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***hkskyline*** · February 1st, 2010, 04:39 PM

First posted by CML on 27 Jan. at urbantoronto.ca :

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Site demolition preparation.

isaidso · February 1st, 2010, 04:54 PM

I won't believe it until I see them digging a giant hole in the ground. If this is the start of construction, it will bump the number of Toronto 200 m+ towers under construction to 6. Not bad at all! Here's another photo though. Hard to believe this slither of a lot will get a 200 m+ tower.

image hosted on flickr

Courtesy of Mo-tage

***Ni3lS*** · February 2nd, 2010, 06:41 AM

Spot the L tower.

Maldive, SSP/UT

sergey220 · February 2nd, 2010, 01:28 PM

cool-thanks.

yin_yang · February 2nd, 2010, 06:32 PM

toronto looks so damn big until you're actually there...then it turns into a small city.

isaidso · February 2nd, 2010, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yin_yang

toronto looks so damn big until you're actually there...then it turns into a small city.

A lot of north American cities are like that. We tend to cram everything into the downtown core while European cities tend to space things out more evenly throughout their cities.

The result is that downtowners rarely venture beyond the same 30-40 blocks and very quickly feel like they've been everywhere already. Toronto is really a city of 700,000 surrounded by 5,300,000 people we never get to see because we don't go 'out there'. Now if Toronto looked like the core all the way to Scarborough in the east, Mississauga in the west, and up to the 401, we wouldn't feel that way.

The land bounded inside would have to experience a population surge to 15,000,000 people for that to happen though. New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico City are the only cities on this continent that have achieved that feeling of 'endless city'.

nygirl · February 2nd, 2010, 06:54 PM

Toronto is going to be even more handsome. Consider me....amazed.

isaidso · February 2nd, 2010, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nygirl

Toronto is going to be even more handsome. Consider me....amazed.

You always seem to have nice things to say about Toronto.

***hkskyline*** · February 3rd, 2010, 06:33 PM

Scotia Plaza and BMO don't seem right in that rendering. I'd think Scotia would sit a bit to the right.

marrio415 · February 5th, 2010, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by isaidso

You always seem to have nice things to say about Toronto.

Thats because he's right toronto is great place and is gonna be even better

PortoNuts · February 5th, 2010, 12:49 AM

A nice tower with a cheeky design.

Toronto shouldn't be afraid to try new things. It already has one of the most iconic skyline in the world and it's getting better and better

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***Ni3lS*** · February 5th, 2010, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marrio415

Thats because she's right toronto is great place and is gonna be even better

koolio · February 5th, 2010, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ni3lS

NYGirl is not a guy?

Siopao · February 5th, 2010, 01:53 AM

Cool design... I like these kinds of tower in Toronto more!

***Ni3lS*** · February 5th, 2010, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koolio

NYGirl is not a guy?

Obviously..

Ramako · March 15th, 2010, 02:58 AM

Update from Jasonzed. The site has been cleared and shoring equipment has made an appearance.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jasonzed

Remember that the foot of the tower has been cut from the design, so podium construction won't take as long as once thought. Also note that digging is only going three floors deep. Considering that an old basement has already been dug, I predict a crane in just a few weeks.

Uaarkson · March 15th, 2010, 06:51 AM

It may not be a true metropolis, but Toronto sure as hell didn't feel like a 'small city' when I was there.

isaidso · April 20th, 2010, 03:05 AM

Not a lot of progress in the past 2 weeks:

Courtesy of Jasonzed

ale26 · April 21st, 2010, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uaarkson

It may not be a true metropolis, but Toronto sure as hell didn't feel like a 'small city' when I was there.

It's not but some people like to compare apples to oranges like comparing Toronto to Seoul...there's a HUGE population difference there

Toronto by no means is a 'small city'

isaidso · May 15th, 2010, 12:42 AM

Really slow!

Courtesy of Jasonzed

February 1st, 2010, 04:39 PM	#81
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February 1st, 2010, 04:54 PM	#82
isaidso the new republic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The United Provinces of America Posts: 18,629 Likes (Received): 333	I won't believe it until I see them digging a giant hole in the ground. If this is the start of construction, it will bump the number of Toronto 200 m+ towers under construction to 6. Not bad at all! Here's another photo though. Hard to believe this slither of a lot will get a 200 m+ tower. image hosted on flickr Courtesy of Mo-tage __________________ 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 Last edited by isaidso; February 1st, 2010 at 05:27 PM.

February 2nd, 2010, 06:41 AM	#83
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February 3rd, 2010, 06:33 PM	#89
*hkskyline* Hong Kong Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 71,053 Likes (Received): 838	Scotia Plaza and BMO don't seem right in that rendering. I'd think Scotia would sit a bit to the right. __________________ Hong Kong Photo Gallery - Click Here for the Hong Kong Galleries World Photo Gallery - \| New York \| London \| Egypt \| Dubai \| Shanghai \| Xian \| Tokyo \| Kyoto \| Prague Beijing, Seoul, Taipei, Mumbai, Iceland, Sydney, Rocky Mountains, Toronto, and much more!

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sergey220 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Samara Posts: 215 Likes (Received): 1	cool-thanks.

February 2nd, 2010, 06:32 PM	#85
yin_yang Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,556 Likes (Received): 3	toronto looks so damn big until you're actually there...then it turns into a small city.

February 5th, 2010, 12:49 AM	#91
PortoNuts Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Porto Posts: 19,907 Likes (Received): 81	A nice tower with a cheeky design. Toronto shouldn't be afraid to try new things. It already has one of the most iconic skyline in the world and it's getting better and better . __________________ *Got one head for money and one head for sin.*.

February 5th, 2010, 01:53 AM	#94
Siopao Moon, where are you? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,392 Likes (Received): 0	Cool design... I like these kinds of tower in Toronto more!

March 15th, 2010, 06:51 AM	#97
Uaarkson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,998 Likes (Received): 131	It may not be a true metropolis, but Toronto sure as hell didn't feel like a 'small city' when I was there. __________________ Manhattan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S1MySJoFl8&hd=1 (HD)

April 20th, 2010, 03:05 AM	#98
isaidso the new republic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The United Provinces of America Posts: 18,629 Likes (Received): 333	Not a lot of progress in the past 2 weeks: Courtesy of Jasonzed __________________ 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

May 15th, 2010, 12:42 AM	#100
isaidso the new republic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The United Provinces of America Posts: 18,629 Likes (Received): 333	Really slow! Courtesy of Jasonzed __________________ 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

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