Ramako said:
Do we know if the crown will include a parapet to hide the mechanical box?
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There's no parapet.

Back in Nov '24, they got an MVA approved to redo the top of the building. Originally the top three floors were all going to be multi-storey penthouses, with the mechanical penthouse and elevator overrun all incorporated into a flat roof, but those big units did not sell, so Plaza redesigned the top three floors into more, smaller, traditional units, necessitating extending elevator service to the uppermost floor, and some expansion of other equipment above the roofline. The design was pretty much unchanged otherwise.

https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/0...g-higher-entertainment-district-skyline.58340

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interchange42 said:
There's no parapet.

Back in Nov '24, they got an MVA approved to redo the top of the building. Originally the top three floors were all going to be multi-storey penthouses, with the mechanical penthouse and elevator overrun all incorporated into a flat roof, but those big units did not sell, so Plaza redesigned the top three floors into more, smaller, traditional units, necessitating extending elevator service to the uppermost floor, and some expansion of other equipment above the roofline. The design was pretty much unchanged otherwise.

https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/0...g-higher-entertainment-district-skyline.58340

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What a shame. Nothing ruins a design for me more than a big clunky mechanical box that looks tacked on to the top of a tower. Makes the whole thing look ramshackle. I can't imagine it's much of a challenge in terms of architecture or cost to obscure them with a parapet.
 
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I am not sure the what the reason for the mismatched crown here. Although, it looks a tad better than the renders. And least it appears they match the materials with the podium...so it's more of an Oreo cookie now than a Neapolitan ice cream bar now...
 
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