From further west on the Waterfront Trail:
East Tower floors starting?
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East Tower floors starting?
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Two shots of its backside, the first from Windermere north of the tracks…
and the second from across the intersection of Ellis Ave and The Queensway:
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and the second from across the intersection of Ellis Ave and The Queensway:
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BeNiceCA
New Member
Amare
Senior Member
Why is this podium so hulkingly large? The things that this city allows to pass through will never cease to amaze me.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
...and conversely, what it doesn't allow through. /sigh
cd concept
Senior Member
If I'm not mistaken the podium has already surpassed its original height in the rendering by 2 storeys maybe more ! Because from the looks of it, it's still climbing !
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Our first supertall maybe in fact be a runaway podium...
zeiesfirdaus
New Member
Isn’t the podium exactly as per the 2018 SPA drawings? Amenity floor on the 10th floor? So the slab that is being cast is the 10fl amenity. After this slab we will see the two towers...no?
look at the elevation drawings that I posted in post #283 two pages back...
forget the renderings, they are preliminary anyways...
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Are there any other podiums this size in Toronto? I think one will beat it, at Concord Canada House, but that's all that occurs to me. Anybody? Bueller?
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Amare
Senior Member
Some people love to talk about how the Gardiner "cuts off the waterfront" from the rest of the city. Next time someone presents that argument, i'll just point them to this thick cut monstrous podium.
Our waterfront is so inconsistently screwed up, it's like the city just tries to one-up itself from any given previous screwed up development.
Our waterfront is so inconsistently screwed up, it's like the city just tries to one-up itself from any given previous screwed up development.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Dundas square gardens has a 15 storey podium. Time and Space is going to be clunky as hell too.
DavidCapizzano
Senior Member
I would hate the massive podium a whole lot less if it weren't unscreened above ground parking. At least Canada House wrapped its above ground parking with units so you can't see it, but if this gets built according to plans you'll be able to see through the windows right into the parking garage.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Really dreading this one.
Such a wasted opportunity, especially at a prominent eastbound entrance into the city.
Such a wasted opportunity, especially at a prominent eastbound entrance into the city.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
...and it looks ugly as sin, IMO.
UrbanOzz
Active Member
how come this building and the one next to it have above ground parking? is it a water table issue? NXT right next door has below grade parking (though that one sits north of the gardiner and has water leakage issues in their parking garage as it's being rebuilt.