OMG!! Loooooooove this future TO shot. There's 3 distinct "peaks" in the skyline; at City Place, Financial District and... wheres the third one?
Around St. Lawrence/Old Town?
I think the skyline should expand east-west but more west towards Fort York. That would balance it out, bring more people around Ontario Place and the Toronto Islands and it would keep the CN Tower right in the middle of the skyline...
^ You are right, there is no One Yonge in this rendering, and I do agree some of the buildings by Bloor would not look that tall from this angle. Regardless, I don't think people realize how much change is STILL coming to Toronto. We have three mega projects proposed which would totally change Toronto's skyline forever if ONE of these three were built, forget all of them. They are: Mirvish towers, Oxford project, and the One Yonge proposal. If any one of these gets the green light eventually in their current form, they will forever change the city.
On top of the super projects that are proposed or nearly done (ICE, Aura, L Tower), we have more realistic towers that are very likely to become reality over the next 3-8 years including the 730ft+ Ten York tower, 530ft One York office tower, 735ft/765ft Harbour Plaza towers, the CityPlace Signature towers (estimated in the 700-850ft range), the 670ft Massey Tower, One Bloor (near 850ft), Casa II and III (600ft/665ft), Bay Adelaide E (645ft), Ernst & Yonge Tower (615ft), Eau Du Soleil (750ft), U Condos (604ft), INDX (580ft), and the newly announced 460 Yonge St (650-660ft), Yonge & Rich (530ft), possibly the Holts tower? (910ft) and the list goes on. There are many new buildings going up over the coming years which will change the city, even without the mega projects going ahead.
Compare it to Scotiabank. They appear to be the same height. That isn't possibly correct (from that angle).
Holt Renfrew is as tall as Scotia with at least a 100 foot higher elevation. Aura is at least 50 feet higher in elevation. Again, look at the height of 44 charles which has existed since 1972.
This viewpoint is as close to my backyard as anyone else's. I see it once a week when in Toronto.
OMG!! Loooooooove this future TO shot. There's 3 distinct "peaks" in the skyline; at City Place, Financial District and... wheres the third one?
Around St. Lawrence/Old Town?
I think the skyline should expand east-west but more west towards Fort York. That would balance it out, bring more people around Ontario Place and the Toronto Islands and it would keep the CN Tower right in the middle of the skyline...
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I see L Tower, just to the left in the image of Trump.
I don't see Ten York or the Harbour Towers. Nor is the mega One Yonge complex there.
The rendering by Innsertnamehere gives a better indication of what the future should look like. It's certainly looking good for Toronto.
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The only towers in that future Toronto rendering that aren't already under construction or very close to starting construction are the four Oxford Place Towers, CityPlace Signature Tower and Holt Renfrew Tower. It's also missing the Harbour Plaza towers, which are already under construction, and Ten York.
It will be great if that kind of density, one day, spreads between those 3 major towers (1000, CIBC, and 1250). Would be quite the amazing cluster!
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Don't get me wrong, its a great future render n'all and I hate to be a downer but Aura and Holt Renfrew won't appear taller than Scotia plaza despite being on higher ground from that location.
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A bit more accurate of a perspective;
That render is from an elevated point of view, from ground level they would look shorter.
Cursed perspective, making more distant objects appear smaller. Reality can be such a b*tch sometimes.
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The only towers in that future Toronto rendering that aren't already under construction or very close to starting construction are the four Oxford Place Towers, CityPlace Signature Tower and Holt Renfrew Tower. It's also missing the Harbour Plaza towers, which are already under construction, and Ten York.
Pretty much what I said , I do not think that Karma or 5ive, or 88 Scott, is in there either!! Its just a crazy transformation!
A new ball park would look good, but I like the location of the Rogers Centre, and being in Toronto, we would need one with a retractable roof. If a new baseball stadium were to be built, maybe something like Houston's would be good.
However, the Argos need a new stadium, maybe they could build one in that location?
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