Here are some of the Latest Photos of the Landmark L Tower condo going up in Toronto as we speak. They are currently working on the mechanical levels. From what I've seen. It will take a fair bit of time for this stage of the construction to be completed.
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| L Tower from Royal Bank Plaza |
This photo was posted Yesterday - From Yonge and King
Christopher Hume, is writing some good stuff. Read this article on how highrises are impacting Toronto's Growth. And understand the NIMBY range when one condo is proposed in their neighbourhood.
Hume at The Toronto Star: Sky is the Limit For Toronto Highrise Growth
With the exception of the car, nothing has changed the city more than the condo. Thanks to the condo, thousands and thousands of new residents have flooded into Toronto and helped make it one of the most vibrant cities in North America.
At the same time, however, many Torontonians, indeed, whole neighbourhoods, are consumed with rage against the condo. Mere mention of the C-word is enough to send shivers down the spine of otherwise mild-mannered homeowners and turn them into howling NIMBY hordes.
Typically, the object of their fury is height. And in a city where residential developers now routinely propose 75- to 85-storey towers, the fear of highrise buildings has never been more palpable.
Yet the most controversial condo project in Toronto these days is not something such as David Mirvish’s Frank Gehry-designed triple-towered skyscraper extravaganza at King and John Sts., but a quietly elegant six-storey building at 109 Ossington Ave. It would replace a used-car lot and garage, the sort of thing you’d expect locals would be thrilled to see disappear.
Think again. In addition to height — six storeys is too much, four would be better — the arguments against the midrise scheme are that it would suck the life from the street and be a “party building.”
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