Is Toronto Catching Chicago in the Highrise Game?: Part 2
Is Toronto Catching Chicago Part 2
If you remember from yesterday, I did a post on how Toronto was attempting to catch Chicago in the highrise and skyscraper building game. I went over how Toronto from about mid-20th century has been playing a game of catch up with our more mature mid-western brethen. Although Toronto has not built to the heights of Chicago (CN Tower excluded! of coure) We are making a mark on the Global Skyscraper community in a major way. Well to get you guys up to speed here is a portion of my post from last night:
Is Toronto Catching Chicago in the Highrise Game: Part 1
Chicago has recently built some fine gem skyscraper recently, and while presently they are not building as tall as Toronto, they have had at least a 50 year head start on Toronto when it comes to skyscrapers and classic skyscraper style. But recently lets say in the last 5 years Chicago has built at least 2 of the most skyline defining towers in North America, if not the World. Of course I'm talking about the Trump Tower Chicago and the Aqua Condo Tower. Yesterday I went over the Aqua Condo Tower - Chicago and in Toronto I faced it off against the One Bloor Project. Tonight, I'll take it a step further with a bit of a lopsided comparison of the Trump Tower Chicago, versus the Trump Toronto Toronto Hotel and Residences.
Right off the Bat this is not a fair fight: For example the Chicago tower is far taller than Trump Toronto and from my opinion is a much better looking building. Take a look at this gem below:
From Trump Chicago Wikipedia Page
Trump Tower Chicago, is clad in exquiste glass and steel, and rises to a height of 1,389 feet (423 m) including its spire, its roof topping out at 1,170 feet (360 m). The tower was actually supposed to be the tallest building in the world. But the terrorist attacks in New York City scaled back those plans. Still even at it's current height, it is a gorgous building.
The Toronto Tower is a bit more of a mix and match of styles, with PoMo leading the way. It was supposed to be taller, but do to land assembly issues, it was never able to reach it's true hieght, it sits at 902 feet tall and 277 meters. the exterior while a mis-match of styles, displays rare elegance in the downtown core, matched off against the classic style of the Toronto Bank Towers. However where Trump Toronto shines is in the interior finishings. However due to this being a skyscraper site, on exterior looks alone, Trump Tower chicago is the clear winner in this competition here:
If you remember from yesterday, I did a post on how Toronto was attempting to catch Chicago in the highrise and skyscraper building game. I went over how Toronto from about mid-20th century has been playing a game of catch up with our more mature mid-western brethen. Although Toronto has not built to the heights of Chicago (CN Tower excluded! of coure) We are making a mark on the Global Skyscraper community in a major way. Well to get you guys up to speed here is a portion of my post from last night:
Is Toronto Catching Chicago in the Highrise Game: Part 1
Chicago has recently built some fine gem skyscraper recently, and while presently they are not building as tall as Toronto, they have had at least a 50 year head start on Toronto when it comes to skyscrapers and classic skyscraper style. But recently lets say in the last 5 years Chicago has built at least 2 of the most skyline defining towers in North America, if not the World. Of course I'm talking about the Trump Tower Chicago and the Aqua Condo Tower. Yesterday I went over the Aqua Condo Tower - Chicago and in Toronto I faced it off against the One Bloor Project. Tonight, I'll take it a step further with a bit of a lopsided comparison of the Trump Tower Chicago, versus the Trump Toronto Toronto Hotel and Residences.
Right off the Bat this is not a fair fight: For example the Chicago tower is far taller than Trump Toronto and from my opinion is a much better looking building. Take a look at this gem below:
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Trump Tower Chicago, is clad in exquiste glass and steel, and rises to a height of 1,389 feet (423 m) including its spire, its roof topping out at 1,170 feet (360 m). The tower was actually supposed to be the tallest building in the world. But the terrorist attacks in New York City scaled back those plans. Still even at it's current height, it is a gorgous building.
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The Toronto Tower is a bit more of a mix and match of styles, with PoMo leading the way. It was supposed to be taller, but do to land assembly issues, it was never able to reach it's true hieght, it sits at 902 feet tall and 277 meters. the exterior while a mis-match of styles, displays rare elegance in the downtown core, matched off against the classic style of the Toronto Bank Towers. However where Trump Toronto shines is in the interior finishings. However due to this being a skyscraper site, on exterior looks alone, Trump Tower chicago is the clear winner in this competition here:
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