The Uptown | T/O | 48 st | 158 m | Bloor-Yorkville - Page 50

isaidso · September 24th, 2012, 11:45 AM

Agree. I'm hoping that 88 Scott will do the same although it would have been better before the design revision.

***Taller, Better*** · April 17th, 2013, 07:47 AM

It occurred to me when I was in New York that Rockefeller Center must have been the inspiration for the Uptown:

isaidso · April 18th, 2013, 12:43 PM

Perhaps; almost any 1920s/1930s skyscraper for that matter. They all seemed to have those staggered set backs that add to their monumentality.

***Taller, Better*** · April 18th, 2013, 08:35 PM

I think it was more the idea of right angles instead of the curves we normally associate with Deco buildings. Rockefeller Center steps back, but with no curves, and
that is the way the Uptown did it, too.

September 24th, 2012, 11:45 AM	#981
isaidso the new republic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The United Provinces of America Posts: 18,659 Likes (Received): 341	Agree. I'm hoping that 88 Scott will do the same although it would have been better before the design revision. __________________ World's 1st Baseball Game: June 4th, 1838, Beachville, Ontario, Canada North America's Oldest Pro Football Teams: Toronto Argonauts (1873) and Hamilton Tiger Cats (1869) I started my first photo thread documenting a recent trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Have a peek: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=724898

April 17th, 2013, 07:47 AM	#982
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April 18th, 2013, 12:43 PM	#983
isaidso the new republic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The United Provinces of America Posts: 18,659 Likes (Received): 341	Perhaps; almost any 1920s/1930s skyscraper for that matter. They all seemed to have those staggered set backs that add to their monumentality. __________________ World's 1st Baseball Game: June 4th, 1838, Beachville, Ontario, Canada North America's Oldest Pro Football Teams: Toronto Argonauts (1873) and Hamilton Tiger Cats (1869) I started my first photo thread documenting a recent trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Have a peek: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=724898

April 18th, 2013, 08:35 PM	#984
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,849 Likes (Received): 308	I think it was more the idea of right angles instead of the curves we normally associate with Deco buildings. Rockefeller Center steps back, but with no curves, and that is the way the Uptown did it, too. __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

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