[Northern Light]

A thread for people to share thoughts on the buildings in the poll, and how people ranked their choices etc etc.

The poll is below:

UrbanToronto Year-End Poll: Vote on the Best Buildings of 2024, presented by Sapphire Balconies | UrbanToronto

The eleventh annual UrbanToronto Year-End Readers' Poll, brought to you this year by Sapphire Balconies, is your chance to vote on your favourite new buildings completed across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area over 2024.

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I'll share my own thoughts below in a separate post.

 

[mburrrrr]

The 20-29 category was the toughest for me. As you may have seen all these thread bumps.
I haven’t followed any of these buildings, except just one for some strange unknown reason.
Trying to get every one out to vote I guess or maybe we can delete this category?

 

[Northern Light]

The 20-29 category was the toughest for me. As you may have seen all these thread bumps.
I haven’t followed any of these buildings, except just one for some strange unknown reason.
Trying to get every one out to vote I guess or maybe we can delete this category?

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That category is the hardest, by far. I think I'm leaning Blue Diamond..........but its not getting any raves from me......... But its a world above Riverside.....

 

[Northern Light]

Well this thread hasn't set the world on fire, LOL........ but I'm going to offer up my list from the UT poll anyway.

In 6-7s:

2 Queen West in a runway

In 8-9s:

Augusta Block - Hamilton

In 10-13s:

T3 Bayside

In 14-19s:

123 Portland

In 20s-29s:

Blue Diamond

In 30-39s:

Garden District

In 40-49s:

55 Mercer (honourable mention to Prime)

In 50s+

Toronto House

 

[Irishmonk]

The poll really should be a worst building of the year ranking--there are just so many (dis)honourable candidates from this year to choose from. For the 20 - 29 story category, it's a real toss-up between the dog's breakfast of Upper West Village vs the frightfully Frankensteinian Time & Space. I guess if someone was holding a gun to my head I'd have to go with T&S, but only because it's in a more visible, higher-profile part of town.

 

[Northern Light]

Front Page Story up on the winners:

Best of 2024: Winners of UrbanToronto's 11th Annual Year-End Poll, presented by Sapphire Balconies | UrbanToronto

The results are in for the eleventh annual UrbanToronto Year-End Readers' Poll, brought to you this year by Sapphire Balconies. Read to discover the winners of new buildings completed across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area over 2024.

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In the first 3, UT voters clearly had it right, voting for my choices, LOL

In the 14-19s category, voters varied from my choice of 123 Portland, but only slightly, with Westline edging it out with ~25% of the vote to ~22%

Somehow Galleria won the 20s-29s category.........I frankly wasn't enamoured with any of the choices...........but wonder why some voters picked what they did.........

The McMaster Graduate Residence took the 30-39s category .... I'm ok w/that, I get it.

I'm really not sure how 160 Front beats out 55 Mercer in the 40s - 49s category. Just sayin.....

Voters in the 50s+ category got back on track supporting Toronto House (as I did)

 

[junctionist]

160 Front has a few issues, notably in terms of how it meets the street. But the unique profile of the tower makes it a captivating landmark. The expressiveness seen in its profile puts it in a different realm from any other building in the poll (regardless of height).

 

[Northern Light]

160 Front has a few issues, notably in terms of how it meets the street. But the unique profile of the tower makes it a captivating landmark. The expressiveness seen in its profile puts it in a different realm from any other building in the poll (regardless of height).

I get what you're saying, but I suppose I always prioritize how something meets the street; the streetwall/podum, at-grade levels.

The rest is not unimportant, but less so, as one doesn't generally see the upper tower, nearly as much and isn't impacted by it in the same way.