...

those pics are really indispensible... they cleary indicate why Toronto is the highrise capital of NA (aside from NYC, of course)

I must spoiled by New York City because I'm not too impressed. Toronto seems clearly far behind Chicago in the skyline department.

I must spoiled by New York City because I'm not too impressed. Toronto seems clearly far behind Chicago in the skyline department.

Not surprising... Chicago has almost twice the population after all.

Great density shots.

So thats where the other 1500 12s+ buildings are. Hidden behind the 8-9 very tall ones.

I must spoiled by New York City because I'm not too impressed. Toronto seems clearly far behind Chicago in the skyline department.

Toronto does have more skyscrapers (buildings of at least 12 stories) than Chicago but Chicago is far ahead of Toronto in terms of buildings of at least 500 feet in height. And Chicago probably has the best skyscraper architecture out of any city in North America.

For me this is the best pic of the skyline although it bypasses the big boys

http://img94.exs.cx/img94/1670/4821714DownTownToronto02.jpg

here are some recent shots of North York, courtesy of kman. Keeping in mind that North York is suburbia, I say these are impressive.

http://img141.exs.cx/img141/1383/p10300261nb.jpg

http://img141.exs.cx/img141/2662/p10300314rr.jpg

http://img141.exs.cx/img141/9627/p10300605va.jpg

http://img141.exs.cx/img141/152/p10300555du.jpg

Not surprising... Chicago has almost twice the population after all.

Not really, but that's another debate altogether.

Chicago does not have nearly twice the population of Toronto

Holy shit, this thread makes me really want to visit TO, never been there before.

That's what it's here for :cheers:

The major cluster in the CBD is very impressive, but the concrete blocks to the North make me want to vomit. Same goes for the lakefront. I agree with those who say that Toronto lags far behind Chicago.

http://photos3.worldisround.com/photos/8/171/530.jpg

http://photos3.worldisround.com/photos/8/171/538.jpg

http://photos3.worldisround.com/photos/8/171/540.jpg

2 pictures I took in late November:

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/November/november22/moneyshot.jpg

This one is a bit blurry because this was probably the 6th pic I had taken with my new cam, but you can still see how dense the city is. I will have to try and take this picture again.
http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/November/november22/pic1.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507met3.jpg

Delerium @ SSP

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/redsky01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/redsky03.jpg

http://www3.telus.net/critter/images/redsky05.jpg

http://www3.telus.net/critter/images/redsky04.jpg

http://valentine.blogware.com/Stuff/CN-at-night-web.jpg
http://www.snowice.info/photogallery/toronto1.jpg
http://www.snowice.info/photogallery/toronto2.jpg

We need more views like this one:
http://www.snowice.info/photogallery/toronto3.jpg

1713 X 1196
http://photos2.worldisround.com/from_photos3/photos/0/56/540_o.jpg

http://www.stud.tu-ilmenau.de/~flro-ii/Kanada/168%20-%20Toronto.JPG
http://www.baltimorecatholic.com/photos/wyd2002/CN/downtown.jpg

Oh. My. God.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~darklion/toronto/013_10A.JPG

http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~ading/Toronto/DowntownDay.JPG

http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~ading/Toronto/DowntownEvening.JPG

http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~ading/Toronto/DowntownNight.JPG

http://www.stud.tu-ilmenau.de/~flro-ii/Kanada/161%20-%20Toronto.JPG :runaway:


Controllable Webcam of Toronto's DT core. (Goto Financial District preset and ZOOM out)
http://www.toronto.com/feature/238/

I hope this thread never dies :)

The Cityplace Condo development project will add 20 new towers into this location...

http://img22.exs.cx/img22/8932/cityplace.jpg

Are there any plans to remove the Gardiner Expressway when the Cityplace Condos go up? I know that there has always been a large contingent in and out of Toronto government that wanted all highways leading to Downtown to be removed (i.e., Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway.)

excellent photographs !

Are there any plans to remove the Gardiner Expressway when the Cityplace Condos go up? I know that there has always been a large contingent in and out of Toronto government that wanted all highways leading to Downtown to be removed (i.e., Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway.)
Alas, I don't think much will happen with the Gardiner. Many would love to see it tunnelized, like Boston, but the city doesn't have the funds right now.

WOW!
http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/1p9240039.jpg

There are some amazing pictures on this thread, lots of interesting unseen views of the city which make it stand out, I like it!

http://www.urbancanada.com/temp/1p9240039.jpg

If you ignore the CN Tower, don't the downtown buildings kind of have a Hong Kong look to them? Of course there's no mountain behind them!!! :)

That is an amazing pic. Crazy cunuck is right alot of unseen angels before

city place is really starting to have an impact on the lakeshore skyline

WOW is right...WOW!

WOW!

Wow.. that picture is breathtaking!


http://www.cs.toronto.edu/pub/cuty/pic/toronto/6076_104-0450_img.jpeg


http://www.cs.toronto.edu/pub/cuty/pic/toronto/6077_104-0451_img.jpeg

http://www.cs.toronto.edu/pub/cuty/pic/toronto/6078_104-0454_img.jpeg

http://www.cs.toronto.edu/pub/cuty/pic/toronto/6079_104-0455_img.jpeg

http://www.cs.toronto.edu/pub/cuty/pic/toronto/6080_104-0456_img.jpeg

http://www.cs.toronto.edu/pub/cuty/pic/toronto/6081_104-0461_img.jpeg


http://img200.exs.cx/img200/6704/2213188.jpg


http://www.cs.toronto.edu/pub/cuty/pic/toronto/6082_104-0449_img.jpeg


http://img179.exs.cx/img179/8388/2064575.jpg


http://img175.exs.cx/img175/1613/1376005.jpg


http://www.owlfish.com/weblog/2003/12/downtown-toronto.jpg


http://img147.exs.cx/img147/4716/1840107.jpg

Here are the STUNNERS!!!!!! (TWO PICS + REFRESH IF YOU DON'T SEE THEM).... :runaway:







http://img6.exs.cx/img6/7448/1776639.jpg
http://img200.exs.cx/img200/2315/1699308.jpg

this thread just gets better and better

More.

http://www.magma.ca/~ilya/pic/tor_view.jpg

http://www.ixbt.com/editorial/canada2k4/1404/cntower/toronto-cntower1404-pict13-web.jpg

http://www.map-man.com/photo/im000625.jpg

http://www.toronto.suttonplace.com/images/Exterior_lrg.jpg

http://individual.utoronto.ca/paterson/DSCN0438_25.JPG

http://www.zebananas.com/por/..%5Cpictures%5Ctoronto%5Cimages/Building%202_jpg.jpg


Let's stretch out a picture
http://img101.exs.cx/img101/8039/cimg0074_730x981.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/18193283.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/18193285.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/18193288.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/19806449.jpg

damn i wished i had more cool pics :(

Don't let that streched picture get out, someone might start a Toronto vs the truth thread. There are some jaw-droppers in there.Hillis I must say with that kind of foggy view of Toronto it makes it seem like its in the tropics some where, I like it!

Cityplace

This is the growing cityplace development beside Rogers Center (a.k.a Skydome) in toronto. when finished it will have 20 towers.

http://www.cityplace.ca/images/gw1.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507toooa.jpg

Most of the pics are from Istrian @ UT, via skybean and many others

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/istrian/P2020010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/istrian/P2020003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/istrian/CityPlacethe3Tallest.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/istrian/CityPlace.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/istrian/CityPlace-NoMoreHoarding.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/istrian/CityPlaceI.jpg
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/1001/pict11306tk.jpg
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/6255/pict11317gw.jpg
http://server2.uploadit.org/files/canadaone-Picture66.jpg
http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/November/november22/pic17.jpg
http://server3.uploadit.org/files/canadaone-Picture660.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507picture904.jpg

cityplace and many other development will turn the west side of the cn tower from this

http://img67.exs.cx/img67/8932/cityplace.th.jpg

to this in 10 years

http://img156.exs.cx/img156/489/cityplacedeck.jpg
http://img83.exs.cx/img83/3500/cassius7cv.jpg
http://www.upside-down.ca/sdphotos/MerrySkyline2.jpg
scroll to the right -------------------------------->

Question!

http://www.cs.toronto.edu/pub/cuty/pic/toronto/6076_104-0450_img.jpeg
What's the name of that U shape building next to the gardiner? Thanx

The building is called the old roundhouse, i think it might be a museum or a historic site, i am not sure what it's used for

Would be great for like Toronto's civic museum or something. Next to the CN Tower and Skydome and all.

Love Toronto. In an odd way reminds me of LA. Not surprising; LA-Toronto are 1, 2 in US Canadian metro density...see below.

http://demographia.com/db-uauscan.htm

The building is called the old roundhouse, i think it might be a museum or a historic site, i am not sure what it's used for

It houses the Steam Whistle Brewery.

Fa kin supa.

while there seems to be quite a focus on the waterfront development here, has anyone of the TO crew looked into what Buffalo has proposed for its waterfront?

-750mil USD project to make it one of the nicest on the great lakes.

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=61788

worth looking at.

I just found this huge pano. It's a few years old and the hole in the middle is obviously filled in with some building. It only shows a small area of downtown T.O.
http://www.stefanleibing.de/panorama/PanoramaToronto.jpg


How is it on the street? Again, another pano that's a few years old. This area looks much different today. The building underconstruction is now complete at 40+ stories.
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/paw/images/yongedundaslarge.jpg

wow! neat groundlevel pano!

here is how the square looks now

http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/temp2/Dundas%20Square/11.07.04.001.jpg
http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/temp2/Dundas%20Square/11.07.04.007.jpg
http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/temp2/Dundas%20Square/11.07.04.011.jpg
http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/temp2/Dundas%20Square/11.07.04.012.jpg
http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/temp2/Dundas%20Square/11.07.04.018.jpg
http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/temp2/Dundas%20Square/11.07.04.019.jpg
http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/temp2/Dundas%20Square/11.07.04.021.jpg
http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/temp2/Dundas%20Square/11.07.04.025.jpg
http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/temp2/Dundas%20Square/11.07.04.030.jpg
http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/temp2/Dundas%20Square/11.07.04.032.jpg
http://www.ydsquare.ca/image/ydsquare_photo1.jpg
http://www.boldts.net/photos/TorH.1.jpeg
http://img107.exs.cx/img107/1262/5769.jpg
http://img107.exs.cx/img107/3056/5770.jpg
around he corner
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Copper12/8.jpg

dundas square when metropolis is finished
http://www.mswansonart.com/metropolis.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/torontocanadawebsite/metropolis.JPG
http://www.torontopt.com/urbangta/pictures/yds/metropolis/metroplis.jpg
http://torontosportsweekend.com/webtitlecopy.jpg

Dundas Square is already radically different from what it was last year! Wow, surprising! :)

The new Pepsi ball at Dundas Square...i like it

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/pepsi.jpg


Back to density....I dont know if these have been posted or not.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/IMG_3509.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/city.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/Toronto009.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/view8kr.jpg

http://img235.exs.cx/img235/6969/pict57015sa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/spa0902.jpg

more

http://valentine.blogware.com/_photos/blooryonge-a-web.jpg
http://www.freewebs.com/christian-japan/T30.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/kyotophotos/20040710/RIMG7238.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/kyotophotos/20040710/RIMG7198.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/kyotophotos/20040710/RIMG7237.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/kyotophotos/20040710/RIMG7242.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/kyotophotos/20040710/RIMG7269.jpg
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~facilities/eatoncenter.jpg
http://www.sashadesign.com/img/toronto/13.jpg

Keep 'em coming!

kudos to You are to Blame and DrJoe..... fantastic Toronto fodder here!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/view8kr.jpg

fantastic! The problem with TO is that it's clusters are too big. You can't possibly fit it all in a nice skyline shot, unless someone here rents a helicopter.

here are some more, thank you Clam Dude

http://images.fotopic.net/y7214t.jpg
http://images.fotopic.net/y72kl8.jpg

From the toronto forum

http://www.djmueller.com/02autumn/Data/spa0902.jpg
http://www.stefanleibing.de/panorama/PanoramaToronto.jpg

scroll to the right ------------------------------->

http://www.maniza.com/Canada/images/Canada/Toronto/toronto20.jpg
http://www.photo.net/philg/digiphotos/200206-toronto/skyline-from-metropolitan-hotel-1.half.jpg
http://www.photo.net/philg/digiphotos/200206-toronto/skyline-from-metropolitan-hotel-2.half.jpg
http://uregina.ca/piwowarj/geog331/presentations/Toronto%20browse.121025.crss_sat.3.jpg
http://valentine.blogware.com/_photos/Toronto%20late%20afternoon%20skyline%202%20print%20version.jpg
http://almosthuman.ca/Jambalaya/Pictures/2001-10-Toronto/09%20-%20Skyline%20by%20Day%20(10.08.01).jpg
http://www.trekshare.com/members/mickv/images/jimage42943.jpg
http://individual.utoronto.ca/joem/Photos/2004/2004_Misc_Summer/slides/IMG_3509.jpg
http://valentine.blogware.com/_photos/frontstreet-skyline-web.jpg
http://stippling.org/albums/Toronto/toronto.sized.jpg
http://stippling.org/albums/Toronto/city_tv.sized.jpg

Is Toronto one of the densent cities in North America?? You bet!!

However, the funny part, Toronto has plenty of parking lots and undeveloped land, one would have to take a ride a top of the CN Tower to comprehend the entire amount of open space. Example, Cityplace, Harbourfront, North of CN Tower&Skydome, all around downtown.
The good news, many projects are proposed and underconstruction. Thus resulting in less available land and an even denser Toronto!!!!
I was just on top of the CN Tower with family. Wished I had taken some pictures and put them away. Would be nice to compare 10 years from now.

^Well, over all Toronto is dense but it also has LOTS of space that is undeveloped. Downsview is a huge chuck of land that is undeveloped. There is also the Portlands area which too are vacant.

There is alot of open and undeveloped space in TO that is just waiting to be developed.

Yes and the good news, there is development in place which is swallowing up so much empty space. There's a reason why Toronto is well represented(amount of forumers) in this forum. The place is a buzzing mecca with so much going on!!

Yes, evil parking lots. I guess that their won't be any significant parking lots along the harbourfront or downtown in 20 years (good guess eh, since the parking lots accross ACC already have 6 condos (inc. pinacle) being built with more planned).

The place is a buzzing mecca with so much going on!!

well said. Very well said.

I must say this is one of the best threads....

google-dee-doo

http://photos2.worldisround.com/photos/0/56/540.jpg
http://www.sergiopetrelli.com/places/images/29%20Toronto%20downtown%20from.jpg
http://www.owlfish.com/weblog/2003/12/downtown-toronto.jpg
http://www.snowice.info/photogallery/toronto3.jpg
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/torontoplan/images/dyn.jpg
http://www.ilarawan.com/images/downtown.jpg
wow!
http://www.asw.cz/vb03-11.jpg
http://www.map-man.com/photo/im000625.jpg
http://www.ryanpark.org/photos/05%20Toronto,%20October%202003/slides/15%20More%
http://web.elastic.org/~fche/pix-favorites/Toronto-200312-r.jpg
http://www.homestead.com/peter7000/files/TOPanor3.jpg
http://www.brucebelltours.com/assets/images/Toronto_1920s.jpg
http://www.brucebelltours.com/assets/images/May_2003.jpg

check out www.topleftpixel.com.... this guy is amazing

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/cn_sunset_dec28.jpg
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/west_skyline_night_orange_clouds.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/28toronto-downsviewpark-30_07_2003.jpg

Live Webcam
http://209.250.137.238/-wvhttp-01-/GetStillImage?vc_host=localhost&REQUEST_ID=1109026818187

This is one of my all-time favourite pics of T.O.
http://img58.exs.cx/img58/5737/q5bbeach3405sg.jpg

No.. Not live.. but close to it. :sleepy:
http://img144.exs.cx/img144/7207/ocadcntowersnow3jw.jpg

The Esplanade
http://cc.oulu.fi/~tbajorek/images/canada/image001.jpg

Canyon
http://cc.oulu.fi/~tbajorek/images/canada/image137.jpg

http://cc.oulu.fi/~tbajorek/images/canada/image140.jpg

http://www.beaufour.dk/albums/wt_canada/IMG_0246.jpg

http://www.beaufour.dk/albums/wt_canada/IMG_0250.jpg


http://www.beaufour.dk/albums/wt_canada/IMG_0274.jpg

http://www.beaufour.dk/albums/wt_canada/IMG_0261.jpg


I'm sorry. That' wasn't high enough... to 1400 ft!!
http://www.beaufour.dk/gallery/wt_canada/IMG_0266http://www.beaufour.dk/albums/wt_canada/IMG_0266.jpg

Unbelievable pics....
I have to admit Toronto reminds me alot of my home city of Chicago (thats probably blasphemy). Been there a couple of times and had good experiences.

I have to admit Toronto reminds me alot of my home city of Chicago

I have heard this a few times and no one has ever given reasons except for silly superficial ones like they're both on a lake or are similar in size. I'd be really interested in understanding what some of the deeper similarities between the two cities are. Do you mind quickly sharing your observations here?

^I've heard people comment that from say the Sheraton, on to bloor, that it reminds them of Chicago.

thanks, but that doesn't help! That's a big chunk of downtown with tons of variety. Anyway, I don't want to get off topic so maybe someone can fill me in another time.

Yo! T Dot O has it all in a row! This is a hot collection of pics - it really shows off the town. Me and my squad were laughing at how long a strip dundas street is, the joke was how we never got lossed getting around Toronto because Dundas street was ALWAYS right around the corner - hehe(laugh! right now!) NEwayz, Toronto is a place where Diversity and cultural representation are promoted and viewed as important in weaving the fabric of the city... I digs that! I met plenty of people that were as pleased to share the city with me as I was to visit! Gotta luvit... Big ups to Roach A Rama(aka the Garden of Eden), Moses, and all the other T.Dottaz who looked out for a brotha... EZ

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/1718/toronto4.jpg

http://img223.exs.cx/img223/2271/24632749beforethenight9of.jpg

http://img14.exs.cx/img14/35/40152836toronto9zp.jpg

http://img14.exs.cx/img14/6325/10218650dscn29958lw.jpg

http://img14.exs.cx/img14/2403/31350178dsc054330my.jpg

http://img14.exs.cx/img14/7223/40161331toronto029aq.jpg

http://img14.exs.cx/img14/5339/40161328toronto013ta.jpg

http://img14.exs.cx/img14/2358/40161367toronto053ta.jpg

This is a composite of downtown Toronto, Centre Island and lake Ontario, put together from photos taken from the CN Tower skypod, 443 m above the ground.

Three rows of 18 photos (54 photos total) were used in the composite. Final processing was about 8 hours on a P3/1GHz/1GB





http://img233.exs.cx/img233/667/57565861831135a5fo9cg.jpg

http://photos6.flickr.com/5624956_7a797d1d7f_b.jpg

http://photos3.flickr.com/3972742_d40fe9b510_b.jpg

http://photos5.flickr.com/5624952_87720c2207_b.jpg

http://photos3.flickr.com/5624950_71356dd738_b.jpg

http://photos5.flickr.com/5624946_d42f2ddc5b_b.jpg

http://photos4.flickr.com/5624937_e19deb9cab_b.jpg

http://photos5.flickr.com/5624898_b6a793a5bf_b.jpg

http://photos6.flickr.com/5620726_541cea020b_b.jpg

http://photos5.flickr.com/5620696_19150d2123_b.jpg

http://photos6.flickr.com/5620703_3e99e72efb_b.jpg

50km away
http://photos4.flickr.com/4007941_ada343ac73_o.jpg


Further.

55km

http://photos2.flickr.com/1872750_57ba593262_o.jpg


http://photos3.flickr.com/3925309_beb244b7e1_o.jpg

:rock:

Those are awesome! The last really shows how large Toronto's skyline stretches.

courtesy of You Are To Blame

http://img230.exs.cx/img230/5581/pict46141dk.jpg

MY...GOD...


i BOW DOWN to this thread...........

:eek2:

Thank you for your kind words.

The true skyline
http://photos5.flickr.com/4597480_35c9a383cf_b.jpg

Courtesy Delirium from SSP
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507office1.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507picture726.jpg

http://img203.exs.cx/img203/1187/2507picture5957lk.jpg

Midtown
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/25071073.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/25071080.jpg


http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507downtowndensity.jpg

Sweet pics of the T.

pics from Lucky24, with his permission..

the former city of North York... suburbia, Toronto style

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020098.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020453.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020442.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020459.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020470.jpg


Downtown

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020346.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020381.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020378.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020483.jpg

Toronto is fantastic, I love the CN tower!

amazing toronto

It kinda looks Asian.

^ Really, how so if I may ask?

There are alot of signs in Toronto in different Asian languages but other than that, I don't really see the connection.

Many Asians would say that Toronto looks American. It is all a matter of perspective.

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020483.jpg


1 King West never looked better. Have to do something about those wierd bubble things at the bottom of the pic though.

^ Really, how so if I may ask?

There are alot of signs in Toronto in different Asian languages but other than that, I don't really see the connection.

Many Asians would say that Toronto looks American. It is all a matter of perspective.
This pics looks likes they are of Tokyo or something. They are the only ones that look Asian though.
http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020459.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020453.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/images/Toronto/february/P1020442.jpg

You know what M. Brown? I thought the same thing when I was editing those pics. The madison centre really has a cool tokyo look to it....I think that's why I have always liked that building.

Looks dense enough for me. Thinking of moving here, does anyone know the crime rate in Toronto?

Looks dense enough for me. Thinking of moving here, does anyone know the crime rate in Toronto?

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Averages from 1992 to 2001
No. of Victims: 78
Rate per 100,000: 1.74

Source: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/031001/d031001a.htm#tab3ftnote1


New York, New York, United States
(2001) Rate per 100,000: 7.2

Detroit, Michigan, United States
(2001) Rate per 100,000: 10.8

Source: http://www.morganquitno.com/met01rank.pdf

The homicide rate in Toronto is even lower than the Canadian average.

Since this thread has been bumped... I might as well post two more shots


http://photos2.flickr.com/3079604_bdbbc0afe3_o.jpg


An older shot
http://photos2.flickr.com/2571205_63104ed181_o.jpg

there is so many pictures in this thread so my bad if anyone has already posted these.


This isnt super density just nice street level stuff

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/img20043zt.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/22827122.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/5624888_ec8b8ab5b2_b.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/54829116faXYRF_ph.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/img19976ve.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/026.jpg

http://img80.exs.cx/img80/980/pict11342cb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Copper12/29492960.jpg

http://photos5.flickr.com/4592254_eedc2d019a_b.jpg
http://photos5.flickr.com/4597480_35c9a383cf_b.jpg
http://photos3.flickr.com/4978788_3707d2cab2_b.jpg
http://photos5.flickr.com/5620702_0586c54fba_b.jpg

Looks dense enough for me. Thinking of moving here, does anyone know the crime rate in Toronto?

The crime rate should not be a concern to you. Toronto is very safe large city but like any city, u should always use common sense expecially at night. In DT Toronto there are Panhandlers that are annoying (most just sit on the sidewalk) but they are not as persistant as the beggars in SF (more mobile) ;)

Looks dense enough for me. Thinking of moving here, does anyone know the crime rate in Toronto?


maybe you should come for a visit in the summer there is always something
going on ,it might make a big impact on your decision !

..

Looks dense enough for me. Thinking of moving here, does anyone know the crime rate in Toronto?

forgive me for being horribly stereotypical by making such a grand assumption, but you may like to know that Toronto has a fantastic gay neighbourhood, one of the best in the world I'd say.

Looks dense enough for me. Thinking of moving here, does anyone know the crime rate in Toronto?

toronto is one of the safest cities in the modern world. crime is probably the last thing you need to worry about toronto. :yes:

those are some mouth-watering pics btw..... nice to see that skinny-ass king st tower all done.

forgive me for being horribly stereotypical by making such a grand assumption, but you may like to know that Toronto has a fantastic gay neighbourhood, one of the best in the world I'd say.

why are you bringing up gay neighborhood when he asked about crime rates?

church st is cool but the castro is better. ;)

why are you bringing up gay neighborhood when he asked about crime rates?

church st is cool but the castro is better. ;)

because he's from San Fransisco :) nothing to do with crime

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/7087lower_yonge.jpg

Nice density, but I just find Toronto's skyline so boring to look at.

Dense enough. But I want more!!:yes:

http://photos5.flickr.com/4597480_35c9a383cf_b.jpg


Amazing shot. From where was this pic taken.

http://img228.exs.cx/img228/4803/4216497o8jj.jpg

I think this thread needs another revival.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/DSC00900.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/41085283.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/41085294.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/untitled.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/77d870e3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/Toronto_27.jpg

:omg: Amazing pics!!!! The city center looks quite dense;)

photos by TB, pano stitch by You are to Blame

http://img241.echo.cx/img241/7756/downtownpano1hj.jpg

Ah. You found it. This was buried under hundreds of threads. I simply gave up trying to find it without the search function.

http://img233.exs.cx/img233/6000/93089368xalcszfs4rh.jpg

http://img145.exs.cx/img145/9130/162442534mnrfunfs0ww.jpg

http://img178.exs.cx/img178/9236/104798369ycztmufs6ya.jpg


And how could you show true density without this shot?



http://img89.exs.cx/img89/1012/205515799eaykrefs3ff.jpg

Yeah I just used Yahoo, typed in...skyscrapercity toronto density...and there it was.

photos by TB, pano stitch by You are to Blame

http://img241.echo.cx/img241/7756/downtownpano1hj.jpg


The problem with that is it cuts alot of buildings off...you can see what it looks like un-photostiched, it isnt look as smooth looking but atleast it doesnt get rid of buildings.

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/4932/20050419newimage00339tw.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/Picture28.jpg

@ DrJoe

I was looking at the 1st pic and then second... wondering wtf was going on... then realized that it was patched together cutting off a big chunk of downtown.

Thank you for pointing that out. Here's another set. I found the last pic to be breathtaking.

http://img170.echo.cx/img170/8093/122633606qovufcfs0jc.jpg

http://img170.echo.cx/img170/8219/92002486potmnvfs8mq.jpg

http://img205.echo.cx/img205/1194/22827243dsc025917ss.jpg

:hammer:
http://img248.echo.cx/img248/4463/fs1xq.jpg

OMG! I just opened this pic..didn't realize that I've never actually opened it after saving it to the comp... GOOD LORD!!!!!

http://img249.echo.cx/img249/4068/41041120crw71016gk.jpg

Fantabulous!

Yonge + Queen
http://photos5.flickr.com/9387533_f23b72bcff_o.jpg


http://photos4.flickr.com/9387532_38e6b641ed_o.jpg

@ DrJoe

I was looking at the 1st pic and then second... wondering wtf was going on... then realized that it was patched together cutting off a big chunk of downtown.

I stiched it but just notice that i it cut out a big chunk, maybe i forgot to add on the photo's or something.

Great pics by the way skybean

I tried to stitch it together properly too, and it did the exact same thing yours did in the same spot.

maybe this will make it up to you guys, not perfect but here you go

SCROLL ----------------------------------->
http://img211.echo.cx/img211/5382/torontonewpano2zn.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/galery/data/54/2507picture248.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/galery/data/54/2507picture252.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/galery/data/54/2507picture265.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/54/2507picture282.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/54/2507untitleddfsdfsdf.jpg

^ wow

yeah, that last one is great

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/2507picture252.jpg

Yowza!

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Whoa this picture is amazing. It doesn't show as wide a view as the others, but maybe that's why it looks so good.

Thank you Delirium from SSP.

Delirium @ SSP

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Beyond Downtown

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Simply incredible! Great post.

Simply incredible! Great post.

Thank you sir.

Here is North York. North York is a former borough which is now part of North Toronto. A suburban area really......

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One of my favorite city. thank you for Great pics

Makes me love this city more and more everyday....awesome thread! :)

Does anyone have any pics when driving on the DVP just before it turns into the Gardiner or Lake shore...I often drive around there and when your on the ramp that levels you about 20 floors up, right beside the downtown skyscrapers it's an amazing view....well maybe not 20 floors :)

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I'm sure these pictures merit an update.
From Jimbo at SSP
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BUT OMG!! (These pics taken April 25, 2005)
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great pics like always

these are quite marvelous TO pics....

Just found this site yesterdays and have spent the whole morning checking out this and some other Toronto threads. Thought I was the only skyscraper nut till now :-). Kudos to all those who have placed all those pics up, never seen so many great shots of our skyline. Especially to Skybean, you really go out of your way to get all those pics up. Love those Future forecast images of the skyline too!
Anyways, enough with the ass kissing, I only got one pic, but I have no idea how I can post it. (Up high Aerial view from plane). Can anyone help me?

Host your image on a site such as: www.imageshack.org

Paste the URL of the image in between these: URLHERE

OR

If you hit the "Post Reply" button you will see that there is a button with a picture frame. Click it and just paste your URL into the box that pops up.

Thanks Skybean,

Okay hope this works; Mr computer illiterate here. Got this pick when flying over Toronto & the plane happened to do do a circle looking into the city. Shows how dense Toronto is, even from up high

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^ here i will help you out, don't use the thumbnail code, use the Embeddable Code that has ...........

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I must admit I never paid much attention to Toronto but after these pics I'm really impressed! Think I'll visit after Trump's building's done..

but i got some qx... why are the new building built on such tiny plots of land? the ecliptical one i saw in the pics and the new Trump tower are built on such a tiny piece of land...

relatedly, what are all those greenery surrounding the cities? just regular neighborhoods?

I must admit I never paid much attention to Toronto but after these pics I'm really impressed! Think I'll visit after Trump's building's done..

but i got some qx... why are the new building built on such tiny plots of land? the ecliptical one i saw in the pics and the new Trump tower are built on such a tiny piece of land...

relatedly, what are all those greenery surrounding the cities? just regular neighborhoods?

-There's very little land to develop on in the financial district 'cept parking lots. Hell, 1 King West (the eliptical building) is built on top of an older building with a tiny little wedge that trickles its way to King St.

-There's a lot of green in town. Ravines, parks, and plenty of victorian neighbourhoods with mature tree-lined streets.

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North York From Yonge and Empress

Looking South

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Looking North

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mmm, very different from Sydney

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Where is this
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this is one of the rare times i have no idea where the pic is from

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this is one of the rare times i have no idea where the pic is from


The pic is taken from somewhere near Yonge and Wellesly looking south east. I wouldn't be to surprised if that street visable in the bottom right corner is Wellesly. St. Jamestown is just to the left.

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best thread ever

^Was there ever any doubt? ;)

Here is a pic I took last summer from the rooftop of my buddys condo downtown.
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"The pic is taken from somewhere near Yonge and Wellesly looking south east."


Close...I would say it's taken from Gloucester...slightly off Yonge. In fact, i would guess the excact addy as 30 Gloucester...an old 60's highrise converted to condo.






KGB

North York City Centre
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toronto in 2004

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Scotia Plaza is such a beautiful building! Awesome color, design, everything. The old Bank of Montreal building is taller but so boring.

The old Bank of Montreal building is taller but so boring.
Have to disagree with you on that, but everyone has his own aesthetic sensibility.

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I have to say, you have much more appreciation for just how dense this city is and all you have to do is look north of the CBD.

That's true.

This is NOT downtown.....


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KGB

Great pics KGB.

Where were they taken?

St Clair.

I prefer ST Clair to the other non-downtown areas like Eglinton, NYCC, etc. Subway, streetcar, nice collection of urban street front with a base in the 1920's, suplimented with nice stuff from the 50's, 60's, 70's, and newer. And it has a prevailing restrained upscale urban feel you won't find anywhere else....not even downtown.





KGB

Arise.....
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June 25th, 2005

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^Parking lot here is the future location of the Ritz Carlton Toronto -- 53 stories.

good god... these downtown areas outside of the immediate core need some serious help. It's like a sea of parking lots with a couple dozen buildings sticking out.

I thought this thread was to show building density...

i love toronto its my favorite canadian city

Those parking lots are being swallowed up at an incredible pace though. You should have seen how much parking there was only 10yrs ago before this boom. I always love parking because I don't see a bland opening in the city but a future opportunity for developement.
Thanks for the pics Skybeam. I like the pic of where Ritz is going to be. Will look great to see Simcoe Place and Ritz right beside eachother. Poor RTH is going to be blocked out though..lol

^ regarding parking lots, I think the same way... opportunity. But this is a thread dedicated to showing Toronto's density and urban character which it has in abundance - I don't see why Skybeam would post photos of parking lots regardless of future development. And there are a million of those bloody pics from the CN Tower that show up everywhere... it's enough, I think. Of course, this is my opinion and people are free to do what they want...

i want more pictures from actually walking around the streets of Toronto, especially with all the new construction.

i want more pictures from actually walking around the streets of Toronto, especially with all the new construction.

then this is the wrong thread for you, this is about density in the city not a tour.

There are pleny of photo tours that come up in this forum of toronto and in the torontro forum so go to those threads such as this one http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=231659

Well, those shots were taken recently, you can see things under construction such as the Canada Life building.. it is what it is. I'm not trying to deceive people here. The reality is that there aren't too many places to view the skyline.. only from the CN Tower thus most of the shots are from there. I've been trying to find shots from other locations, but it's very difficult.

The last shot is actually taken from within the CN tower elevator.. I thought that was interesting.

Ok, I've found a few more. Hopefully these are more to your liking.
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This is the greatest shot of Toronto I have seen yet.
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This is the greatest shot of Toronto I have seen yet.
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Heh, at first I mistook the wing of the plane for water, and I was scratching my head regarding the perspective of the shot, until I finally realized that downtown wasn't half-surrounded by water.

Though if you envision the wing as a continuation of the lake, then the shot looks even cooler.

Well, those shots were taken recently, you can see things under construction such as the Canada Life building.. it is what it is. I'm not trying to deceive people here.
ok... I never suggested that at all.

But this is a thread dedicated to density, right? Where's the density in this pic:

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The reality is that there aren't too many places to view the skyline.. only from the CN Tower thus most of the shots are from there. I've been trying to find shots from other locations, but it's very difficult.
there are tons of places to get shots of the skyline! The islands, across the valley at Broadview, Panorama on the 51st floor of Manulife, Casa Loma, lots of areas in the westend, etc.