skyline-wise, toronto has certainly made the leap to "next level".
it's not so much that it's building so many highrise buildings (it's been doing that for a long time), it's more about the fact that it's now finally building so many truly tall buildings (700+ feet) that has it "rising" to a definitive 2nd/3rd place in north america (spilt the hairs with chicago as you will). NYC is obviously still out in front at #1, especially with the recent-ish super-tall frenzy that has taken hold of the city.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
As a kid, I spent a ton of family time between Detroit and Toronto in the late 80's/early 90's, as we have relatives in the GTA. The skyline has absolutely exploded since then, while the Detroit skyline has barely changed.
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just to attach some numbers to that observation, over the past 3 decades, here are the number of 100M+ towers built in each city (+ U/C) according to the CTBUH database :
toronto: 234 + 38
detroit: 1 + 1