Toronto Quayside | ?m | ?s | Dream

[DSC]

I assume (hope) this means that the eastward extension of Queens Quay and the 'regularisation' of the foot (or head?) of Parliament Street will be moving onwards sooner than later.

 

[Paclo]

Sub-threads have now been created for all 5 blocks of the Quayside master plan. Sub-project pages can be viewed from the Quayside master project page accessible at the header of this thread.
This thread will continue to be used for discussion of the master plan as a whole. For discussions regarding specific sub-projects, blocks / buildings within the project, please use that specific thread.

If you are unsure which thread to post in, this should help:

• Building 1A, Western Curve, 70-storeys (thread)
• Building 1B, Overstory, 64-storeys (thread)
• Building 1C, Timber House, 12-storeys (thread)
• Building 2, 55-storeys (thread)
• Block 3, 56 & 12-storeys (thread)
• Block 4, 72 & 12-storeys (thread)
• Future Block 5, no project page yet, can be discussed in the thread here

Additional massing perspectives:

 

[Koops65]

 

[torontologist]

Even if the architecture pans out to be 50% of what is in these renders... this might be Toronto's best master-planned community.

The views from the amenity spaces on that skybridge....

 

[Northern Light]

From the latest FARM Ctte agenda (Waterfront Toronto) an update of the schedule for Quayside Public Realm:

Source: https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/sit...dit_Risk_Management_Committee-June-6-2024.pdf

 

[DSC]

"They" are busily moving earth around on this site again this week - not quite sure why.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

"They" must be practicing karesansui on an industrial scale then...

 

[Northern Light]

"They" must be practicing karesansui on an industrial scale then...

Now there's a reference you don't see every day!

For the uninitiated the above term refers to a style of ............lets call it a rock garden shall we, that's not uncommon in Japan.

Source: https://matcha-jp.com/en/2727

Another example:

Source: https://www.kcpinternational.com/2012/07/karesansui/

 

[DSC]

"They" must be practicing karesansui on an industrial scale then...

IF @NorthernLight photos are representative, they clearly have LOTS of practicing to do!

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

IF @NorthernLight photos are representative, they clearly have LOTS of practicing to do!

It's the art of practicing is the point of it though. <3

 

[maestro]

Who doesn't love shifting dirt around. I do. Only thing that can stop me is mom waving her wooden spoon yelling, "that's enough! Build something now!"

 

[drum118]

Construction Notice #1: Quayside.

 

[milkycontent]

awesome! a parking lot! progress!

 

[Northern Light]

awesome! a parking lot! progress!
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I get it, it'll bring in some money, though whether it pays for the cost of lighting and paving (in terms of cost recovery w/profit............) I kinda hope its not around that long.

From a climate and marketing perspective I'd rather have seen them sod it; throw in a few planters., and a few benches or picnic tables that can be moved later.

 

[tripwire]

I figure the parking lot for some income, but also for the workers to park?