Toronto Living Shangri-La Toronto | 214.57m | 66s | Westbank | James Cheng

[Ramako]

Vu is too short and too far away that it looks kinda silly smack in the middle of Adelaide. especially with these ginormous skyscrapers that are Bay Adelaide, scotia, and trump.

I wouldn't mind its height if it simply reflected the fact that it was a view terminus. It doesn't even look like it's facing Adelaide.

 

[Torontovibe]

Vu is too short and too far away that it looks kinda silly smack in the middle of Adelaide. especially with these ginormous skyscrapers that are Bay Adelaide, scotia, and trump.

Getting closer to Vu doesn't help. It is an uninteresting building and a total waste of a potentially great view corridor. Yep, another opportunity wasted but at least it has retail on the ground floor, so it will add some animation.

 

[Tewder]

I agree. That an architect/designer should squander such a plumb site, one that is a view terminus fronting a gorgeous urban park, is unfathomable to me. You can't get much better than this.... and Vu is what they came up with? They spent more time coming up with the name which is sort of ironic in that it doesn't seem like they really considered the 'view' at all.

 

[Bruvyman]

Sorry about the camera shake, but this pic shows what a nice grouping this will be once Shangri-La shows up in right half of the picture. In fact, you can see a little bit of the hot pink if you look closely.

And you can almost see the Ritz lighting up more and more by the day...

 

[bar1967]

it's like looking for waldo!

 

[steveve]

Apocalyptic Shangri-la today:

All photos by me: steveve


EDIT:
video:

[video=youtube;Gl5w-AdGPso]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl5w-AdGPso[/video]

 

[khris]

Looks like it's on the 35th storey. Another 31 to go!

 

[3rdLeap]

From Mississauga. Photo doesn't get bigger/clearer, sorry.

 

[Bogtrotter]

Interesting perspective. Trump looks about the height of BAC.

 

[Geekaroo]

Some pics from St Andrews

 

[AlbertC]

May 10, 2011.

 

[steveve]

May 10, 2011.

brilliantly composed shot! a streetwall in the making.

 

[Redroom Studios]

great pics everyone! I especially like that last one by Travis taken from Chinatown!

 

[androiduk]

I hope they continue with the brick on the north wall of the Bishop's Block.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

From University & College

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