UrbanToronto went along for a tour on Friday with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, and we have a front page story here, which even answers the 'are we there yet?' questions on how many floors they've hit so far.

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Slightly different view from the 32nd floor of the Trump.
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Yes, we have too many wires, but the area in real life does not look like a slum. What you were looking at is a photo that has been taken with a zoom lens which compresses everything, bringing hundreds of meters worth of wire together in one photo.

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A few hydro lines in the picture but, it's mostly buried in that area. Blame the TTC.
 
I don't mimd streetcar wires, it's the other electrical infrastructure that I wish was out of sight.

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The TTC hasn't shown any intention of burying the electrical infrastructure that power those streetcar lines. Even along stretches where everything including street signals and lighting is buried.

Those 3 black cables mid photo are TTC power lines
 
urbandreamer said:
30 August 2014: It sure looks good from here
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I was just thinking seeing that shot how weak and stubby BA1's fins look but the corner notches combined with them do add a bit of distinctive character. Bay Adelaide is one of those buildings that looks absolutely beautiful up close, but makes no impression from a distance and just blends in with any other office building.
I'd love to see a building with massive fins go up like the New York Times building in NY somewhere in the city. As for exciting office tower architecture, I'm hoping 156 Front and Ernst&Yonge tower blow everything out of the water.
 
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