toto
Active Member
I was thinking, by the number of project, the current building boom in Toronto isn't much different than what was happening in NYC 90 years ago. NYC boom during the teens, 1920's and early 1930's, steadily produced the high-rise density that became iconic.
The big difference?
Population. NYC 1920 - 5,620,048 Toronto 2010 - 2,615,000
The street grid. NYC's allowed for building to be built at various angles to one another. Toronto's grid encourages parallel and perpendicular growth.
The physical environment. NYC is confined to an island. Toronto has few barriers to outward expansion.
Style of architecture. Art deco/ modern vs. what every style our glass box is considered?
My point? The current boom in Toronto is beginning to establish a core density where 50 storey buildings, may add to it, but are lost in it as well. 20 years into its boom, progressive/ egotistical NYC developers, built the Empire State and Chrysler buildings. Is Toronto going to see a couple of icons built in the next few years?