Ground Level L Tower - Construction Update

 

L Tower Update - Construction Ground Level

 

Here is a photo I took a couple days back of the ground level, base of the L Tower from Yonge Street and Wellington You can see just behind the TTC Bus, there is a the makings of the podium level of the condo tower, and you can also see the Altus Building to the the left, and BCE Place Marche Restaurant to the right. The cladding is still moving up the upper floors of the tower and has progressed nicely over the last couple of days.

 

Developers: Cityzen Developments , Fernbrook Homes, Castlepoint Realty.

Height  : 58 Floors and 205 meters

Location : Yonge and Front Street Across from the Hockey Hall of Fame

 

 

L Tower Looking Up

L Tower Construction Update: 

Another capture from my live blog tonight. L Tower looks so awesome from this angle, I can really imagine how it will look now when it's complete. It will create a true iconic building for Toronto. This is the building that we have been waiting for so long, a building that makes people in this city appreciate great architecture. Daniel Libeskind, has created a legend. I thank him tonight.


Hong Kong Style Density: The Model For Toronto?

Would Hong Style Density be a good model for Toronto Skyscraper growth, and urban renewal. Mind you that Hong Kong, and Chinese Cities seem to have a far more chaotic layout and pace than gentle Canadian Cities. However, one has to marvel at the efficiency of Hong Kong, and other Chinese Cities when it comes to getting people around town. Now, I understand that the days of thousands of people riding down the streets of Chinese cities on bicycles have long gone, as a newly rich China has been using its new-found wealth to purchase luxury vehicles for the masses, it’s us here in the supposedly old rich countries that are the ones resorting to using bikes to get around our cities.

L Tower Update - November 13th

L Tower - October 30 



10 Tallest Buildings Under Construction in Toronto


Number 1 - A-u-ra Condo 273 Meters (Construction Updates)

Number 2 - One B-lo-or East 260 Meters (Construction Updates)

Number 3 - I-C-E Condo - Tower 2 Construction - 234 meters - 202 meters

Number 4 - L T-ow-er Construction Updates - 205 meters

Number 5 - I-C-E C-on-do - Tower 1 - Construction Update - 202 meters

Number 7 - Hu-llmark Co-rpo-rate Centre Construction Updates - 168 meters

Number 8 - Kar-ma Cond-os - (Shoring and Site Prep) - 165 meters

Number 9 - Wes-tlake Village Condos ( Under Construction) - 163

Number 10 - FI-VE C-ondos ( Construction Updates) - 161 meters

L Tower - Latest Construction Photos

L Tower - Latest Construction Photos

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.

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.”