someMidTowner
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New photos in Cityzen's June update:
http://blog.mycondomylife.com/cityzen-developments/2013/06/l-tower.html
http://blog.mycondomylife.com/cityzen-developments/2013/06/l-tower.html
udo
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In today's paper:
Lisa Rochon for The Globe and Mail:
"The brilliance of the 58-storey L Tower, built onto the back of the Sony Centre at Yonge and Front, comes down to a design gesture that’s as pure as it is simple: oppose the straight lines of the city’s downtown towers with a single, sublime curve. Delivering the power of that organic female shape required a complex glass facade and intricate sculpting of structural columns on the north side – an engineered solution by Jablonsky, Ast & Partners. In balcony-crazed Toronto, the developers have taken a risk by eliminating balconies on the curved north facade, and discreetly tucking them into the silver-blue facades on the visually magnetic tower. The building is set to be completed this fall."
Lisa Rochon for The Globe and Mail:
"The brilliance of the 58-storey L Tower, built onto the back of the Sony Centre at Yonge and Front, comes down to a design gesture that’s as pure as it is simple: oppose the straight lines of the city’s downtown towers with a single, sublime curve. Delivering the power of that organic female shape required a complex glass facade and intricate sculpting of structural columns on the north side – an engineered solution by Jablonsky, Ast & Partners. In balcony-crazed Toronto, the developers have taken a risk by eliminating balconies on the curved north facade, and discreetly tucking them into the silver-blue facades on the visually magnetic tower. The building is set to be completed this fall."
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Irishmonk
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Most striking new downtown skyscraper since, well, probably ever. Could this be the icon we've been salivating at the mouth for?
vegeta_skyline
Senior Member
Yes.
ttk77
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Especially if none of the other proposed icons pan out.
rpeters
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I wish a big crack would open up south of the gardiner and swallow up the pinnacle centre and the westin harbour castle. (without hurting anyone)
someMidTowner
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Right. Just cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damage and bankrupt a couple thousand people. Nobody gets hurt at all. I dare you to stand under the Prince Edward Viaduct that day, and dodge the jumpers.
rpeters
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ok, while we're fantasizing maybe the crack spits up "hundreds of millions of dollars" once the buildings are erased.
udo
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Hanlan's Point
... beautiful downtown with less blur and motion
... beautiful downtown with less blur and motion
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udo
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Parade of Sail
A bit earlier from Centre Island: Empire Sandy parading along Harbourfront ...
A bit earlier from Centre Island: Empire Sandy parading along Harbourfront ...
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MafaldaBoy
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June 25, 2013:
drum118
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June 24
udo
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Beautiful spring photo by AshtonPal on flickr
It's a bit outdated (taken May 13), but (except for a few more rows of curtain wall windows on the north face) the tower hasn't changed that much since.
Please note also that another great L Tower photo by AshtonPal ("Rising into the Fog") was selected as UT's "Photo of the Day" on June 17.
It's a bit outdated (taken May 13), but (except for a few more rows of curtain wall windows on the north face) the tower hasn't changed that much since.
Please note also that another great L Tower photo by AshtonPal ("Rising into the Fog") was selected as UT's "Photo of the Day" on June 17.
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wmedia
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This building is a great example of heavy frames and mullions on the W/S/E sides actually adding "weight" to the building, rather than just cluttering it up. The muted colour and ever changing reflectivity are also a joy to the eyes.
steveve
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I'm not a huge fan out the creamed-out colour, I'd have preferred something that shines/reflects the light/sky a tad bit more
but the mullions definitely added to the building. those razor sharp edges really emphasize dat curve,.
i guess it would been cool if the mullions picked off the light kinda like 1wtc.
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/150972837/original.jpg