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Old Posted Jun 6, 2012, 9:34 AM
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Jesus these are predictions... I read that 10 York was cancelled and my stomach plummeted.
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Old Posted Jun 7, 2012, 1:56 AM
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Ha, that one seems even more far fetched than mine! One bloor is happening, unfortunatly. 10 york will most likely happen.
I'm looking forward to ten york I just haven't heard anything from it that's why.
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Old Posted Jun 7, 2012, 8:07 PM
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its just going through its VVVVVVVVVVVVVVIP sales right now, so expect a sales centre in a couple months.
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Old Posted Jun 8, 2012, 12:55 AM
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Ahhhhh, now I understand. Thanks!
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Old Posted Jun 8, 2012, 7:38 PM
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You guys really think the city's population will more than triple in 18 years? o.0

Toronto is booming, but hold your horses guys ;P

I don't think that Toronto will have many supertalls in the future.

Here's my prediciton for Toronto 2030.

-Canada's economy busts because of actual poor decisions made by the conservatives in all spheres of the society.

-The people overthrow the government and establish a new democraty that really serves the people, thus making most office job in Toronto useless.

-Bad quality condo towers start shedding their glass panes regularly, killing a few innocents. Most are empty due to skyrocketting prices and lowering wages.

-People massively move out of the mega-cities (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver), looking for a better quality of life.

-Ultimately, downtown Toronto becomes a wasteland dominated by the mob and by low-level criminals that attack ordinary citizens for a few bucks.

-Few rich people are able to afford nanotechnology performance enhancements and now live in the underground city. They defend this last oasis of security against the starving masses.

-There are no traffic jams anymore because few people can afford a car. However, people drive armored vehicles that are designed to kill while avoiding being killed.

Most have understood by now that this is a joke. However, I think that this scenario is as likely to happen as the ones that implicate Toronto having 16 millions citizens and 10 supertalls by 2030. If the world doesn't go to shit and if the city is able to keep growing at that pace, it could probably be achieved by 2100 or something... This being said, I don't think it's going to happen. The world is going to change in ways that we can't predict

I personally think that the actual financial model is doomed. Cities like Toronto, New-York, Honk-Kong and Tokyo are bound to take a hard hit! On the bright side, economies can be converted very fast in dire times.

Good luck and don't forget to wear a helmet. The weather forecast for Toronto is heavy glass pane rain ^^
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Old Posted Jun 8, 2012, 7:46 PM
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whoa, wow, *speachless*
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Old Posted Jun 8, 2012, 8:05 PM
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Yep.

This really shows the value of far-future predictions ^^

People shouldn't improvise themselves into Nostradamus reincarnation.
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Old Posted Jul 6, 2013, 9:17 PM
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2013: The Holt Renfrew Tower, 88 Scott, and 100 Adelaide west are approved and start construction, 10 York's height is increased due to many residensial buyers (up to 270 metres). Sheppard line extension to Weston road is approved and awaits construction.

2015: One Bloor is put on hold as a new 310 m proposal is approved, starting the construction of Canada's first supertall. I reveal my concept for a 400m office and residensial tower. 45 Bay Street reveals a second phase of the tower which would bring it to around 290 m. The transit committee approves a full fledged line from Greenwood, to steels avenue. Yonge street extension plans extend the line to Elgin Mills.

2017: My 400 metre concept tower height is reduced to 350 metres and is approved. Ice condominiums reveal a third tower to the north of the two existing ones. The abandonned lower bay station platform finally has a plan to be reused as it was intended to, with a large line proposal from exhibition place to Port union road via museum station and the danforth line.

2022: Toronto's population has risen to almost 10 million, with 7 supertalls and around 2500 highrises. Toronto is picked for the summer olympics for 2028, thus leading to the construction of the DRL.The sheppard line extension to weston is completed. Ten york is completed at 270 metres.

2025: Toronto's first hyper-tall skyscraper is proposed at around 720 - 760 metres. The don mills line from greenwood to steels is finished and is used by about 2 million customers per day. The TTC reveals yet another new train that they predict will fully arrive near the middle of 2028 when the olympics are in session.

2027: The DRL is complete the year before the olympics, and a new cicular downtown line on the same rails as the yonge-university and bloor line using the lower bay station platform, this service is approved and will start in early 2028.

2028: This year is a lucky year for Toronto. The leafs win the stanley cup, and held the olympics, with canada winning at the end of the event. And the ginormous plan for the hyper-tall has been approved at a height of 860 metres, not the tallest in the world, but definitely in the top three. The propostorous planned tower is eventually is completed 7 years later in 2035.

2030: In the end Toronto has approximately 16 million people, 14 rapid transit lines, around 4000 highrises, 18 supertalls, and one to-be hyper-tall.
This is the most unrealistic prediction I've heard of, Toronto won't get a "hyper-tall" anytime soon, 14 rapid transit lines probably will never be achieved by Toronto, and 4000 high-rises is more than New York City (at the moment). though this prediction is quite unrealistic, it would be nice for this to happen. (although it certainly won't)
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Old Posted Jul 6, 2013, 9:20 PM
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i doubt that. i can see FCP being below the top 5 though.
Agreed
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Old Posted Jul 7, 2013, 2:00 AM
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Yeah, predictions are generally pretty lame and pointless. I do find the overwhelming positivity about the future quite perplexing, however. All signs point to a very different living situation, do they not? I'm more in line with sebast13 on this one, as I see the economy going completely pear shaped sooner rather than later.

My predictions for 2030:
-With the economy gone bust, the privileged have fled Canada for warmer climes with what's left of their wealth;
-Canada is rapidly filling with American refugees looking for escape from the mounting chaos south of the border (think United Empire Loyalists but in redneck form and on steroids);
-Toronto is no longer manageable (the basic services necessary to keep a big city functional disappear) and life in the Big Smoke becomes unlivable;
-Mississauga and its look-a-likes rapidly become ghost towns;
-Small towns and cities quickly fill with urban refugees (most of them glad-handers and pencil pushers with no real skill set) trying desperately to rebuild their lives;
-Government ceases to function in any real way (there may or may not be a PM, not that anybody gives a sh*t at this point);
-Religious groups and organised crime fill the void left behind by government (some are good, most a very, very bad).

I know it's not very cheerful but this is pretty much how I see things going down. 2030? Maybe sooner, in fact. And, hey, it won't be all bad; we'll get back to living 'real' lives where work doesn't involve surfing the net all day and people are actually required to be productive. That's a good thing. It should be noted that the growth we've enjoyed that last few decades is very atypical in human history. And the economic activity of the past couple decades has been largely unproductive, smoke and mirrors stuff. It's going to come crashing down; just not sure how complete and catastrophic the collapse will be yet.

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Old Posted Jul 7, 2013, 2:54 AM
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Skyscrapers: Toronto builds it's 10th super tall, and 3rd building over 400m. Toronto has over 100 buildings 200m or taller.

Sports: The Argonauts see their 50th consecutive sell out at the 75,000 seat Olympic Stadium, while Mississauga becomes the CFL's 16th team.

Subways: Eglinton LRT is converted to subway, the DRL is extended, while the Queen subway finally pushes all the way east to the Beaches.

Population: The City of Toronto reaches 4 million, the CMA reaches 8 million, while the GGH reaches 12 million.

Waterfront: The 200 m long Harbour Pier opens in front of Harbour Square and our waterfront is finally stitched back together again.

Rail hub: Major new rail hubs are built at Bloor West and Summerhill to compliment Union Station.

Airports: PAX at Pearson reaches 70 million while PAX at Billy Bishop reaches 20 million.

Casino: Downtown Toronto's 2nd major casino opens to meet the over flow demand generated by the first one. Adam Vaughan seeks treatment for gambling addiction.

Condos: U Condos finally tops out.
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Old Posted Jul 7, 2013, 3:30 AM
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^My predictions - grim though they may be - are based on current political and economic trends (particularly in the area of oil production/ consumption). And yours?
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