{"id":29890,"date":"2025-04-08T04:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/outshone-by-a-silhouette-urbantoronto\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T04:44:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:44:49","slug":"outshone-by-a-silhouette-urbantoronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/outshone-by-a-silhouette-urbantoronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Outshone by a Silhouette | UrbanToronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p>It was difficult to pick which photo to feature from a recent post by UrbanToronto Forum contributor flonicky for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2025\/04\/spires-cupolas-elevator-cores.58324\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday&#8217;s Daily Photo<\/a>, so then why pick when there&#8217;s always another day waiting? Today, the deep vermillion-red, oversized neo-Victorian fountain in the forecourt of the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences \u2014 deepened by being backlit by a <em>The One<\/em>-eclipsed sun, and festooned with strings of lights \u2014 takes pride of place in this photo by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/forum\/threads\/toronto-the-one-308-6m-85s-tridel-foster-partners.18167\/post-2211683\" target=\"_blank\">flonicky<\/a>, even in silhouette. Designed by CCxA as a water feature, the wind in the forecourt proved uncooperative, so the fountain has to be appreciated for its form instead of its resultingly outsized ability to humidify. Behind and to its left, The One looks saintly, canonized by a solar halo.<\/p>\n<p><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/04\/58346\/58346-182534.jpg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-1fb24b0f-77ee-4512-8c45-50f74efb5cdd\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"'Victorian' Birdbath, Modern City, Toronto\" title=\"'Victorian' Birdbath, Modern City, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor flonicky\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/04\/58346\/58346-182534.jpg', true, ''Victorian' Birdbath, Modern City, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor flonicky'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">&#8216;Victorian&#8217; Birdbath, Modern City, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor flonicky<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Want to see your work featured as Daily Photo? 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