Crystal Blu | Complete | 34 st | 120 m | Bloor-Yorkville

[phunky]

There is probably more than one direction of water flow in Lake Ontario. You have the flow immediately along the shore, and a different flow 5 km out.

[valantino]

I was sure I saw a model showing the water flowing Eastward around Cherry St spit, and curving sharply back toward shore.. causing need for the waterbreaks to be installed.

okay...maybe I'm confused as that does make sense

So painfully obvious who you are.

landlord?

[Taller, Better]

Grief! Totally forgot about landlord.. and what was the other? realestatejunkie! LOL! No, was thinking of someone closer to home.

Pretty sure I saw a model showing the changes in the waterfront, and how each one caused the flow to alter, and the Leslie Street Spit causes quite a violent whiplash effect back onto Scarborough's beaches.

[KGB]

Pretty sure I saw a model showing the changes in the waterfront, and how each one caused the flow to alter, and the Leslie Street Spit causes quite a violent whiplash effect back onto Scarborough's beaches.

No...he's correct.

From the city's website............

The Toronto Islands were not always islands but actually a series of continuously moving sand-bars, or littoral drift deposits, originating from the Scarborough Bluffs and carried westward by Lake Ontario currents. By the early 1800s, the longest of these bars extended nearly 9 kilometres south-west from Woodbine Avenue, through Ashbridge's Bay and the marshes of the lower Don River, forming a natural harbour between the lake and the mainland.

KGB

[InTheBeach]

Originally Posted by valantino

take, take, take but no give? Ashbridge's Bay allows nothing to go further west (probably 5 times the size as when Iwas a child)

Stand with your feet in the water at the foot of Balsam Ave and you will be standing on rocks. It was not that way ten years ago.

I love skipping rocks, so I'm at peace with it. I guess all the sand is moving towards Woodbine beach.

[InTheBeach]

Originally Posted by valantino

landlord?

I'm going with redhotsportscar, our buddy Tony Wrong.

[InTheBeach]

The current does flow from east to west, which is counter-intuitive for some since the net water flow is from west to east.

Only when we have a strong weather system flowing from SW to NW have I seen the current change.

[valantino]

Stand with your feet in the water at the foot of Balsam Ave and you will be standing on rocks.

ummm ... no thanks

saw a dog take a mighty dump in the waters off Balsam Ave when I was 8 - it might still be there - size of an armour stone I kid you not!

[valantino]

The Toronto Islands were not always islands but actually a series of continuously moving sand-bars, or littoral drift deposits, originating from the Scarborough Bluffs and carried westward by Lake Ontario currents. By the early 1800s, the longest of these bars extended nearly 9 kilometres south-west from Woodbine Avenue, through Ashbridge's Bay and the marshes of the lower Don River, forming a natural harbour between the lake and the mainland.

what Taller described does make sense for the drift localized around the spit

[Taller, Better]

I'm completely confused about it all... I was sure that the drift patterns around the spit happened west to east, but it was rather a long time ago that I saw it. Maybe I am dyslexic. In any case, the point was that things like spits, etc... can negatively affect the flow. In hindsight, the spit seems useless.

[casaguy]

I'm curious if anyone in Crystal Blu is going to have a view. To the south is that god awful brown rental building... to the north will be the Uptown... to the west is the Manulife Centre. This building will be literally sandwiched right between with maybe only a few feet separating them. Just wondering who would buy these units if they know they'll be looking right into someone else's apartment?

[valantino]

maybe for the same reason people spend millions for a closet in Manhattan? BTW, Crystal Blu is probably over two times as tall as the slab apartment building

[phunky]

I'd live in Crystal Blu just because of the location alone. The views will be proper "city" views.

[monkeyronin]

Interesting how "casaguy" has to point out the faults of this similar tower nearby the one of his namesake.

But most suites will still have decent views regardless. The north will be blocked by Uptown, but to the east are low rises, the apartment to the south is pretty short, and manulife hardly blocks the western view. You'd still be able to easily see around it.

[casaguy]

I'm not at all trying to make my own "tower-to-be" seem better than any other. I'm just curious as to everyone else's thought process. I truly love Toronto and want all new developments to be the best they can be. Why on earth shouldn't we expect above-par projects when plunking down a big pile of money? I think Crystal Blu and the Uptown are stunning projects and want to be able to admire them and be proud of their success. Who WOULDN'T want to live within minutes of the Manulife Centre? Personally, I'm just curious to know why anyone would spend $400,000+ to live in a high rise with a minimal view (for those on the lower floors). That's all.

[monkeyronin]

Name me another condo with nice views from the lower levels. Its a city, and in a city, there are buildings, and sometimes "views" might be blocked.

[valantino]

For me, I don't understand how anyone would want to pay a premium to live above 25 storeys even if the views are better

[casaguy]

Here's where they're at on the shared construction site with Uptown.

[Marco Polo]

Thanks for the photos!!

[Taller, Better]

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