ZachHiebert
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Never lose hope, people in the M3 Forum thought they had cheaped out on the forward slanted crown at the top, construction had stayed stagnant for months but now they are actually adding it
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kris
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OpenClosed
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Not sure if this has been posted here yet, but on Pinnacle’s website the show a render with the mechanical box being covered by glass:
It looks pretty accurate to the current design so I doubt this is an older render
It looks pretty accurate to the current design so I doubt this is an older render
wmedia
Senior Member
They finally painted the S, E, W crosswalks with zebra markings, more than 15 years after they painted the north crosswalk. Hopefully this will slow the traffic a tad on this precarious intersection, until the new road (eventually) opens.
dougtoronto
Active Member
What's the timeline for the redesign of that intersection and the opening of the new Harbour Street extension?
That rendering was for the south block, something that had been brewing under wraps for months and months before we saw it. When they created it, they grabbed the north block plans from the time, and then didn't update the north block stuff when it changed.
Please remember that submissions to the City are only required to show faithfully what is proposed on the subject site, and anything else, from across the street that may show up in the background, is there for illustrative pruposes only.
The only image important for this site is the last submission to the City for SkyTower, which was the one that contained this stunning beauty:
That's what we're getting. The photos show that's what's being built. Here's one of @Johnny Au's recent ones as a reminder:
@OpenClosed: Renderings are "for illustrative purposes only" and are not considered accurate representations of the design or stats provided in the submissions package.
I would love, from a architectural purist's position, to have to eat my words, I would love to have that lump hidden from skyline views, but the submissions to the City show that The Cheapening™ has been applied to the top of the building here. We're getting a glass parapet tiara from Spirit Halloween, which is not the crown that was intended by Hariri Pontarini.
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Irishmonk
Senior Member
Personally, I can totally see how it's worth it for pinnacle to save a few bucks on glass for the tallest building in the country.
It's not a hope thing, sorry to say. Those people thought that, only because there had been no construction progress for quite a while: this is a different situation.
There are a lot of members who seem think that their wishful thinking will change plans, or they mistake their impatience (for thing X to happen) as proof that changes have been made… but the proof is in what has been submitted to the municipality. An inexperienced, two-bit developer may try to pull a fast one, (and it's quite rare, but that has happened), but as seasoned developers, Pinnacle and Rogers/Urban Capital are not even slightly two-bit, and they'll build to what their submissions to the City detail.
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OpenClosed
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Sorry that had me genuinely rolling
Anyhow, I do agree that renders are simply illustrative and can be wrong, but personally
I can’t fathom why they’d have some ugly box and the top of canadas tallest skyscraper and go thru the trouble of having it hidden on a few of the renderings they commissioned, at that point it’s false advertising
Also, i was a firm believer that M3 at M city was gonna have some ugly design at the top instead of the crown but i was totally wrong about it, so i think we ought to wait and see. Granted im hoping im not wrong on this one (as are most posters)
Id also be stupid not to mention that you’re likely correct but I (as most posters here) am gonna hold out hope that this developer isn’t stupid enough to almost ruin our country’s tallest skyscraper
I applaud optimism, but at the same time, I'm not going to hand people a pair of rose coloured glasses to take in the view. I'm just trying to help everyone understand how things work.Sorry that had me genuinely rolling
Anyhow, I do agree that renders are simply illustrative and can be wrong, but personally
I can’t fathom why they’d have some ugly box and the top of canadas tallest skyscraper and go thru the trouble of having it hidden on a few of the renderings they commissioned, at that point it’s false advertising
Also, i was a firm believer that M3 at M city was gonna have some ugly design at the top instead of the crown but i was totally wrong about it, so i think we ought to wait and see. Granted im hoping im not wrong on this one (as are most posters)
Id also be stupid not to mention that you’re likely correct but I (as most posters here) am gonna hold out hope that this developer isn’t stupid enough to almost ruin our country’s tallest skyscraper
I agree that Pinnacle are not doing themselves a favour by applying The Cheapening™ here, but apparently the cost of the full screen up top is of more concern to them than our consternation and withering looks.
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Irishmonk
Senior Member
Doesn't anyone see the silver lining here? Surely, pinnacle will plow all those savings (gathering interest as we speak) into topping off the remaining towers with dazzling crowns.
Cyrobyte
New Member
(seriously): I don't understand why they are not simply building the glass a few meters higher. Surely that would cost less than 0.1% of the total cost of this project but it would make a huge difference. Why is it worth it for them to ruin the design of the tallest and one of the most iconic buildings in the country for just to reduce the cost by 0.1%? It doesn't make sense to me.
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3Dementia
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Don't despair... the mech penthouse won't be bare.
The concrete will indeed be clad.From the material palette:
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UtakataNoAnnex
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Don't get mad at me, I was only posting what others had posted about this previously! >.<That rendering was for the south block, something that had been brewing under wraps for months and months before we saw it. When they created it, they grabbed the north block plans from the time, and then didn't update the north block stuff when it changed.
Please remember that submissions to the City are only required to show faithfully what is proposed on the subject site, and anything else, from across the street that may show up in the background, is there for illustrative pruposes only.
The only image important for this site is the last submission to the City for SkyTower, which was the one that contained this stunning beauty:
That's what we're getting. The photos show that's what's being built. Here's one of @Johnny Au's recent ones as a reminder:
@OpenClosed: Renderings are "for illustrative purposes only" and are not considered accurate representations of the design or stats provided in the submissions package.
I would love, from a architectural purist's position, to have to eat my words, I would love to have that lump hidden from skyline views, but the submissions to the City show that The Cheapening™ has been applied to the top of the building here. We're getting a glass parapet tiara from Spirit Halloween, which is not the crown that was intended by Hariri Pontarini.
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Two things I think would help out here to clear some of the confusion:
1) What readers should really look out for is any minor variances Pinnacle has submitted regarding this. Or they will have to err on the side of that last submission to The City. To note, there has been none that anyone is aware of..so expect the "cut" version here. Disappointing I know.
2) Pinnacle should really stop trolling their audience with the "uncut" version in their renders of this. They should instead be posting ones that reflect the current submission. I pretty sure they can sex up those renders to make the that awkward jutting out mechanical look pretty...
...I hope this will suffice, Mr. 42. Please feel free to add anything I missed. And my apologies for getting you hot under the collar over this...it was not intentional. /bows
Tarazet
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But my coping mechanism is gin which means I’ll be going through a lot of it. I’m going to blame Pinnacle once I’m hospitalized.