Canada's Tallest U/C #11 - #30 - Page 359

caltrane74 · #**7161** Posted **Oct 8, 2015, 6:53 PM**

EY Tower - 189 meters

caltrane74 · #**7162** Posted **Oct 8, 2015, 9:17 PM**

East and West

koops65 · #**7163** Posted **Oct 10, 2015, 11:23 PM**

Bay-Adelaide East:
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Casa 2:
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Casa 3:
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Pix by me today.

caltrane74 · #**7164** Posted **Oct 12, 2015, 4:07 PM**

Oh Boy! Casa 3 is coming up. Almost at ground level.

yaletown_fella · #**7165** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 12:06 AM**

That neighborhood desperately needs some new brick, stone, metal, or tastefully done precast midrises/towers.

caltrane74 · #**7166** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 2:58 AM**

Ground level at BA 2

caltrane74 · #**7167** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 6:09 PM**

Indx - EY Tower - 178 meters/ 189 meters

Gresto · #**7168** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 7:19 PM**

I like that they decided to keep the TORONTO lettering at Nathan Phillips indefinitely.

caltrane74 · #**7169** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 7:57 PM**

Seems to attract a lot of tourists, and such.

Nouvellecosse · #**7170** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 9:36 PM**

I wonder how much a sign like that costs. If they aren't too expensive I should get one that spells out my name and put it on the lawn!

caltrane74 · #**7171** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 9:57 PM**

100K?

“The sign itself costs about $60,000. It costs about $30,000 to put it in place,” he said.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2107650/pa...nt-attraction/

Nouvellecosse · #**7172** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 10:14 PM**

Holy sh*t! At $100k I should certainly hope they keep it around for a while. Who would be crazy enough to spend that on something then throw it in the trash after a few weeks.

Gresto · #**7173** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 10:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Holy sh*t! At $100k I should certainly hope they keep it around for a while. Who would be crazy enough to spend that on something then throw it in the trash after a few weeks.

Well, it was put up exclusively for the Pan-Ams, of course, but as caltrane says, it seems to be a tourist attraction, so the city decided to keep it indefinitely, last I heard. A bit hubristic, sure, but also a resounding stamp of identification.

Martin Mtl · #**7174** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 10:31 PM**

A tourist attraction !? Seriously ?

caltrane74 · #**7175** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 10:41 PM**

yup!

www.blogto.com

www.cbc.ca

There are even markings on the ground that tell the people where to stand to get the perfect shot of the sign, marked out across the square. I've noticed some just like climbing on the letters and sleeping in the O's.

http://urbantoronto.ca

Nouvellecosse · #**7176** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 11:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

A tourist attraction !? Seriously ?

Just imagine the surprise and delight of people wondering around the streets to suddenly round a corner and discover that they're in the city of Toronto!

An experience of a lifetime...

rbt · #**7177** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 11:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Just imagine the surprise and delight of people wondering around the streets to suddenly round a corner and discover that they're in the city of Toronto!

An experience of a lifetime...

I've done that. Except I found out I was in Ontario, CA; the southern coastal(ish) one.

I'd heard of it but I didn't really know where it was until that moment.

caltrane74 · #**7178** Posted **Oct 14, 2015, 1:44 AM**

EY - Tower - 189 meters

Historic Facade

caltrane74 · #**7179** Posted **Oct 14, 2015, 2:07 AM**

Trolling Facebook - Co-Worker Posted this front on shot of the new Bay Adelaide Centre

196 meters

St. James Park in the foreground.

Ramako · #**7180** Posted **Oct 14, 2015, 2:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

A tourist attraction !? Seriously ?

I don't know if they're tourists per se but the sign is surprisingly quite popular. There are usually people all over it.. sitting on it, taking pictures with it, etc.