scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
200 floors probably wouldn't fly at Bloor & Yonge...
Depends entirely on how high the floors are:
200 floors probably wouldn't fly at Bloor & Yonge...
Depends entirely on how high the floors are:
O.k. I have read everybody's posts as to what they feel the new Number One Bloor should look like and have come up with my own design. My vision was inspired from SP!RE's post.
I think a Moshe Safdie project might be great on this corner. I envision two Pantages Tower type towers rising from separate 6 story podiums with the concave sides facing each other to form a circular plaza in between the two thus creating an area similar to Roy Square between the two towers and allowing for access to the West entrance to the Xerox Tower and subway. I would also stagger the tower heights at 65 for the north tower and 55 for the south tower to maximize south views.
When you say "Moshe Safdie project", I imagine a Habitat-like conglomeration cascading into the intersection...
We've already seen one condo proposal like that, but a tall version at Yonge and Bloor would most likely be incredible. In reality though, I don't think he's touched the Habitat concept in decades, at least judging from his firm's portfolio.
I don't understand the desire for a public square or plaza here. Yonge and Bloor is an instersection, and a very busy and dense one at that. Why not keep it that way?? Why not work to build strong streetwalls here?? There are plenty of cozy nooks in Yorkville only a 2 minute walk away. I just don't see a corporate-designed plaza here being that inviting. Bloor and Yonge should be retail central!
As for tall... yes, bring it on! Toronto needs to show optimism and confidence and building super tall in this economy while the rest of the world is in economic and financial limbo will be a powerful message. Toronto should stake its claim now that we are stable and prosperous and growing. We should definitely be aiming high here. Aren't we all a little tired of the endless excuses and false modesty that so often facilitate Canadian mediocrity?
"We would have loved to have bought it a few years ago when it was available," said Jerry Patava, the CEO of Great Gulf Homes, which bought 1 Bloor East in Toronto this summer from Bazis International.
Mr. Patava won't say what kind of fire-sale deal he got for the lot at one of Toronto's most desirable intersections, but it's one that "will allow us to develop the property in the context of the current market." (It was previously reported that the price paid by Great Gulf, according to the Ontario Land Registry Office, was $53-million.)
Bazis hadn't started building yet, which is a plus for Great Gulf. It can redo the grandiose 80-storey tower to something slightly more modest - 65 or 70 stories, Mr. Patava said.
Spectacular sunset purple, or strangulation purple?
there is an article in today's Globe regarding developers taking over stalled projects, and there is a short quote on 1 Bloor....
article is here....http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/meet-the-developers-willing-to-dive-into-distress/article1330263/