Benito
Senior Member
I am not at all sure what we are agitating here about.
AoD
I totally agree. I look at this work site everyday and they are working every day (except Sundays).
I am not at all sure what we are agitating here about.
AoD
Can we stop talking about towers in New York? They aren't relevant.
Look at colour and detail of this supertall that they're building in Brooklyn's downtown core in the photo up above ! Makes you wonder why we can't have something similar here .
That doesn't change the fact that the site was dead for over 2 years after a ground breaking. Just explaining why your example doesn't work at all, not arguing what the status of 45 Broad issomemidtowner work is happening at 45 broad street. here is another pic of workers at the site.
NEW YORK | 45 Broad Street | 366m | 1200ft | 68 fl | U/C - Page 17 - SkyscraperCity
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Well, I said it before and got lots of trouble, even one of my comments was deleted.
Fact, some cities takes pride in architecture and demand more from developers and that is why we always see something beautiful and original outside Toronto.
In Toronto, they might propose something original and nice initially to deceive buyers to show interest, and then water it down to a basic glass slab by the time of final approval.
It has been going on for years and they get away with it.
Enough with the other-project posts please. Work is proceeding well at The One, the mega-caissons are complete, and we're going to see lots of activity shortly with the start of a new phase of work.If one example wasn't enough I dug up another example of complicated engineering that is 9 DeKalb in Brooklyn, broke ground in March 2017. I read about 10 pages and just three people had concerns that this building is on hold but were told "its meticulous work".
NEW YORK | 9 DeKalb Avenue | 335m | 1099ft | 74 fl | U/C
Ground work still ongoing.www.skyscrapercity.com
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Ironic that you complain about colour in a thread about a building that's going to have a colour we don't normally see.Look at colour and detail of this supertall that they're building in Brooklyn's downtown core in the photo up above ! Makes you wonder why we can't have something similar here .
And still you're going on about the grass always being greener everywhere else, when it's only select buildings in any cities that rise above the crowd. Nothing you claim is endemic to Toronto, the good and the bad (and mostly the average) are found alongside each other world-wide.Well, I said it before and got lots of trouble, even one of my comments was deleted.
Fact, some cities takes pride in architecture and demand more from developers and that is why we always see something beautiful and original outside Toronto.
In Toronto, they might propose something original and nice initially to deceive buyers to show interest, and then water it down to a basic glass slab by the time of final approval.
It has been going on for years and they get away with it.
Every city in the world has good and bad architecture all mixed up in their core.
The reality is, most of their tallest buildings always seem iconic, well designed and original especially in cities known for skyscrapers
The problem with Toronto is, we do not have heritage landmarks tall enough to mix up with the bland Glass buildings so additional efforts needed to encourage tasteful architecture and originality.
You mean like the structure that held the title of world's tallest for 30+ years? Or the 50+ year old TD Centre? What do you consider "heritage" in a medium (skyscraper) that's barely 100 years old?Every city in the world has good and bad architecture all mixed up in their core.
The reality is, most of their tallest buildings always seem iconic, well designed and original especially in cities known for skyscrapers
The problem with Toronto is, we do not have heritage landmarks tall enough to mix up with the bland Glass buildings so additional efforts needed to encourage tasteful architecture and originality.