What is appropriate height ???? Taller, shorter, closer to the lake???
Who's the judge of this parameter?? City council? Other cities? You?
In Hong Kong, massive towers shoot up from the harbor. In Vancouver nothing is "Tall". I guess I'm not sure what your stated opinion is.
Anyhow, Success is great, tall and sleek. I love it. Increase density at all costs...the future is there...sprawl must die....the car is for the weekend. The future lays in up, up, up. Community, tax base, sustainable inner city's... Decay in American inner cities, is the response to all who would argue this. Empty urban shells, vacated all hours except mon/fri 9-5, is a failed model. Walk, bike, sub/cab, bus, streetcar, interconnected civic transportation, instead of 85min, of isolated congestion.
People equals safety, and a real sense of belonging to something.
Toronto is so lucky to be so forward thinking...in spite of governments and mayors and city councils, there is still a green belt!!!!
A plan for the next 100 years, an adaptation, to the global way of 21st century urban success. American cities are stuck with the car, the freeway , the the strip mall, and the cul de sac.
Count your blessings Toronto, embrace your density.