The Met + Encore at The Met (Edilcan, 43 + 33s, P+S) COMPLETE

[Cityscape]

Encore

haha alright, but I'll hold ya to it. lol Can you also take a shot of the city centre from the rooftop? I want to see what kind of a view it'll be. Thanks!

 

[RageXP]

not enough strength today and i had work at 6, so it will be done 100% tomorrow when i wake up. i'll have some pics up in the afternoon. the met is looking reaally nice from both far and up close! haven't seen a project fulfill it's potential that well since spire.

Thanks yin_yang

 

[yin_yang]

here they are

 

[Cityscape]

Encore

Thanks yin_yang, the pictures are great! That building is hottttt!

 

[Edward Skira]

Great pictures. Interesting to see the one on Church/Gerrard from the north side.

 

[DaninToronto]

One of the best in a long time.

 

[interchange42]

All of the next posts were focusing on that crappppppy project at 50 Gerrard East, so I created a new thread under that name by moving those posts.

Back to the Met!

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[dt_toronto_geek]

LED Beacon

The Met joined the CN Tower tonight by beginning tests with their LED beacon.

 

[Edward]

Didn't realize it was going to be lit at the top along with ROCP. Wonder if they'll ever get those lights working properly.

 

[alklay]

Sweet.

thanks for the photos.

 

[cassius]

Looks like the 2nd tower is on it's 4th floor now.

Now at least the there seems to be a reason for the 'turret' at the top of the tower. I always found that it stuck out oddly and didn't think it helped the architectural design of the tower. I'll have to check it out some evening.

 

[billy corgan]

The light beacon was the art component of the project.

 

[yyzer]

from Torontoist.....

June 14, 2007
LED Exposure

The CN Tower isn't the only building this week to get a rainbow makeover (just in time for Pride Week, we might add). The latest skyscraper to adopt what seems to be an approaching fad is the almost-complete Met Condos at Yonge and Carlton Streets. The cylindrical cornice was lit for the first time tonight with computer-controlled LED panels, similar to those now being tested at the CN Tower.

For now, the Met simply cycled through the solid colours for a while before settling on blue, so it remains to be seen if other types of patterns and effects are to be incorporated. Using much less energy than traditional lights and capable of a range covering millions of colours, Toronto's most charming (and subtler) LED installation is in the Distillery District, where small suspended panels project nebulous blobs of colour on the cobblestone.

As more and more buildings attempt to distinguish themselves in our skyline and with LED illumination becoming cheaper and easier to maintain, Toronto's nighttime view might start to resemble Hong Kong's. We like change, but we urge restraint.

 

[Andrew3D]

I wonder if the guys at cityplace are scratching their heads saying "Why didn't we think of this?"

 

[Bogtrotter]

Gotta love those neoplastic colours. I'm not too fond of the turret actually, although I really like the rest of the building.

The CN tower looks very 'flashy'- one can actually see it at night now. For some I suppose that might not be considered a good thing