toto
Active Member
Thanks for proving me wrong Caltrane74.
drum118
Superstar
March 01-11: parts are at grade level now
More photos
[video=youtube;XflYJPWsp4M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XflYJPWsp4M[/video]
More photos
[video=youtube;XflYJPWsp4M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XflYJPWsp4M[/video]
steveve
Senior Member
looks like the tower portion is officially at ground level. this is surreal! i've been dreaming of this!
whatever
Senior Member
There was an good post almost a year ago to the day that really shows how much they've accomplished in twelve months:
http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.p...rk-III-(Canderel-75s-G-C)&p=378028#post378028
http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.p...rk-III-(Canderel-75s-G-C)&p=378028#post378028
Jasonzed
Senior Member
from today
Affordable
Banned
Great job
Exciting.
Sir you should give more credit to T.O. We have been ranked the fourth most livable city with continued pop growth projections.
Exciting.
Sir you should give more credit to T.O. We have been ranked the fourth most livable city with continued pop growth projections.
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Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
^ Er, just to be clear: Toronto can't compete with New York City. Why should we? It's big apples and small oranges. Nice mandarins, say. New York is New York, and one of its joys is that it's singular. There's only ever going to be one.
In fact, part of the reason that we changed our name back from York to Toronto back in 1834 was because people were tired of the place being dismissively referred to as "Little York." True story! It was in a book somewhere. And it's nice that one particular magazine ranked us as "liveable," even though several other rankings didn't. Alas, it's hard not to have continued pop growth. Who doesn't? Buffalo?
All of which is just to say: Man, I wish we had architecture here like they did there. But wondering when Toronto is going to compare to New York is like asking when Sudbury is going to compare to Toronto.
(Though they do have an extremely large smokestack there, which is a good start. No, seriously: Check this out!)
In fact, part of the reason that we changed our name back from York to Toronto back in 1834 was because people were tired of the place being dismissively referred to as "Little York." True story! It was in a book somewhere. And it's nice that one particular magazine ranked us as "liveable," even though several other rankings didn't. Alas, it's hard not to have continued pop growth. Who doesn't? Buffalo?
All of which is just to say: Man, I wish we had architecture here like they did there. But wondering when Toronto is going to compare to New York is like asking when Sudbury is going to compare to Toronto.
(Though they do have an extremely large smokestack there, which is a good start. No, seriously: Check this out!)
Hipster Duck
Senior Member
Toronto is kind of halfway between Sudbury and New York, isn't it? I mean, the corner of Yonge and Gerrard will soon be NYC-scaled, but half a kilometer away, the corner of Sherbourne and Gerrard is definitely Sudbury-scaled.
Therion
Senior Member
The good thing is we're moving closer to NYC than Sudbury. At the current rate of building it will probably take another 50-100 years to get anywhere near Manhattan (plus recessions and real estate crashes), but we're heading in the right direction.
Blovertis
Active Member
Let's not forget that NYC had a roughly 150-year head start on us.
Xray_Crystal_Junkie
Senior Member
from today
What do you suppose the Lady Gaga Shack is used for? Looks too small for what I would suspect..
steveve
Senior Member
haha! wow, i never noticed that till now! that is hilarious!
Shed is probably for tools or a desk for reading construction plans.
androiduk
Senior Member
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Exodus
Active Member
just passed by the site earlier today for the closing sale at de boer's. relatively speaking, the project is moving quickly. can't believe it's already at ground level.