Humber Bay Shores - Toronto

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Filip

Discussion Starter · Mar 18, 2005

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Here are a few pics of my fav part of Toronto. It's a new development built only 5 years ago, yet not it seems it's been part of Etobicoke forever.
Humber Bay Shores is a large park running along the entire length of the Humber bay. Hope you like these shots.:cheers:

Leaving my house and walking towards the waterfront.

Looking back at my row of houses.

The Polish center, thank god it's getting demolished soon and a new condo will grace this area.

Here's where we'll be going:

Slowly trumping along to the water

Looking back at an uber cool condo

Public art

Humber bay park bridge

Heh, beaver dams

Condos...

Humber Bay park east

Butterfly park

Skyline shots

More and more condos being built as this area continues to attract more and more people.

The Humber river bridge - the gateway to my borough of Etobicoke.

And now walking slowly home after being exhausted, yet the weather was good which was surprising for a usually chilly March in Toronto.

That's all folks.:cheers2:

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Singidunum

· #2 · Mar 18, 2005

very nice!
some of them look like Novi Beograd -> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/filipv/Torontonabe/DCP_1621.jpg

are you saying whole towers will be demolished?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/filipv/Torontonabe/DCP_1607.jpg

this condo in the left looks the best to me
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/filipv/Torontonabe/DCP_1628.jpg

Filip

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 18, 2005

Singidunum said:
very nice!
some of them look like Novi Beograd -> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/filipv/Torontonabe/DCP_1621.jpg

are you saying whole towers will be demolished?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/filipv/Torontonabe/DCP_1607.jpg

this condo in the left looks the best to me
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/filipv/Torontonabe/DCP_1628.jpg

#1

Yes, they do look like NBGD.

#2 No, just the ugly little building in front (the pink one)

#3 I agree, Voyager looks the best too.

PyRoMaNiAc

· #4 · Mar 18, 2005

Very cool neighbourhood. :cheers:

London™

· #5 · Mar 18, 2005

Humber Bay is a great place to take Toronto's skyline if you have a decent camera with a 5x zoom. My cheap 3x zoom digicam didn't turn out great though.

SkylineTurbo

· #6 · Mar 19, 2005

Cool neighbourhood Filip, nice pictures.

lindenthaler

· #7 · Mar 19, 2005

nice pics, you re getting better and better

P11IV

· #8 · Mar 19, 2005

wow, Fil you must be rich

Nero87

· #9 · Mar 19, 2005

hehe...
I was just on the Humber river bridge this morning. Nice photos Filip, it seems like an interesting area to live in.

Filip

Discussion Starter · #10 · Mar 19, 2005

Nero87 said:
hehe...
I was just on the Humber river bridge this morning. Nice photos Filip, it seems like an interesting area to live in.

That's cool, interesting how near we live to each other too.

It's a lovely place to walk or bike. I usually during the summer bike all the way to St. Joe's. It's all within reasonable distance too.

One thing I'm getting excited about is this condo going up 150 m from my house.
The retail at the bottom should spark a new commercial revitalization which this area lacks.

What kick-ass 45 storey tower this will be, hello rising property value.

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Nero87

· #11 · Mar 20, 2005 (Edited)

^ Now that's impressive!

And about the VS thread - znam.

MIMICA

· #12 · Mar 22, 2005

WoW! Excellent photos, and excellent location. Filip, you should be proud that you live in such a nice city/neighborhood.

:cheers1:

Filip

Discussion Starter · #13 · Mar 22, 2005 (Edited)

^Thanks Timice!:cheers:

Here's a cool pic I found of the completion of the construction of Grand Harbour condos. These condos were built in 1993 and have received numerous architectural awards. Note that then actual attention was paid to detail and the simple aesthetics of condos as now we have these charming cookie-cutter condos going up all over the place.:sleepy:

Truly a sight for sore eyes, I used to live there when we moved for the third time. It's really a great place to live...

Note how the area has also changed drastically. Behind the tower you see industrial buildings and small houses. Those were all torn down to make place for townhomes - just like the one I live ~ 5 years ago. The regeneration of Mimico has begun with these towers and who knows when it'll end.

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salvius

· #14 · Mar 22, 2005

Hey, Filipe how long does it take via tram from your place to Union?

The condos are nice indeed, compare it to the N1 which is such a confused mess:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=193898

Filip

Discussion Starter · #15 · Mar 22, 2005

salvius said:
Hey, Filipe how long does it take via tram from your place to Union?

The condos are nice indeed, compare it to the N1 which is such a confused mess:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=193898

45 mins, Queen street is a mess for streetcars.
N1 is ok, I guess I'll have to get used to it since you can read a few posts back a similar humongous condo project is planned for in literally the same design right on my doorstep.

I can't wait to see it rise though, soon enough a continuous line of condos will be made from Palace Pier to Grand Harbour.

salvius

· #16 · Mar 22, 2005

^ damn, that's not good. I'm guessing it's probably a smooth ride on Queensway but once you hit Queen that's the end of that. A transit mall would be great for Queen, too bad there's bastards working over time to make sure that doesn't happen.

Filip

Discussion Starter · #17 · Mar 22, 2005

salvius said:
^ damn, that's not good. I'm guessing it's probably a smooth ride on Queensway but once you hit Queen that's the end of that. A transit mall would be great for Queen, too bad there's bastards working over time to make sure that doesn't happen.

Totally true, the Queensway is smooth sailing. Then you hit the Roncy and everything goes to hell. I guess they should ban left turns except on major thoroughfares. That would clear up the right of way for the streetcar. Doesn't matter anyway; I usually get my parents to drive me downtown. It's about 7 mins on the Gardiner.

salvius

· #18 · Mar 22, 2005

Filip said:
Totally true, the Queensway is smooth sailing. Then you hit the Roncy and everything goes to hell. I guess they should ban left turns except on major thoroughfares. That would clear up the right of way for the streetcar. Doesn't matter anyway; I usually get my parents to drive me downtown. It's about 7 mins on the Gardiner.

7 minutes, what are they driving a rocket

Banning left turns is something that should be done in the interm seeing as how this has sped up the downtown trams by a wide margin. It'd be nice to get the Queen congestion fixed, but King has to be taken care of first still.

Filip

Discussion Starter · #19 · Mar 22, 2005 (Edited)

salvius said:
7 minutes, what are they driving a rocket

Banning left turns is something that should be done in the interm seeing as how this has sped up the downtown trams by a wide margin. It'd be nice to get the Queen congestion fixed, but King has to be taken care of first still.

The Gardiner can be quite fast when there's no traffic. Especially with my dad's crazy driving.

And the Queen streetcar right-of-way, if it did happen I'd personally kiss the councillor in charge. Now because of this I just take the Royal York bus north and then the subway, it's much quicker.

salvius

· #20 · Mar 22, 2005

^ how long would that take from your place to, say, St. George?

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