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Last night's episode of the increasingly addictive Being Erica sent its eponymous protagonist ten years into the future, where she proclaimed that 2019 was pretty similar to 2009. And indeed it was, save for a bad haircut and a few subtle embellishments that we're really looking forward to a decade from now.
In one of Erica's involuntary encounters with Dr. Tom, she finds him looking for directions on a touchscreen directory in the park next to Roy Thomson Hall. Since Astral Media's street furniture contract will still be effect by then, it seems like they've upgraded their craptastic InfoToGo pillars.
During a geographically incorrect rooftop scene, we can see a new skyscraper has arisen with an elegant twist, somewhat reminiscent of the Gherkin in London.
And there's our giant pickle again, but looking this time more like it's been grafted onto Hong Kong's 2 International Finance Centre. The future Toronto skyline boasts a few additional spires, but after a significant decline in the commercial real estate market over the last couple of years, we're gonna assume they're all condos. Except for the Torontoist Building off to the right, of course.
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I was wondering if there would be a post about this. Those red dots on the map seem to be street cars, and they move in real time.
It really says something when a quickie map mocked up in the show's art department for something that really only appears in the background is still less confusing than the maps on the actual pillars. I can't even read the street names or see what the red dots are on the map behind him, yet it's still clearer and makes more sense!
I see the Dome is still standing. By that time it will probably be the oldest stadium in baseball and will be granted historic building status. Assuming of course we still have a team.
I just noticed the lights on the building in the rooftop are repeating sets.
They've also changed the Sheraton Centre a bit, adding a non-windowed section along the whole right side of it. This is likely because buildings are technically copyrighted, and although there is an exception for photography from public places that shows the buildings in the background, when "new art" is created, you have to either get permission or change it up. In the U.S., buildings built after 1990 are copyrighted, and while most photography falls under fair use laws, using buildings as the focus of TV and movies requires getting permission or rejigging them enough that they look different.