Gonna take me a few tries to get the cladding right but it's full speed ahead with that transfer slab complete... (also may need to brave the Toronto Documents website to update the architectural plans as these may be too short!).

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hawc said:
Just a personal observation after flying the drone around downtown...

I realized that the observation deck of the CN tower isn't THAT high relative to other Toronto buildings these days.

Like it's still obviously very high, but compared to a lot of the downtown towers and the new condos, it's not that 'in the clouds' height you imagined it to be growing up.

Now the overall height of the CN Tower at 553 metres is still really tall, but he 346 metre observation deck isn't crazy.

Here's a little flight over FCP that's about the same height as observation deck.

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I agree but the skypod is still hella high.
 
tstormers said:
Agreed unless you are Concord Sky missing Supertall status by 1m :p
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It's funny how that works this way even if it's out by a cm. As well as, the closer to the accepted measurement one building gets without hitting the supertall glory, the more absurd this becomes. 😸
 
officedweller said:
Oh man, night and day on the glass in the left and right phases.
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Not sure why they cheapened out on some of the materials to start on Phase 1. Pinnacle didn't think this project would fly or something?

...either way, they certainly sparing no expenses with Phase 2 here.
 
jer1961 said:
Photos taken Saturday (Feb. 10).

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It's really a shame that the developers didn't try to achieve something like "The Well" with this project. The potential was definitely there: huge local population, direct connection to The Path, proper mix of commercial and residential, and the absence of anything similar in the area. Really could've defined the eastern section of the waterfront and acted as a magnet for both locals and tourists. Another missed opportunity....
 
Irishmonk said:
It's really a shame that the developers didn't try to achieve something like "The Well" with this project. The potential was definitely there: huge local population, direct connection to The Path, proper mix of commercial and residential, and the absence of anything similar in the area. Really could've defined the eastern section of the waterfront and acted as a magnet for both locals and tourists. Another missed opportunity....
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Completely agree this is such a desolate project.
 
Irishmonk said:
It's really a shame that the developers didn't try to achieve something like "The Well" with this project. The potential was definitely there: huge local population, direct connection to The Path, proper mix of commercial and residential, and the absence of anything similar in the area. Really could've defined the eastern section of the waterfront and acted as a magnet for both locals and tourists. Another missed opportunity....
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If there's any place that missed out on a "Well" like treatment it's Time and Space over at Front and Sherbourne; that parcel of land is even larger in terms of the footprint it had without having a road bisecting it and it's pretty much begging for retail. Pinnacle (so far) has actually done a pretty good job at integrating retail into the base of the podium and when Phase 2 and 3 are complete, there will be a pretty interesting ground level experience. There's only so much that can be done here since Harbour St is going to divide Phase 1, 2 and 3 from Phases 4 and 5 (if those are ever built as currently envisioned).

If there's a developer to shame on having such a monstrously bad retail flow in the area it's Menkes and their Sugar Wharf development. Take a walk around the Sugar Wharf condos and you'll quickly see how bad things are. Ground level treatment and layouts there are appalingly bad, and the upper floor is even worse. But it's Menkes, so they dont really know how to come up with retail space that actually animates anything properly.
 
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