We're pretty lucky; we live in an amazing city, and at UrbanToronto we get to see it from some of the coolest vantage points thanks to many avid shutterbugs… but when we were invited to drop by the new penthouses at Pinnacle International's 33 Bay tower, we were not quite ready for what we saw.

What's behind this door at Pinnacle International's 33 Bay? image by Craig White

We walked through the doors above…

View from a kitchen at Pinnacle International's 33 Bay, image by Craig White

…and gulped. That's the view from the kitchen?! Balcony! Balcony! Let's get to the balcony!

View west from Pinnacle International's 33 Bay along the Gardiner Expressway, image by Craig White

These are arguably the best views in the entire city. (And don't forget to click on them to get them to expand!)

Let's spin around gradually to the north.

CN Tower view west from Pinnacle International's 33 Bay, image by Craig White

View northwest from Pinnacle International's 33 Bay, image by Craig White

Downtown view from Pinnacle International's 33 Bay, image by Craig White

View north from Pinnacle International's 33 Bay, image by Craig White

That's Success tower on the right there, the Pinnacle Centre's tallest tower at 54 – strike that – 55 storeys: the penthouse up top has two levels. In 33 Bay, where we are, floors 48, 49, and 50 are just being released for sale now. Each of those floors have 7 penthouse units, which makes for 21 chances to own a piece of these views. Let's keep looking, moving over to a unit on the southeast corner. That view, below, is going to change like mad over the next decade, as the parking lots – and a number of low-rise buildings – are replaced by whole new neighbourhoods.

View east from Pinnacle International's 33 Bay, image by Craig White

View southeast from Pinnacle International's 33 Bay, image by Craig White

View south from Pinnacle International's 33 Bay, image by Craig White

Here: one more for now, completing the circle. How's this vista?

CN Tower view west from Pinnacle International's 33 Bay, image by Craig White

That's enough to dream about for one day. We're not done though – we are coming back tomorrow to get a look at some interesting detail shots from up here, both inside and out – and then Wednesday, we're going to take a look at the spectacular nighttime views – and even then we aren't done: we will be back Thursday with another surprise from 33 Bay. Keep checking this space!

In the meantime, if you want to know more about 33 Bay, we have all the pertinent details in our dataBase entry for the project below, and if you want to talk, we have forum threads for just that of course: choose an associated link below!