They're wrong about Spadina. That pronunciation is reserved for the name of the museum, not the avenue or road. They're also wrong about Roncesvalles. Just because that's how you pronounce the name of the Spanish town doesn't mean that's how you pronounce the name of the Toronto street.
 
evandyk said:
They're wrong about Spadina. That pronunciation is reserved for the name of the museum, not the avenue or road. They're also wrong about Roncesvalles. Just because that's how you pronounce the name of the Spanish town doesn't mean that's how you pronounce the name of the Toronto street.
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I read somewhere that up until the late 19th C, upper class Torontonians pronounced Spadina as Spadeena (the original pronunciation), while the riff-raffs pronounced it the way we do now. Those 19th C elites would no doubt roll over in their graves if they learned that these days, even the likes of Galen Weston have succumbed to the popular taste.
 
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evandyk said:
They're wrong about Spadina. That pronunciation is reserved for the name of the museum, not the avenue or road. They're also wrong about Roncesvalles. Just because that's how you pronounce the name of the Spanish town doesn't mean that's how you pronounce the name of the Toronto street.
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...so Raunchy-Ville is not a name? 🙀
 
I assume the slowness at this point is due to needing the complete floor plates to be done to the roof, before we get to see an install of mechanical elements and the tuned mass damper?
 
evandyk said:
They're wrong about Spadina. That pronunciation is reserved for the name of the museum, not the avenue or road. They're also wrong about Roncesvalles. Just because that's how you pronounce the name of the Spanish town doesn't mean that's how you pronounce the name of the Toronto street.
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According to Toronto Street Names - An Illustrated Guide to Their Origins - Revised & Expanded (Leonard Wise & Allan Gould): "Spadina Ave. was laid out in 1836 by Dr. William Warren Baldwin. He named the street after his house on top of the hill, Spadina (then pronounced "Spadeena"), a word that came from the Native "espadinong," meaning hill." I don't know anyone that uses the old pronunciation, but that's apparently how it was originally said back then...
 
C-mac said:
I'm a little surprised Tridel didn't try and go for the higher approved height seeing as they're really hyping of the fact the building is 300m.
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To my understanding, they wanted to pay off all the work that was agreed to before Mizrahi requested a height increase at the time, leaving the last floors "optional". So they are likely sticking with that for feasibility reasons. As well as, increased unit count on the upper floors for the same...

...this tower ain't going to get higher folks. We should accept that and move on. >.<
 
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