Yep, the boot completely overwhelmed the O'Keefe, and clumsily so. At least what we ended up with is far more deferential to its context, albeit not perfect.

I think if they'd proposed this instead of the render, it never would have made it past the design review panel. This is banality at its most hideous.

Indeed. This building ought to provide a nice counterpoint to that sea.

I'm glad you predicate your false dichotomy upon the words "seem to imply", since it implicitly acknowledges that what follows is likely torqed. The point remains: if "squeezing out a supertall" entails you and 30% of your friends being jobless for three years, would you still want it? Talking...

It's not personal at all. The point was frivolous and almost wholly irrelevant. It also descended into the worst form of pining for a supertall.

Thanks for that astounding flash of insight, Captain Obvious. Pity you missed the words "probably" and, more importantly, "herald". When Barclays are writing about the Skyscraper Index and describing it as an "unhealthy correlation", it should not be dismissed so blithely. Would you like...

I sure hope not. If so, combined with the Mirvish-Gehry project, it will probably herald the end of the current building/economic cycle.

Awesome shot, sMT. With your eye for composition, all you need is an orange filter to give clouds and skylines a little more detail.

Been a while since the last photo update:

Tremendous! I can't wait to see the streetwall form.

I'm pretty skeptical the market will support three 80+ storey towers. Three 60+ storey towers, however, sounds doable.

Great shot wmedia, I like it even better in b&w:

Well there's always the sestercentennial.....

At this point, nothing can surprise me about this anymore (except its construction)

Far be it for me to interrupt a mini rant, but you're both partly correct. Big Daddy was referring to the fact that immigration grows a domestic economy by increasing the demand for goods and services -- which has undoubtedly played an important role in protecting the Canadian economy over the...

Believe me, it could've been much worse.

Yep, probably only a matter of time before the SE corner gets made over too.

This building looks phenomenal in your last shot. I think you caught it from the right angle at the right time and the right colour temperature!