Toronto • City - Canada - Page 183

***Sarcasticity*** · January 6th, 2013, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MilbertDavid

10/10 indeed.....almost with the same league as NYC.

Maybe almost at par with Chicago but certainly not NYC

ssiguy2 · January 6th, 2013, 05:16 PM

It's not in Chicago or NY's league.

Marcanadian · January 6th, 2013, 07:40 PM

waldenbg · January 6th, 2013, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssiguy2

It's not in Chicago or NY's league.

Okay for your opinion. I disagree, I think Toronto's skyline is very unique and beautiful.

skyscraper03 · January 7th, 2013, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssiguy2

It's not in Chicago or NY's league.

No it's not,
But it will be. (and I can give 10/10 for the future Toronto)

By the way, New York City is in the league with cities like Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris, and Seoul. They're called Megacities. Chicago is actually just a mid-sized city with almost everything high-rise gathered in the middle of the town.

Toronto is building more high-rise than any other major cities in North America.

It will take a half century at the least for Toronto to be in the same league as New York even with that rapid growth. (NYC is a pretty awesome and magnificent giant.)

But by my estimate Toronto will surpass Chicago in 5~10 years in terms of city population, and the city core(downtown) skyline in 10~20 years and finally by the metropolitan population also in 10~20 years.

It looks like Canadians think spreading the small population all over the enormously large Eastern Canada (into a couple/few big cities) is not that fun- decided to centre in one location in the east that is Toronto. Also, looks like Toronto's shining growth is not unrelated to the Kick-the-damn-English-language-out mood/ movement has been going on in Montreal(victim) in the Canadian province of Quebec since the 1970s.

oceanmdx · January 7th, 2013, 01:02 AM

Actually, for just the city proper, Toronto currently is larger in population than Chicago.

skyscraper03 · January 7th, 2013, 01:27 AM

This(skyline in the image below) is real in about 5 years.

http://www.upside-down.ca/futuretoro...onto-large.jpg

Nouvellecosse · January 7th, 2013, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oceanmdx

Actually, for just the city proper, Toronto currently is larger in population than Chicago.

Not the last time I checked...

Marcanadian · January 7th, 2013, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Not the last time I checked...

2011 figures:

Chicago: 2,707,120
Toronto: 2,615,060

Close.

oceanmdx · January 7th, 2013, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Not the last time I checked...

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthr...-Counts)/page6

See post #81... Toronto = 2,753,609

Also post #15: http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthr...-Census-Counts)

The stats Canada count is just the number of people who participated in the enumeration... a certain percentage of the pop. gets missed.

I presume that this is the estimated population for 2012 after adjusting for the net under count in the 2011 census (which in the 2006 census was 3.7 %) for Toronto.

sepul · January 7th, 2013, 11:00 PM

wow beautiful

***Taller, Better*** · January 7th, 2013, 11:30 PM

Guys, every single time this devolves into a Chicago vs Toronto thing it drags down the thread. Let's accept that they are different cities and focus this thread on Toronto!

***Taller, Better*** · January 9th, 2013, 02:42 AM

More from one of our most exciting local photogs! Taken downtown on King Street West and pointing south to the nearby Lake Ontario:

Quote:

Originally Posted by lucci

image hosted on flickr

penthouse by ronnie.yip, on Flickr

the central business district:

image hosted on flickr

the tree by ronnie.yip, on Flickr

Not skyline, but rather subterranean... lots of fun!!

image hosted on flickr

vanishing point by ronnie.yip, on Flickr

Spurdo · January 12th, 2013, 07:45 PM

image hosted on flickr

All Night Long by Aband1d_Urbex (rockandrollfreak), on Flickr

hunser · January 12th, 2013, 10:38 PM

9/10 for me, 3rd best skyline in North America (after New York and Chicago) and 10th in the world.

Indeed Toronto has a chance to beat Chicago, but first it has to build some 300m+ and at least two 400m+ towers before becoming a serious contender.

And yeah, New York is fighting with Shanghai, Dubai and Hong Kong for the skyscraper crown. Toronto's boom is amazing, but NY doesn't sleep - on the contrary: by the end of this decade the city will have about 20 completed supertalls, including four 400m+ and two 500m+ towers.

***Taller, Better*** · January 13th, 2013, 05:53 AM

Please don't drag this back to a Toronto vs Chicago vs New York thread again. I already asked for it not to.
People just take that all way too seriously and it detracts from this thread which is about Toronto. Thanks.

Redkey · January 13th, 2013, 06:31 AM

Great photos!

neilio · January 13th, 2013, 08:13 AM

+

Quote:

Originally Posted by hunser

9/10 for me, 3rd best skyline in North America (after New York and Chicago) and 10th in the world.

Indeed Toronto has a chance to beat Chicago, but first it has to build some 300m+ and at least two 400m+ towers before becoming a serious contender.

And yeah, New York is fighting with Shanghai, Dubai and Hong Kong for the skyscraper crown. Toronto's boom is amazing, but NY doesn't sleep - on the contrary: by the end of this decade the city will have about 20 completed supertalls, including four 400m+ and two 500m+ towers.

Ya well... I think Toronto is NUMBER 1 and NY and CHI are like... 50th best in the world, and like Toronto only needs like ONE 100m highrise and has the best skyline in the whole entire universe. I also know that Chicago and NY suck compared to Toronto because I once ate a turtle and it was delicious and I got it from the lake shore in Toronto, it was way better than any turtles that I have had from NY or Chitown, and the grass is always greener in Toronto, I know this because I'm an astronaut. Also, my dad can beat up your dad.

Quote:

Originally Posted by skyscraper03

This(skyline in the image below) is real in about 5 years.

http://www.upside-down.ca/futuretoro...onto-large.jpg

WOOOW! That is amazing, I just had a skyscraper nerdgasm.

I find it amazing that in 10 to 15 years Yorkville's skyline alone will probably be able to compete with some large American cities like SF or Seattle all by itself (I'm assuming more will be proposed and built there in that time period than what we see in this rendering)

isaidso · January 14th, 2013, 09:16 AM

You're not helping.

neilio · January 15th, 2013, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by isaidso

You're not helping.

Ok lets use a Canadian city instead to avoid fears of American vs Canadian city vs city crap, IM VERY EXCITED THAT YORKVILLE ALONE WILL BE AS AWESOME AS CALGARY! Happy?

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January 6th, 2013, 07:40 PM	#3643
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January 7th, 2013, 01:27 AM	#3647
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January 7th, 2013, 11:30 PM	#3652
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January 6th, 2013, 05:16 PM	#3642
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January 7th, 2013, 01:02 AM	#3646
oceanmdx Mr. Haney for President Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Vancouver/Cabo San Lucas Posts: 2,439 Likes (Received): 8	Actually, for just the city proper, Toronto currently is larger in population than Chicago.

January 7th, 2013, 11:00 PM	#3651
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January 12th, 2013, 10:38 PM	#3655
hunser Austrian - American Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New York City / Vienna Posts: 306 Likes (Received): 267	9/10 for me, 3rd best skyline in North America (after New York and Chicago) and 10th in the world. Indeed Toronto has a chance to beat Chicago, but first it has to build some 300m+ and at least two 400m+ towers before becoming a serious contender. And yeah, New York is fighting with Shanghai, Dubai and Hong Kong for the skyscraper crown. Toronto's boom is amazing, but NY doesn't sleep - on the contrary: by the end of this decade the city will have about 20 completed supertalls, including four 400m+ and two 500m+ towers. __________________ ~New York begins at the World Trade Center~ List of tallest buildings in New York (German) New York Supertalls

January 13th, 2013, 05:53 AM	#3656
*Taller, Better* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 52,843 Likes (Received): 307	Please don't drag this back to a Toronto vs Chicago vs New York thread again. I already asked for it not to. People just take that all way too seriously and it detracts from this thread which is about Toronto. Thanks. __________________ Please visit my photoblog! Montréal \| Mexico \| Niagara-on-the-Lake \| Brazil \| Hamilton aka "The Hammer"! "Fine words butter no parsnips"-17th Century proverb.

January 13th, 2013, 06:31 AM	#3657
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January 14th, 2013, 09:16 AM	#3659
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