Reposting here what Canadian icon/ astronaut Chris Hadfield shared on social media earlier today:
A moon, planet & star over Toronto - Moon, Venus & Regulus.
(gorgeous photo by friend Andrew Yee)
This is where I think like... where are the good nimbys? Like, I'm thankful for the density here and annoyed at the "shadow dwellers" who protested it, but nobody should live in or around anything this poorly designed (site plan, massing, and especially exterior finishings) and ugly. Why...
@Lachlan Holmes nice photos of the neighbouring building. I've been inside there and it was clearly built as a sought-after luxury building, yet has seen minimal work to keep up its good looks in its 50 years of life since, until recently. I love the balcony paint strategy here! Hundreds...
I love this. The taller of the towers will take the title of tallest building on the mountain by a good margin (and for nerds, the building with the highest geodetic height in Hamilton).
Announcement was made today confirming details that I think had been known in previous media reports for a while now:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/government-lands-long-term-care-homes-hamilton-1.7598774
Yes, an earlier proposal for this one many years ago had come in at 37 (if I recall correctly?) storeys which would have made it tallest, but that proposal got dramatically changed before pursuing approvals.