Observer Walt
Senior Member
Zephyr: Don't be so harsh in the comments about the ex-GF!
The roof isn't on yet, although I don't think it will be much longer.
The roof isn't on yet, although I don't think it will be much longer.
Mississauga is already proving you and many others wrong. A good example is the Absolute project. I recall many were calling it the end of the world because it was a “gated community†in the centre of Mississauga. A highly acclaimed international design competition, 56 and 50 storeys, a sold out building, construction in less than a year, and a Hurontario LRT announced on its front door, suddenly the project isn’t such a joke anymore.
TI think Mississauga is interesting and fascinating to watch grow, but much in the same way you slow down when you see an accident on the side of the highway.
Actually, there was some great backroom dealings made by the Mayor's Office who pushed the developer to build something big and bold at one of Mississauga's most important intersections. I doubt such a competition could be launched and recieve such speedy planning approval from City Hall in downtown Toronto. As for the base, I would love to see an example of a great inspiring base being built at the base of condo project in downtown Toronto? You guys will find anything to down play the fact this building has recieved world wide attention and it is located in MISSISSAUGA.Those are really not what I would call great examples. Unless there were some backroom dealings being made by city hall the Absolute project to have been almost entirely done on the developers initiative as a way to make more money and drive sales. And if I remember the renderings correctly, the base seemed to be rather unispired and something to desired. And the Hurontario LRT may have been announced, but announcements don't mean much and so far as I know it is still in such an early phase of planning it is going to be quite a few years before such a line is even open.
I am like most and hope that Mississauga turns into something more than suburban sprawl. But it is hard to think that when there are minimal signs of this happening. I think Mississauga is interesting and fascinating to watch grow, but much in the same way you slow down when you see an accident on the side of the highway.
I think Mississauga is interesting and fascinating to watch grow, but much in the same way you slow down when you see an accident on the side of the highway.
^ I'd also like that ganjavih! And I think it actually will happen, although certainly not overnight. I was one of the participants in the "Placemaking" exercise that FM speaks of (as he was, and one or two others on this forum). They are quite serious about building a real downtown. It's a challenge, as it is not being built "from scratch", as in Markham; it is being done by retrofitting an area which was part sterile suburban mall and part open fields.
The changes over the past five years have been immense.
I find this process fascinating, and not just because I happen to live in Mississauga. I'd like to know where else anything similar is being done. In Canada, only Burnaby comes to mind, although I admit I'm not actually familiar with it.
As for the LRT Line, this is very real and is further along compared to the other projects announced.
celebrate the good things happening in the GTA.
Comparing the KIRKOR (KIRshblatt/KORman) Roof Crowns - One Park Tower under construction in Mississauga, ON (left); The Astoria on Tenth Avenue proposed for Calgary AB (right):Zephyr: ...
The roof isn't on yet, although I don't think it will be much longer.
Hey, they recycle!
The Calgary tower seems to have a superior base, though.