[Mercenary]

Which is amazing if you consider that most North Americans have probably never heard of Mississauga before. I noticed that in most videos discussing skylines in North America, when Toronto is mentioned, it is restricted to solely the downtown core and I always wonder when the suburban skylines would be either included in that overview or added as additional items.

One anecdote I can give: in 2016 I was on a flight from Edmonton to Toronto and as we were landing a man and his young son/nephew next to me were looking out the window at the Mississauga skyline and the man said "Look [insert child's name], we're over downtown Toronto... but, I can't find the CN Tower though?!"

One of the things I love about GTA's skyline is that its very spread out with lots of clusters of high rises. You don't see this in North America where all the tall buildings are in one area.

This is more similar to Asian cities where they have multiple nodes of high rises.

In 20 years, my ranking of the best skyline in North America
1 - New York
2 - Toronto
3 - Chicago
4 - Miami
5 - Houston
6 - Los Angeles
7 - San Francisco
8 - Seattle
9 - Calgary
10 - Mississauga

 

[Edward Skira]

One anecdote I can give: in 2016 I was on a flight from Edmonton to Toronto and as we were landing a man and his young son/nephew next to me were looking out the window at the Mississauga skyline and the man said "Look [insert child's name], we're over downtown Toronto... but, I can't find the CN Tower though?!"

A friend used to work at a Mr Sub at Yonge and Finch. He said he'd get tourists coming in on a regular basis asking where the CN Tower was. They thought they were downtown. Compared to many American cities the North York skyline is pretty impressive.

 

[khaldoon]

Yesterday, both towers are making their presence felt now. I think once the 60+ floor towers are done they will have a huge visual impact on the area.

 

[rdaner]

I read on the StatsCan website that there about 68 000 residents in the city centre which would make it larger than many older NA downtowns.

 

[canucks83]

One of the things I love about GTA's skyline is that its very spread out with lots of clusters of high rises. You don't see this in North America where all the tall buildings are in one area.

This is more similar to Asian cities where they have multiple nodes of high rises.

In 20 years, my ranking of the best skyline in North America
1 - New York
2 - Toronto
3 - Chicago
4 - Miami
5 - Houston
6 - Los Angeles
7 - San Francisco
8 - Seattle
9 - Calgary
10 - Mississauga

Mississauga have a long way to go to surpass Montreal skyline.

 

[ThatSlickCat]

It was a great day so I thought I would check out the cladding that @GenerationLee mentioned earlier and see if I could get a few closeup shots. Thanks for the heads up!

When i took this next pic I was thinking that it was same perspective as some of the concept art for the project. I'm gonna have to go back and look for the concept art but its really starting to gain some street presence thanks to that cladding.

 

[mininamib]

Would I be correct to assume that the tower which is further along will be the shorter of the two?

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Would I be correct to assume that the tower which is further along will be the shorter of the two?

Yes. But from the shape of the furthest along the taller tower here is the "pink" one...which is not the tallest of the lot. That would go to the "blue" tower which is still below grade I believe. Unless I am reading those this all wrong.

 

[khaldoon]

Yes. But from the shape of the furthest along the taller tower here is the "pink" one...which is not the tallest of the lot. That would go to the "blue" tower which is still below grade I believe. Unless I am reading those this all wrong.

Correct with a small update: the yellow tower is below grade while the blue tower has not started construction yet and its site is still being excavated.

 

[ben.thebean1]

It was a great day so I thought I would check out the cladding that @GenerationLee mentioned earlier and see if I could get a few closeup shots. Thanks for the heads up!
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The black is more matted than I was expecting, but absolutely zero complaints there. I think these are going to look super sleek

 

[mininamib]

I am really excited about this project!
Although the name reminds me of the historical Exchange District in Winnipeg. A lot of movies are filmed there

 

[FCD]

Mississauga have a long way to go to surpass Montreal skyline.

So does calgary lol

 

[SilverSable]

Yesterday, both towers are making their presence felt now. I think once the 60+ floor towers are done they will have a huge visual impact on the area.

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Totally, those towers look huge. I really like them, adding more to the view

 

[Lake Ontario]

 

[drum118]

May 10
More up on my site

They were doing a major parking level pour for tower 3 with 50% of the hole dug for the 4th tower.

South tower at floor 14 with 16 more floors to go if its the smallest one, if not 26 floor. North Tower at 23th floor with 37 floors to go if its the 60 floor, if not 49 floors.

The north tower will be the 2nd tallest in Mississauga by year end. The 72 story will become the 2nd tallest after M3 that will be top off in late 2024 until another 73s+ tower is built.