Ramako
Moderator
That .gif only spans 11 years.
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That .gif only spans 11 years.
Mongo
Senior Member
No, it HAS to be close to 20 years. I started working at 180 University (immediately north of the Shangri-La site) in 1988, and at that time the areas to the south and east of it looked much like the first image in the gif. The first building I saw rising was the Holiday Inn monstrosity, starting in 1989 or 1990. (If you think it looks bad now, it looked even worse during the later stages of construction. It used a hideous green insulation, which made it stick out like a sore thimb -- a diseased, gangrenous thumb, in fact!) The CBC building rose in about the same timeframe, so I'm guessing that the first image above was taken about 1990, plus or minus a year.
After them came Metro City Hall, which was completed sometime before 1994, when my workplace moved into it. Simcoe Place was a bit later. I think it was completed in 1996 or 1997, just before my workplace moved out of downtown.
So that first picture is close to 20 years old.
Ramako
Moderator
Yes, the first picture is indeed almost 20 years old (18 to be exact), but keep in mind that the second picture is 7 years old.
Therefore the time span of that .gif is only 11 years.
That high end rental rising on the north west corner of John and Wellington in the recent pic is almost seven years old? Wow time goes by quickly.
Mike in TO
Senior Member
RBC From Above:
simply Dan
Active Member
Excellent images! It's amazing that almost every single large building in those pics were recent additions to Toronto's downtown.
CharmAlarm
Active Member
Scrolling slowly down in that first pic, I almost didn't recognize the city! Amazing. Thanks for the pics.
H
Hydrogen
Guest
And off in the distance, Ontario Place, begging to be more than it is...
urbandreamer
recession proof
^Knock OP down; it's so provincial. Turn the area into a False-Creek-style highrise district; oh yeah and the parking lots around the Ex into 10-story work/live lofts.
casaguy
Senior Member
CDL.TO
Moderator
Nice picture. That alone could easily be the skyline of a mid-sized city.
Though it is strange and disorientating to see an angle that includes the Royal York but neither the TD Centre or Royal Bank Plaza.
Though it is strange and disorientating to see an angle that includes the Royal York but neither the TD Centre or Royal Bank Plaza.
urbandreamer
recession proof
A skyline of a what-kind-of-city???
Oh yeah, from OCAD today, I started to realize the appeal of living in a condo downtown....
There should be a condo built next to OCAD--best 360 view of Toronto, I think. I could see Mississauga clearly==looks pretty impressive.
Oh yeah, from OCAD today, I started to realize the appeal of living in a condo downtown....
There should be a condo built next to OCAD--best 360 view of Toronto, I think. I could see Mississauga clearly==looks pretty impressive.
3Dementia
Senior Member
Nice photo Mike... hope you don't mind I had a bit of fun scribbling what RBC might look like a bit later.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Wow...thanks 3d - Looks Amazing!
In reality, would we see any of 300 Front from this angle?
In reality, would we see any of 300 Front from this angle?
3Dementia
Senior Member
Yeah you probably would see some of the north end of 300 given where the hydro substation is (west of CBC).